I think there is a difference between inventing words for impact in a way that enhances the craft of the story and manufacturing nonsense for the sake of decoding. In a book like The Recess Queen, language is invented in a playful way that simply makes the story a delight to read. What we do without Suess and all his nonsense? Real authors invent words. So I guess my questions are this: Did it feel artificially contrived, as though the story had been invented solely to teach a phonics lesson or did it feel fun, playful and well crafted? If so, my argument would be that it is not meaningless.
Lori On 6/9/08 12:00 PM, "anne ehrmanntraut" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I tried to post something last night, but I didn't see the posting. So I will > post it again. I am taking a literacy course in graduate school and I had a > question about books with nonwords or nonsense words. In our graduate class > our professor presented to us a book called "Hairy Bear" The book has > sentences such as "I will crim cram crash'em" While these are not real words > they are being used for phonics. Is it such a good idea to use books with > words that are meaningless? Do you use these type of books in the classroom? > Thank you for your help. -Anne > _________________________________________________________________ > Instantly invite friends from Facebook and other social networks to join you > on Windows LiveĀ Messenger. > https://www.invite2messenger.net/im/?source=TXT_EML_WLH_InviteFriends > _______________________________________________ > Mosaic mailing list > Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. > > Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. > -- Lori Jackson District Literacy Coach & Mentor Todd County School District Box 87 Mission SD 57555 http:www.tcsdk12.org ph. 605.856.2211 Literacies for All Summer Institute July 17-20. 2008 Tucson, Arizona _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
