Ms or Miss? April 26, 2011

Earlier, the word “miss” was used more frequent than the word “ms”. It was only around 1900s that the word “ms” was started to be commonly used. That word was promoted by women’s equality to men’s movement.

“Miss” refers to a woman that is not married yet. It is a shorten form of Mistress. So, whenever we call a woman with this word the definite assumption is that woman is not married yet. While the word “ms” does not denote to its person’s marital status. It is either unknown or unimportant to be implied.

Which ever we use, we should remember that those words are to show respect.

Fact or Fiction November 27, 2009

Some students are just not into writing. It seems so difficult for them to put their thoughts and imaginations in words. Inspiring them to write and giving them constant possibility to write are important. Not to forget providing them with new and interesting styles of writing.

Once, my 6 graders read a story of a platypus and they ended up with amazing stories that blend fact and fiction. A story  that blend fact and fiction is simply a mixture of fact and fiction. It would be a great combination as students need to know facts and at the same time develop their imagination.

Lets have a look at those amazing stories by the 6 graders without any edition or addition. What an imagination!

Fabulous Pets

Written by : Josephine Valencia, Nathaniel, Claudia, Degoldie Sony, Gifta Gelyana

 

There was a girl named Gina. She owned a kitten named Kelly and a puppy named Piere. One day, Gina bought a platypus named Peeter. Gina always took care of Peeter and forgot Kelly and Piere. So, they had a plan to get rid of Peeter because they were jealous.

“Hey Kelly! What shall we do to get rid of that ugly platypus?” asked Piere. “Yeah! That old little platypus shall get a