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Re: what's a paragraph; was: Active versus passive (WAS Displays vers us Appears-Which One?)
Subject:Re: what's a paragraph; was: Active versus passive (WAS Displays vers us Appears-Which One?) From:Sunshine QT <sunshineqt99999 -at- yahoo -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Sat, 23 Dec 2000 16:46:19 -0800 (PST)
I have to agree with Michael.
Nicole
> From: "RUBOTTOM, AL" <ARUBOTTOM -at- SENSORMATIC -dot- COM>
>
> who claims to have been a teacher of writing and
> composition, writes:
>
> > the use of "Free writes" is much more productive
> in getting students
> > comfortable with and competent at the toolkit of
> wordsmithing than
> > emphasizing strict
> topic-sentence/paragraphing/outlining as the only
> way to
> > make sense in words.
> >
> > >
> My own view, I'm sorry to say, is that this is the
> sort
> of woolly thinking and haphazard writing that has
> cheated many youngsters out of a decent education.
>
> Michael West
> Melbourne, Australia
>
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