Posted on 12/24/2014 8:31:36 AM PST by SeekAndFind
Have you read the POEM that this 10 year old was asked to write an essay on ?
Furthermore, would you torture your students by asking them to read it ?
Yes, and yes.
It doesn’t hurt to present opposing ideas. We discussed the theme in view of redemption by Jesus. Ten-year olds are making a switch from totally concrete thinking to abstract thinking.
Unfortunately the misuse of podium has become common. Lectern is proper. It annoys me to hear an airline gate agent use the word podium. In defense of the agent, although the desk that he or she is behind looks like a lectern, they are not preaching or making a speech, which are the common uses for a lectern.
We are losing our beautiful language as programs such as Common Core evolve towards the lowest common denominator.
Precisely!! I key on that one as well. So misused.
Tell me why it is an important skill. I always made wild guesses. Sometimes I got A’s...other times I got C’s. I never knew what I did right when I got A’s and never knew what I did wrong when I got C’s.
I think if your flavor of BS matches the flavor of the person grading the essay then you get an A. If not then you get a C.
Also I fail to see how it does anything at all for career preparation [other than maybe teaching literature]. I have asked people in a wide variety of occupations and nearly all agree that analyzing literature doesn’t extend to real life.
http://screenreader.practice.parcc.testnav.com/tests/grade-4/session-1/section-1-7.php
Let’s see...there’s “that new classroom” in LDFM, but “her new school” in JLM.
“big ghosts in a cloud” and “dragons breathing flame” in LDFM - the wispy fringe of clouds and flame resemble the wispy fringe of the chalk drawing in JLM.
Are either of those close to being right?
Dang, all I ever had to do was tell an employer one of those, and I would have gotten a job just like that? Now you tell me.
Don’t be silly. Being able to actually read and interpret text is one of the highest skills in life.
OK, I gather that neither of those things is a common theme.
What is?
OK, what answers would your students come up with?
I hate to dodge your question, but I am going to postpone answering it. I gave the test to my students late in November and I was in Papua at the time. I am now in Killeen, TX and won’t get back to them until January. Please forgive me but answering your question will take more effort than I want to do on Christmas Eve.
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