As stated before, our entire unit is focused on Emmett Till and what really happened that night in 1955. The students are very engaged and I was so stoked to find my students writing this to one another. Generally, passing notes consists of illegible or completely absurd conversations about who-the-hell-knows, but this one was spectacularly different.
AB: his face so messed up he used to be cute
AA: awl wat happen I wanna kno! you ain't even gon tell me? LOL but I will find out today.
AB: Nooo but his face is messed up I could not sleep afta I read all dhis. I been to where he got killed and where they dumped his body at...
AA: Where? is it a book? wat iz it?
AB: No its a true story, no book.
AA: but you said you read it. im scared to look! i wanna kno wat happen!
AB: ON THE INTERNET!
AA: oh. on google? or anotha web sight? OMG im finna (fixing to/going to) cry!
AB: google he got his own page
AA: oh my GOD dats wrong, oh GOD dat iz
These two girls know how to spell very well, but apparently it's not cool to spell correctly when you write notes. Kaboom.
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