http://electrolicious.com/2006/03/guess_go_award Daily affirmations of a word mercenary Sun, 07 Sep 2008 11:56:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 http://electrolicious.com/2006/03/guess_go_award#comment-6302 wordsonwater Mon, 06 Mar 2006 12:20:24 +0000 #comment-6302 I actually invented creative spelling, back in the bad old day when it was an actual subject in school and a grade on your report card. I never even knew I was a good writer until God gave me spell check. My younger children suffered through a program called Writing to read in the 80's, which was invented by Apple because they were desperate to get schools to continue using their computers. All of us are good writers, but I'm not still sure there is a relationship between teaching and learning. I actually invented creative spelling, back in the bad old day when it was an actual subject in school and a grade on your report card. I never even knew I was a good writer until God gave me spell check. My younger children suffered through a program called Writing to read in the 80’s, which was invented by Apple because they were desperate to get schools to continue using their computers. All of us are good writers, but I’m not still sure there is a relationship between teaching and learning.

]]> http://electrolicious.com/2006/03/guess_go_award#comment-6304 donut Sun, 05 Mar 2006 15:46:38 +0000 #comment-6304 Aha! now I understand why I get questions like this: http://deardonut.com/archives/000221.html Aha! now I understand why I get questions like this:
http://deardonut.com/archives/000221.html

]]> http://electrolicious.com/2006/03/guess_go_award#comment-6303 Erin Sun, 05 Mar 2006 14:12:03 +0000 #comment-6303 My husband went to a similar school in Seattle called PSPS for elementary school, and I get the biggest kick out of reading his epic stories - the best invented spelling I've ever seen. My husband went to a similar school in Seattle called PSPS for elementary school, and I get the biggest kick out of reading his epic stories - the best invented spelling I’ve ever seen.

]]> http://electrolicious.com/2006/03/guess_go_award#comment-6305 nani Sun, 05 Mar 2006 06:33:50 +0000 #comment-6305 Actually, I do this with my own 9th graders when we are writing. When my kids are working on rough drafts, I tell them: don't worry about spelling, punctuation, etc...just get the ideas down on paper. All that other stuff can be fixed later! I'm linking this on my blog. Actually, I do this with my own 9th graders when we are writing. When my kids are working on rough drafts, I tell them: don’t worry about spelling, punctuation, etc…just get the ideas down on paper. All that other stuff can be fixed later! I’m linking this on my blog.

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