table of contents. conflicting discourses rosenblatt: no screen
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Table of Contents
Conflicting Discourses
• Rosenblatt: No screen
Allowing students to discover literature is one of the primary
ideas presented in ... Rosenblatt's Literature as
Exploration. She advocates personal and spontaneous
student interaction with literature. In order to stimulate student curiosity and to allow
the book to have direct meaning to the individual, Rosenblatt says that we should place no "screen"
between student and book by imposing the teacher's point of
view and critical attitude toward literature.
(Clift, Meng, & Eggerding, 1992)
• Current Views
... I inadvertently pointed out a dichotomy between Vacca's
Content Area Reading ... and Rosenblatt.
When we watched my pre-reading lesson on video in the
class, [the professor] asked why I didn't make a more
direct and explicit connection between soap operas and
Master's view of small town life. I responded, at the time,
that I wanted students to discover Master's vision on
their own and that I didn't think the text was so difficult that they couldn't easily discover
his "themes."
• Professor’s Response
Naturally [the professor] read my remarks in class as
contrary to the ideas presented in Vacca. As a class we could not really reconcile this seeming
dichotomy.
[The professor] responded to my paper--"Perhaps we
should discuss the seeming contradictions between Rosenblatt and current
notions (my emphasis) about preparing kids to read by
supplying a "set" or "frame."
Who's current? Who's passé? Theoretical! Practical! Just
when I think I'm getting a handle on a workable
philosophy, someone else tells me the ideas aren't
"current."
Zero-G Messages
• Magnet Shoes
From: UIUCED2![student account]
Dear NASA,
I would like to see if magnets would work in space if you put them in shoes. We are working on ways to move around in the halls of a zero
gravity space station. Please let me know if you have done
any work with magnets in space.
Thank you.
[student's name]
P.S. I am a Sophomore at [school name] in Champaign
Illinois.• Scientist Response
Date: Thu, 3 Oct 1991 9:17:30 CDT
From: [scientist's account]@vf.jsc.nasa.gov
Subject: magnetic shoes
In theory magnetic shoes will work, however, there are a
few problems that need to be considered.
First, the space station will be constructed mostly out of
aluminum alloys. In order for magnets to work thin metal
plates would have to be installed whereever people will
be putting their feet.
Second, in space people like to float around. Zero-g is a
fun place to work. While floating crewmembers would
have to be very careful to keep their magnetic shoes
away from things like magnetic disks and sensitive
equipment.
Also realize that there will be no halls per se on the space
station. There will be equipment just about
everywhere, even in the nodes. This is because the
modules are so expensive that all space must be utilized.
Thus halls and corridors will double as work places.
[scientist's name]
ENFI Examples
• Academic Essay
Child abuse is defined by the children have been
deliberately inflicted with serious physical injury such as
broken bones, burns, or internal injuries by their
parents or caretakers. Child abuse has become one of our major social problems in the
United States, It often occurs in the presence of three
factors ...
There are five needs parents must be able to meet ...
• Personal Writing
I know this paper is going to be very negitive towards the women studies course, but
don’t get me wrong. I feel the course does enlighten women
and their views of the world today. First, I would like to get my opinion of the Daily out of the way. This is because of
the Daily’s premature printing of Michael Olineck’s articel
without a response to it. The paper and it’s one sided view on alot of articles it writes is
extremely bad, and the University should do something about it.
• Adopting ENFI
The problems that I anticipated with finding ways
to incorporate the ENFI activity into the objectives of the class are becoming more
apparent . . . I'm getting nervous and I feel responsible
to give them . . . more coaching. I don't want to use ENFI as a way to coach them
about how to write their essays. (Doug, 11-1-88)
I just feel very limited. I don't know what you can do with
ENFI [that relates to the course objectives]. I always feel guilty about wasting or using class time that isn't
immediately somehow helping them to write essays, to
perform for the standards of the test. (Doug, 12-12-88)
The writing evaluation is the thing that is sort of shaping it.
