I am reading Teacher Man by Frank McCourt. In it, he assigns his English students excuse notes. He realized that some of the best writing comes from their excuse notes and he turned that writing around on them.
What a great idea for a social studies class! When studying a major historical event, students can write an excuse not to someone. For example, Adam can write an excuse note to God. Hitler could write an excuse note to the Jews. Robert E. Lee could write an excuse note to Lincoln. The list goes on.
Excuse notes. Who would have imagined?
