As a veteran of public school teaching, I can only offer the tiniest shred of
hope, if you can last long enough. We know that this magic bullet will also
misfire, be a dud, not magically enable every student to read. Quiet
insurrections may be our best hope. Rebel and teach tomorrow's verb today--and
make it a good verb taught with relish.
Donna Phillips
RPI
Ray Gen wrote:
> What's a practitioner to do?
>
> ---
> Ray Gen
> English Dept Chair, El Segundo High School
> Pepperdine University EDET (student)
>
> At 12:03 PM 3/21/99 -0600, you wrote:
> >Phil,
> >
> >My understanding is invented spelling is an approach in that we do not hold
> >back the child's use of writing until they master the cultural spellings of
> >words. A common example would be a child leaving out of vowels as "kt"
> >when spelling cat. My experience though is it has become intertwined with
> >the developmental discourse in which children goes through various stages
> >of readiness in which "conventional spelling" is the end result. My
> >understanding of invented spelling is that it was originally in opposition
> >to the belief that one needed to master the rules of language before one
> >participated in its use.
> >
> >For me, it does bring up the dilemma that since children who use invented
> >spelling utilize phonetic awareness, isn't a teacher who teaches phonics
> >advocating invented spelling? :)
> >
> >As one of my T-shirts say: Hookt on Fonix rilly wurkt for mee!
> >
> >Nate
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: Phil Graham <pw.graham who-is-at student.qut.edu.au>
> >To: <xmca who-is-at weber.ucsd.edu>
> >Sent: Sunday, March 21, 1999 10:48 AM
> >Subject: Re: vygotsky and contextualism
> >
> >
> >> At 06:41 21-03-99 -0700, you wrote:
> >> >They actually use the word context. To be certified to do staff
> >> >development under 1086 in California one must swear to two oaths. One is
> >> >not to use teach the use of context and the other is not to advocate
> >> >invented spelling.
> >>
> >> What's invented spelling?
> >>
> >> Phil
> >> Phil Graham
> >> p.graham who-is-at qut.edu.au
> >> http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Palms/8314/index.html
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> >---
> >> "Another damned fat book, eh, Mr Gibbon? Scribble, scribble, scribble,
> >eh,
> >> Mr Gibbon?" - The Duke of Gloucester to Edward Gibbon upon the
> >publication
> >> of "Decline and Fall".
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> >---
> >>
> >