Epitaphs• Epitaphs are also known as

headstone inscriptions.

• An epitaph is a short text honoring a deceased person, that is inscribed on their tombstone or plaque.

Here lies James who had a real bad day

When he was run over by a fat man riding a sleigh

• Here lies Katie who never could rhyme

• She died working on an assignment that took a long time

• Here lied Matt who really hated school

• He fell asleep in class and drowned in his drool

• Here lies Nathan who died at age seven

• When he tried to eat school lunch, and went straight to heaven

• Here lies Adam who really loved soccer

• He got in fight and was stuffed in a locker

• Here lies a teacher so pretty and cool,

• Who died when she dived in the shallow end of the pool

• Here lies a teacher so pretty and cool,

• Who died when she couldn’t control her own drool.

• Here lies the beautiful Miss Cole• Who died when her car crashed into

a pole

• Here lies a girl named Camille• Who tumbled down a great big hill

Your Assignment

• envision bizarre, unusual ways of killing off someone, something that would never happen in real life and which is very silly. I ask students

• think about activities you might do and visualize what bizarre thing could happen during this activity.

• Write an epitaph for your own gravestone.