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6Traits Digest #86 - Friday, October 8, 1999

  Teaching Voice
          by "Barbara D. Martin" <barbdmar&#64;earthlink.net>


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Subject: Teaching Voice
From: "Barbara D. Martin" <barbdmar&#64;earthlink.net>
Date: Fri, 08 Oct 1999 20:28:08 -0700

Susan,
	I will soon be using Paul Fleishman=92s =93Joyful Noise, Poems for Two
Voices=94 to help teach voice, but I thought I=92d start out with this po=
em,
one I thought that would be great for this time of year.  I=92ve done it
in the past using an overhead projector--the kids really get good at it.

Barbara

Overheard in a Saltmarsh
by Harold Monroe

Nymph, nymph, what are your beads?

Green glass, goblin.  Why do you stare at them?

Give them me.

		No.

Give them me.  Give them me.
		=09
			No.

Then I will howl all night in the reeds,=20
Lie in the mud and howl for them.

Goblin, why do you love them so?

They are better than stars or water,=20
Better than voices of winds that sing,
Better than any man=92s fair daughter,
Your green glass beads on a silver ring.

Hush, I stole them out of the moon.

Give me your beads, I want them.
	=09
				No.

I will howl in a deep lagoon
For your green glass beads. I love them so.
Give them me.  Give them.
	=09
			No.


I also assigned this last week (the idea came from someone in another
mail ring--I usually save the sender--this time I didn't :-((:


Tales of the Talking Toothbrush
      When your notebook escapes and you can't seem to find it anywhere,
have you ever wondered if it has a mind of its own? Have you noticed
that suddenly you have no pencils, or only one of a pair of sock?=20
Sometimes objects do seem to be almost alive! This week we are going to
think about the toothbrush.
      Imagine its problems, feelings, and secret desires. Then do one of
these activities:=20

	A.  Write a diary of one day of its life.=20
	B.  They've just changed the flavor of the toothbrush=92s favorite
toothpaste. 			Write a letter of complaint to the manufacturer for the
toothbrush.=20
	C.  I'm in love with the white REACH toothbrush hanging next door. Help
me 			write a love letter to her/him.=20
	D.  The toothbrush story of your choice. =20

Illustrate your story.  Copy your rough draft on the special paper so
you can draw a picture on top.

____1.  You have your date and name in the corners of the paper and a
title on the 			top line.  Skip a line after the title.
____2.  Have margins on the left and right side of your paper.
____3.  Indent the first word of the paragraph.
____4.  The first sentence of the paragraph must be a topic sentence.=20
This sentence must express the paragraph topic or the central thought of
the whole paper.
____5.  You have at least 3 supporting sentences.  Use a lot of =93sense=94=
 words!
____6.  You have a concluding sentence.
____7.  Begin and end each sentence correctly.  Make sure each word is
correctly 				spelled.
____8.  Each sentence in the paragraph must stick to the topic and
relate to the topic sentence.
____9.  Proof-read the paragraph, then have someone else--someone who
knows their spelling and punctuation--make corrections on your paper.=20
Have them sign this paper.
___10.  You have this sheet of paper turned in with your rough draft and
the final copy which is done in cursive. =20


Signature of person who corrected your rough draft:

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