Student Work

My students and I are reading Holes by Louis Sacher. After eading Chapter 7, I gave my students the following assignment:
"Imagine you are Elya Yelnats and you are on your way to America. Write a letter to Myra Menke."
One of my male student's letters is a follows:

Dear Myra Menke,
I thought you loved me. I wanted to marry you and you say pick a number. Don't you realize that Igor is dumb? I gave you a pig (big one) and I have a heart full of love and I'm good looking while Igor looks dumb and he doesn't know how to talk well. Now I'm on my way to America and I never want to see your ugly face again. You can keep my pig as a gift. BTW I hate your lipstick doll face. I even made a poem about you
     Myra Menke looks like an ugly doll
     She can't even control a ball
     She smells like dirty-rotten goats
     She even can't sit on a boat
     Her breath is very smelly
     And her husband Igor has a big belly
P.S. I hate you

My student is clearly connecting with Elya's character and fully comprehends this part of the plot...maybe he's suffered a little heartache himself :-/