It's the big monster that's lurking in the shadows, that terrifies everyone, including
me. (Doug, 11-1-88)
• Phony Writing
I used the network last year without accompanying talk
and found the results constrained and rather
disappointing. (Diane, quoted in Horowitz & Peyton, 1988)
It seems phony. Why should I write to them if I can talk to
them? (Diane, 4-20-88)
. . . this becomes a highly artificial situation, slowing
down communication without any "real" reason other than the teacher's insistance that all messages be in writing. Artificial constraints on the
practical use of spoken language do not inspire
students to put much effort into message writing when it seems more reasonable to speak aloud. (Thompson,
1988a).
• Real Communication with ENFI
This is real communication. It's not the kind of [writing] that
typically happens in a classroom, which is
rehearsed. . . people are rehearsing for something else
which is not real. . . . ENFI communication . . . is
absolutely urgent and they feel the urgency. Their ego is at stake. They want to assert
themselves. They want to function within this little social
context. (Doug, 9-1-88)
• The Exit Exam
Those essays are so tightly structured . . . you have to have an introduction; you have to have a thesis; you
have to have a main body . . . when you try to [take] this very powerful communication tool, that lets students talk to each other, swear at each other,
insult each other, . . . and say, "you're going to write an essay
. . . you're going to write an introduction . . . that's not the way people communicate . . .
the essay is too controlled and structured. (Doug, 9-1-88)
Room Texts
• My Room Looks Like..., by Tanika
My room looks like a clean room. It has a nice brown,
red, and orange carpet that's soft under my toes. The
dresser is long and wide. It's near the door. It has a mirror on the top of it. I also have a big rocking chair that I sit in
and rock in. It's made of wood. I like my bed. It's not
too small and not too big. And I have a nice spread to go on
it. My room is also like a square. I like it very much. I put my toys in a toy box near a window. I have a stereo.
It's gray and white. I like that too. I have one closet with a
window in it.
• Half Room, by Cornelius
My room is shared with my cousin. It is not fun because he snores at night. His bed makes noise everytime he
moves. I tell him to stop and he does. Ten minutes later he does it again. And he makes a lot of noise just to aggravate me. So when he is asleep I do it back. And one day he broke my cartridge for my
Nintendo. It was Cold Trojan. I was mad. Then I gave away
his Defender to my friend Bobby. He was crying. I was laughing at him. He said he wanted to box me and if he
won he would get his Defender back and if I win his father will give me my money
back for the cartridge.
• My Room, by Anna
When you walk in my room, you will see a lazy girl
sleeping. The girl is my sister. She is always sleeping
because she is so lazy. Then you will probably see my desk. It is all full of junk. Then'll see my sister's typewriter. And if
you fall on the floor, blame my sister. If you see my
computer, it is kind of neat. My sister thinks she owns the room. And one more thing. I always end up cleaning it and
that's not fair.
• My Room, by Scott
My room has 2 windows, a bed, a shelf, and a toy box. My windows are large. My bed is small. My shelf is
regular and my toy box has toys to play with.
My room is always is a mess and then my mother cleans it up. I have a Nintendo to play with. I have 6 games to play
with play. I sleep in a sleeping bag cosey and tight. My
shelves have books to read at night. My feet get cold when I have no socks because I don't
have a rug to keep me nice and snug. My floor is cold
because it's linoleum but it is fun to sleep on.
When my cousins sleep over we all sleep on the floor but it stays nice and hot because we live on the second floor.
One night my bed broke and I woke right up. I have fun in
my room. Tha'ts why I like it!!!
THE END
• My Room, by Johnny
When you walk in my room all you see is a regular and boring room. I have two
windows with shades. I really have a small room with two closets. I have two desks
(because I share my room). I also have two bunk beds and
a Royal Blue carpet over a wooden floor. I have a brown drawer. I have two sleeping bags above my bed. I sleep
on the top bunk bed. I have a big brown desk with a brown
layer. I have a nintendo with a T.V. cable.
THE END
• The Clean Room, by Kathyr
I don't have to share a room. In my room is a black and
white T.V. I have my father's desk from when he was little. I have a long dresser and a short one. There is a big
mirror. I have a closet full of clothes. My room is a mess a
lot. And on my walls are pictures of cats.
