[etni] Fw: Re: creative writing in school....
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- Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2010 19:16:09 +0200
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From: laurie ornstein
Subject: Re: creative writing in school....
I've also been "blamed" for being the only teacher who asks the kids to
write stories, poems...creative writing!
I truly don't understand why kids are not writing creatively from Day One as
we did in the "Old Country". Maybe that's why "we" also know how to write
and spell!
This, as both Sara and David have pointed out is a basic!
Here is the creative writing task I recently assigned to my 9th graders
(5+).
Write a poem including at least 1 simile. (This was a follow up to reading
the poem,
"Simile: Willow or Ginko" by Eve Merriam. They wrote some delightful poems
and we also had a poetry reading in class!
What a pity they don't do similar things in their native tongue!
Laurie
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