My3girls Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 She typed it herself. So I am just copying and pasting her work. Name:libby date:3/12/15 The raindrop named Loulou Hi my name is loulou and I’m a raindrop.Its realy cool being a raindrop I can go to enywhere the wind takes me.Iv already gone to London,Paris and Africa.Oh I definetly loved London the most it was so fun and I might go back when the son comes back out.Loulou whent to places by evaporating.Evaporating is when the son comes out the whater gets hot and flys in the air.The next step is whater vaper.The thierd step is condenses into a cloud.then comes precipitation that means it can turn into snow rain hail anything. How much correcting should I do. She's only 8 and is very excited about her work. I want to give constructive criticism without killing her joy, kwim? I'm thinking just spelling, capitalization, space after the periods, and commas in the last sentence. Is that too much? Thanks! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 I would focus on one thing at a time. So capitalization this time. "Make sure you've capitalized all names and the first letter in every sentence." Next time - "Remember to capitalize! Now let's also look for words that aren't spelled correctly." But I'm not as rigorous as soon as many are on writing. I took my cues from my kids though. One new thing at a time was all they could handle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsuga Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 I don't correct spontaneous creative writing, just copy work or school assignments. So it depends what the purpose was. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikslo Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 Depends on your child, IMO. I tried that whole "leave it alone it's creative writing" thing with my DS8 a few months back, until he got REALLY mad at me one day, because he found out he had written something wrong and I didn't correct him, so he kept making the mistake thinking it was correct. It came up during a spelling lesson and, well, that was the end of "let it go." We go over all his writing now, right away. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
My3girls Posted March 12, 2015 Author Share Posted March 12, 2015 This was an assignment so I do want to make corrections. When she writes something for herself, I don't correct anything. I can see this is going to be personal preference as all 3 of you gave completely different answers. lol I guess I am going to introduce the concept of rough drafts, and treat this as one having her correct the items I listed. That doesn't cover everything by any means, but we have covered capitalization and commas in a series so she should be held accountable. Thanks y'all! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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