Received: from [209.75.187.203] (HELO ) by MDCCLXXVI.com (Stalker SMTP Server 1.8b6) with SMTP id S.0000279479 for <6Tarchive@CyberSpaces.net>; Sat, 07 Aug 1999 23:10:26 -0700 Date: Sat, 7 Aug 1999 23:10:01 -0700 Subject: 6Traits Digest #48 - 08/07/99 From: "SixTraitsMailring" <6Traits@> To: "SixTraitsMailring" <6Traits@> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable Sender: <6Traits@> Precedence: Bulk List-Software: LetterRip Pro 3.0.5 by Fog City Software, Inc. List-Subscribe: List-Digest: List-Unsubscribe: Message-Id: 6Traits Digest #48 - Saturday, August 7, 1999 Sentence Fluency and Organization by "Molly Godley" Example of Organization by "Barbara D. Martin" Re: examples of Organization assignment by Re Watering in a drought and a question by Re: lost your e-mail address! by ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Sentence Fluency and Organization From: Molly Godley Date: Sat, 07 Aug 1999 10:23:58 -0400 The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis And he stood there gloating over the stone lion, and presently he did something very silly and childish. He took a stump of lead out of his pocket and scribbled a mustache on the liuon's upper lip and then a pair = of spectacles on its eyes. Then he said,"Yah, Silly old Aslan! How do you = like being a stone? You thought yourself mighty fine, didn't you?" But in spite of the scribbles on it, the face of the great stoned beast still looked so terrible, and sad, and noble, staring up in the moonlight that Edmund didn't really get any fun out of jeering at it. He turned away and began = to cross the courtyard. What do you think for "sentence fluency?" Since I have no student's work to assess for organization, I'm going to go with the same passage of The Lion, the Witch,and the Wardrobe for organization. I feel that any of the Newbery-type books are going to show good organization. Molly Godley 5th grade Naples, FL ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Example of Organization From: "Barbara D. Martin" Date: Sat, 07 Aug 1999 08:30:01 -0700 Example of Organization Breaking the Mold From "Chicken Soup From the College Soul" Zan Gaudioso There I stood, in the middle of a campus that more resembled a city than a school. What was I doing there? I felt so out of place, insignificant and small. I had graduated high school early, left all my peers behind and now I was facing a whole new world seemingly alone. Besides that, I was painfully shy and reaching out for help, or even companionship for that matter, seemed like a daunting task. I was not the first one to ever go to college, but it sure felt that way. Maybe I just wasn't cut out for it. It was my first day, of my first semester, of my first year in college and all I wanted to do was to go back to high school - and so I did. I made an appointment with my old academic counselor. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Re: examples of Organization assignment From: AnnMath@aol.com Date: Sat, 7 Aug 1999 12:04:03 EDT Hello, I certainly would like to meet Gila! What compelling writing. Example 1: ( my friend ) I would guess a 3/4. There are attempts here, but it is not smooth or inviting. There are, however, details correctly placed in spots. Example 2. ( marshmellows) I'd call this a 2. There are great = details, only one constantly stops to reassess, reread, in order to make sense. = The beginning is confusing. Example 3: (Gila) An obvious 6. This is compelling, detail filled, well paced, and effective. Ta, Ann/Maryland/5 Water savers: I just read of a marvelous water recycling method for those = of you who are drying up daily. Take your dish water, bath water, or other "gray water". Fill up gallon milk jugs into which you have poked a small = , off centered hole (1/16 inch) at the bottom. Replace screw on cap and the = water will stay in the bottle! (great activity for a toddler) . Now = place near your tomatoes, precious annuals, etc. and remove (but don't lose) the = cap. You have just created a drip irrigation system. Tomatoes will need possibly 3 gallons a week. Test to 3-4 inches to see if ground is dry = around plant stem. Oh, and don't use water containing bleach or fabric softener. = "Washington Post", August 8, l999. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Re Watering in a drought and a question From: AnnMath@aol.com Date: Sat, 7 Aug 1999 12:24:03 EDT Hello again, I neglected to mention the following for all of you watching your = gardens dry up: Water at the rate of 1 gallon per square foot of root zone per week. good = for vegetables, herbaceous plants, and slow growing specimin shrubs (azalias, rhododendrons.) Healthy turf grass will tend to grow back from its roots, even after 6 -8 months without rain, but trees won't. If it cools or = rains, tighten the cap; you need only loosen the cap again when it gets hot. Question: I saw a reference to mini-lessons in your recent communication, = Susan. It has been a long time since we discussed that. Could you point = me in some direction to review? I'm drawing a blank. Thanks. Ann/Maryland, 5 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Re: lost your e-mail address! From: AnnMath@aol.com Date: Sat, 7 Aug 1999 12:40:40 EDT I apparently mis copied Julia Poore's address so I must send this note = back to her via the mailring, sorry for the intrusion in the middle of the "lesson" :-),ann/5/MD Julie, Thank you so much for your input into our travel plans for England for = my son. He found a student travel agency and was able to find a ticket for = much less than the $700-1400 fares we were encountering. All because of your advice. Thanks a million, Ann M atheson, Middletown, Maryland ---------------------------------------------------------------------- End of 6Traits Digest -- To unsubscribe, send any message at all to: 6Traits-off@.