07-26-2007, 04:34 PM
Whole language, if you use the whole of it, is a wonderful thing, but many schools stopped after invented spellings. In the later phases of whole language, kids are supposed to learn the correct spellings, grammar, etc.
Teaching grammar, though, is much more challenging than teaching creativity. So many well meaning teachers skimped that step.
Kids relish play with language, and conventional language is constantly supported and enriched by the endless inventiveness of English speakers.
Such as "vereity" -- a combination of verity and variety, implying a variety of verities.
Well, maybe only we godless postmodern liberal relativists can properly appreciate such a neologism.
Teaching grammar, though, is much more challenging than teaching creativity. So many well meaning teachers skimped that step.
Kids relish play with language, and conventional language is constantly supported and enriched by the endless inventiveness of English speakers.
Such as "vereity" -- a combination of verity and variety, implying a variety of verities.
Well, maybe only we godless postmodern liberal relativists can properly appreciate such a neologism.