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Pastimes : SI Grammar and Spelling Lab
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To: Dayuhan who wrote (1527)9/7/1998 10:04:00 AM
From: Cliff Daniel  Read Replies (5) of 4711
 
I don't have anything against fostering creativity, but the idea of having students write anything they want, and hoping they will figure it out somewhere down the line, seems pretty bizarre

They will be taught the proper way to write down the road. I agree that creativity should be learned first. It's more logical to have someone learn to express his/her ideas which ever way they know of. After they have learned creativity then they can learn to express those same ideas within the rules of grammer.

I still think the best way to teach good writing is to teach reading early, provide good, entertaining, books, and destroy all TV sets. It should also be noted that good writing is impossible without good thinking

You are probably correct here. I have only read five books in my entire life. My writing skills have never been superb but slightly above average. Reading expands a person in other areas beyond grammer. At least that is what I hear :-) Vocabulary comes to mind.

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