Mr. Mountain Man...

I was subbing this week in a class that has been studying the Southern States and preparing for an upcoming test. I decided to give them a fun little assignment.  

So here's what happens when you give a simple challenge to a class of some pretty bright and witty third graders.

Here was the assignment:

Choose one of the Southern States and choose a character from one of these states.
Choose a creative name like "Patty Peach from Georgia" describing one of the state's attributes.
You MAY bring a prop like an orange for Florida.

So, my expectations weren't too high and I certainly didn't expect the kids to come back with a full report...just a simple idea.

Here's what one of these little genius' came back with (Mr. Mountain from West Virginia)...

Here's the Activity:

We played an improv game called "Bus Stop".
Two chairs, two players.
Each player had to 'come up' as their character.
The character in the right chair has to ask the character in the left chair the following questions:
    -What's your name?
    -Where are you from?  What's it like where you're from?
    -Where are you going?  Why?
When the character in the right chair has finished, his/her bus 'comes' and the other character moves to the right chair, and the game continues with a new character coming up. 

We had characters like Mr. Palmetto Dude, Emi Peach, Marylou Mississippi. The kids were hilarious and such good little actors and actresses.