Tuesday, August 25, 2009

Wikipedia Celebrates 750 years of American Independence

Do you have trouble getting your students to understand why they can't use Wikipedia as a credible source? Check out "Wikipedia Celebrates 750 Years of American Independence" at The Onion. The article is a spoof, but it is a fun way to remind students about what is and what isn't a credible source. You could also use it to teach parody and conventions too.
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ZOMBIE GRAMMAR - because I laugh in the face of semicolons

A Vague Death (about vague pronoun use)
Death by Fragment (about sentence fragments)
Too Much Death (about homonyms)
Nondescript Demise (about descriptive language)
Shifty Business (about verb tense agreement)
Double Death (about double negatives)
A Plural Passing (about subject-verb agreement)
A Fowl Run-on (about run-on sentences)
A Misplaced Mortality (about misplaced modifiers)
A Mixed-up Extermination (about prepositions)
Apostrophe Catastrophe (about correct use of apostrophes)

A Mixed-up Extermination

 
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