Ghetto Fab

I internally cringe whenever I catch myself starting a sentence by purring, "Girl...".

I was confused about how to pronounce Tupac's name for the longest time.

I could never pull off a white T-shirt with my name emblazened on it in with spray paint.

So why is it that I love the show, Pimp My Ride?

From the theme song, to Xhibit's commentary, and the mad upgrades those cars come tricked out with, I just love it! Turns out that the show is actually going to help me teach because I could improve my students' revision process with my own activity dubbed Pimp My Write!

I stole this idea from Kelly Gallagher's book, Teaching Young Adolescents How to Write. You can teach students the different between surface and deep revision by using the show as a framework:

1. Discuss the surface-level vs. deep-level improvements as seen on Pimp My Ride:

Surface-Level Deep-Level

A new paint job Putting a more powerful engine

Replacing tires Outfitting the car with hydraulics

Reupholstering Inserting a movie projection system

2. Then introduce the concept of surface-level vs. deep-level revision.

Surface-Level Deep-Level

Changing a Changing the

-word -thesis

-phrase -purpose of the essay

-sentence -organization of paragraphs

Fusing car remodeling with writing revision is a fun way to make dorky old revision seem cooler and slightly ghetto. And let's face it, who doesn't want to be appear ghetto?