guiding exercises in text translation: pulling up a MySpace page or a lingo-drenched school paper and asking students to translate the writing into standard English. Or they ask students to translate passages from classic literature into texting speak to demonstrate their comprehension of the writing and to create a form of multilingual focus, similar to how learning a foreign language tends to enhance a student's understanding of his or her native tongue.
This is great for all students, but pay particular attention to the section on learning. I am going to highlight the section on "Thinking like a genius."
just found this one today (Thursday). Site asks its readers to judge whether statements made by pundits are true or false based on readings that accompany statements. Really cool.