[etni] Fw: Re: creative writing in school....
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- Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2010 07:05:32 +0200
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From: francine widerker - widerker@xxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: creative writing in school....
As my daughter is one of those privileged enough to be in Laurie's 9th grade
class, I feel the need to publicly applaud Laurie for her amazing work. My
daughter is a classic Israeli child of American parents who forced her to
speak English at home (usually unwillingly) and rarely reads in English.
The poetry project that Laurie is doing in her class has sent my daughter
into a whirlwind of poetry writing and excitement about the written word in
both Hebrew and English.
Laurie, Keep up the incredible work!
Thank-you
Francine
Laurie wrote:
>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!
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