Talk about serendipity!! This interchange illustrates precisely one point of the posts in the last couple of days, namely how important is it that children can NAME things if they can USE things!!! In those cases, they were talking about things such as vowel diphthongs and other phonics issues, but this is simply the same story, second verse. If you can decode words accurately that have r-controlled vowels (or whatever), how important is it that a reader can name the vowel category or rule? If you can use someone's comparison to enhance understanding and enjoyment, how important is it that you know whether it's a simile, metaphor, or analogy? If you're a writer studying craft, it might be somewhat more important, but for the typical kid...? I'd hate to even hazard a guess as to what percentage of a typical student's time we spend on things that matter very little, such as "when this vowel something, the open syllable something" etc. They're important ONLY if the student doesn't get them and NEEDS to. Tradition is a double-edged sword.
> Date: Sun, 23 Sep 2007 16:55:35 -0700> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: > [email protected]> Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] getting it in reading> > > The "like" does make it a simile although it is so long and drawn out I > forgot I put a "like" in there. Metaphors tend to go on longer--but you are > right--I compared with like and did not make it an inferred comparison--so it > is a simile.> > > On a side note: Ok, now I'm confused. I've been working on > metaphors, similes, and analogies...Isn't the apple metaphor really a simile? > > > > _______________________________________________> Mosaic mailing list> > [email protected]> To unsubscribe or modify your membership please > go to> > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org.> > > Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. > _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
