On Apr 29, 2008, at 8:13 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > We spend a few units writing essays in grades 5 and up...literary > essay, > personal essay. It is necessary for kids to read them in order to > write them.
I believe this is true of any genre of writing. If you're going to write poetry, you have to read it. A lot of it. If you're going to write a memoir, you've got to read some. Plenty of them. As teachers, we are mandated to teach children how to do things we often don't even do ourselves. Interesting, I think. Renee "Many persons have a wrong idea of what constitutes true happiness. It is not attained through self-gratification but through fidelity to a worthy purpose." ~Helen Keller _______________________________________________ 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.
