Chuck Norris on Grammar

My kids have been doing group presentations this week on some aspect of subject/verb agreement. For the most part they have been pretty nondescript. Yesterday though was an exception. One group managed to skillfully integrate Chuck Norris into their presentation.

One of the requirements of the project was to include a visual aid, and this group chose to make a video. It was outstanding. They set up a scenario where an author (Mr. Lasagna) was bringing in a book to a publisher. When he walks up he says "I wrote a book," and for no reason that I can figure out he starts dancing to this Romanian dance song...a really good song actually. Then, he pitches the book. The "publishers" look at it and tell him that if there are any grammar errors, they won't publish it. Otherwise, they will. They read a section about the hero beating up Chuck Norris, including some sweet fight moves. Unfortunately, the subjects and verbs don't agree, and so it's rejected.

The "author" takes it back, rewrites the book (1000 pages in about 1 minute), and the "publishers" reread it. Miraculously the grammar errors are changed,and they will now publish the book. There is more dancing. I'm not sure if this comes across as funny in a blog, but it was Hilarious in class.