Yesterday we talked about letting more genres of writing become "informal" or "low stakes." We discussed how important it is that writing be used for learning, as illustrated so well in Brea's demo. So here is Calvin and Hobbes view ont he subject:
Under the post page there is a little icon in the top right that looks like a picture. If you click it, you can upload images. I took this with a screen shot (shift, command, 4)
I see my students here! I say be creative or academic or precise in your language and they go through and change words like pretty to gorgeous. Not all of them but this is a lesson that I still work to improve upon. My lesson is better but I'm still looking for lessons to play with language and word choice. If anybody has a favorite please share. I have one for verbs if anyone wants it.
Cool! How did you add the comic?
ReplyDeleteUnder the post page there is a little icon in the top right that looks like a picture. If you click it, you can upload images. I took this with a screen shot (shift, command, 4)
ReplyDeleteThanks Lydia. I didn't know how to do that. Good tip!
ReplyDeleteI see my students here! I say be creative or academic or precise in your language and they go through and change words like pretty to gorgeous. Not all of them but this is a lesson that I still work to improve upon. My lesson is better but I'm still looking for lessons to play with language and word choice. If anybody has a favorite please share. I have one for verbs if anyone wants it.
ReplyDeleteLydia, I lived this cartoon!
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