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Jan. 25th, 2011 12:04 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
algFor the last month, my mom has been teaching her students about "feature articles" -- drafts and sidebars and the lede! It's very exciting. As they turn in their final articles, I've been helping convert them to HTML (or scan them in), and post them to a website/blog (or, if you like, a "virtual magazine"). If you have a few minutes, you should check out their articles and maybe leave a comment or two (keeping in mind that these are seventh graders, most of them struggling readers and writers).
Ms Canin's Virtual Classroom
While I have you here, have another link! The Language Log's post on passive construction. It's a really great explanation. I get a lot of questions from my clients (and friends) about passive construction -- and I tend to make a lot of comments about it when I edit, because it really slows down action scenes. I'm not entirely against it all the time, but it's important to understand what the passive is and how to use it.
(It's also important to understand what the PASIV is and how to use it, but that's a post for another time -- and, possibly, another dream...)
Okay, one more link: Michelle the Fat Nutritionist (who I love) has posted an article called "Food you like is food that feels good" which puts forth the radical notion that healthy food is tasty food. I love Michelle's blog, and this is another in a long line of posts authored by her that I think everyone should read.
Ms Canin's Virtual Classroom
While I have you here, have another link! The Language Log's post on passive construction. It's a really great explanation. I get a lot of questions from my clients (and friends) about passive construction -- and I tend to make a lot of comments about it when I edit, because it really slows down action scenes. I'm not entirely against it all the time, but it's important to understand what the passive is and how to use it.
(It's also important to understand what the PASIV is and how to use it, but that's a post for another time -- and, possibly, another dream...)
Okay, one more link: Michelle the Fat Nutritionist (who I love) has posted an article called "Food you like is food that feels good" which puts forth the radical notion that healthy food is tasty food. I love Michelle's blog, and this is another in a long line of posts authored by her that I think everyone should read.