![]() “Likewise, the report about Vermont that your daughter wrote shouldn’t be a fulfillment of some list of state report topics. They produce kids who can write technically correct but extraordinarily uninspired papers: If you know me, you know how often I recommend exactly that “hit it three times” approach- and how people look at me when I’m crazy when I say you don’t have to pound grammar into their heads every single year forever.Īnd I love this quote, which is exactly why I don’t like a lot of other writing programs. I recommend hitting it three times over the life span of a student: once in elementary school, once in junior high and once in high school." It has everything to do with understanding the science of language and making sure that you use standard American English when you write. Just for the record, grammar has very little to do with writing. "The other language arts arena that mothers obsess over is grammar instruction. They look for quick fixes and entertainment.” Some of our boys, especially, don’t want to engage in that kind of work. They are savvy enough to think of short-cuts to finishing their school work and balk at being made to put out extra exertion. Our kids have been in school for years now and are less enamored with the daily grind, I mean, routine. Ruth Beechik reminded me that a lot of writing that started out fresh and unspoiled in elementary school becomes anemic in junior high. ![]() We mothers are first hurt and then angry. By junior high, these fits are especially ugly. Some of our kids are simply throwing hissy fits and need to be told so. Write.” Bogart would be a great comfort to these moms: “Unfortunately, not all writing problems turn out to be writing problems. ![]() For example, I frequently have moms who say “My son hates to
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