I have a bookshelf that is full of books. And my chest is full
of dress-ups. My walls are pink and purple. My floor is
wood. I have two doors in my room. I have a computer in
my room.
Now you heard about what's in it. Now look up at the
picture.• My Room, by Jason
In my room there's a bed and you have to pull out my bed.
It's called a trundle bed. I have a basketball hoop. I
have a color T.V. with cable. I have video games. I have a
humidifier. I have a huge light. I have a yellow carpet
that's very soft. I have sports posters hanging on my walls.
I have a radiator that's real hot. My walls are white and there's just one wall that's
wood. The glass is up high. It's thick. There's four squares
in three rows. I think it's for decoration.
• My Room, by Filipa
I have to share my room with my older sister. I have a color T.V. with cable. My room is rectangular shaped. It has
one window. I have a bunkbed. I have a big bureau
with a mirror. I also have a set of drawers. There is a pile of stuffed animals between the
bureau and the desk. I also have a bookcase filled with
books. I have a furnace and closet. There is a long drawer under my bed. My room has a rug. My sister hangs posters over her bed. Sometimes my room is messy. My room is
painted light pink. My window curtain is pink and white plaid.
THE END
• What My Room Looks Like, By Amber
When you open the door, there's a big mess! And if you
try to get in you'll fall flat on your face. But when it is clean
it is bright and pretty. It has toys, games, puzzles, and
shelves. My bed has a futton mattress. My ceilings are
medium to high. My room is cold most of the time because
something's the matter with the heat.
I have a dresser where I keep jewelry and clothes. My room is small. I also share a room.
I have a wooden desk but I don't do homework on it. On
my shelves I keep games, puzzles, and books. I keep things like barbie dolls in my
crates. I have a brown carpet in my room.
And if you haven't noticed already, I hate to clean my
room!
THE END
• Dirty Room, by Nicholas
My room looks like a pile of sheets, pillows and clothes.
Under my bed there are games like Rebound, Power Play Hockey. I have a big wooden desk. There is a lamp to see with. I have a bureau with clothes and
games on it.
I have some sports equipment in my room. My room is small. There is a colorful rug in my room. I have posters in my
room. • My Room, by Aaron
My room has platform-bunkbeds. It's really hot with a basement under it. There's toys all around plus there's an
Atari 52 hundred in it.
When you go in, the first thing you'd see is a lazy brother
sitting there watching television. There's a stupid
looking ceiling with bumps on it. I also have 3 windows,
lizards for pets, a closet and there's only paint on the
ceiling.
The only thing I like about my room is my Atari, the warmth and looking at my baseball cards on my bed -- and I
guess the lizards. My mother always cleans it when I'm in
school, so when I get there it's really clearn.
Whenever I go down there any time my bother follows me. I hate that! When or
wherever I look, he's always there. I never play Atari with
or with toys, so I always go up stairs and play nintendo.
• What I Have in My Room, by Todd
What I have in my room is a carpet, a bed, and two
bureaus. I have a closet too. Also in my room I have a
Nintendo. That is a video. You can play video games on it. What I have for Nintendo is Mike Tyson Punch Out, The
Legend of Zelda, Super Mireo Brothers, Kung Fu, Excick
Bike. Those are the games I have. I have a computer. I
have a TV in my room.
• My Clean Room, by Jasmin
What I have in my room is a computer. My computer is near my closet. And I have
dolls, games. My games and dolls are near my windows. I
have two dressers in my room. My room is clean but sometimes my mother has to come in my room and has to clean up. My room is not so messy. My mother hates a
messy room. I hate when my mother tells me and my sister to clean up our room but when
she doesn't clean up her room.
• Fresh Room, by Javon
When I go in my room I always see my brother and sister jumping on the beds.
Then I'll have to call my mother. The thing I hate
about sharing a room is that I NEVER get privacy. I hate sharing a room. My mother
likes my room because I have lots of Bon Jovi posters on my wall. I like my room because I
keep it very clean. I like my room so much I had to buy a vcp for it. My room is not so
fresh, because I have to keep my Nintendo downstairs. The only thing I like about my room is that it's quiet in it. My room
is fresh because it has a closet with a window in it. That's one of the reasons I
call my room fresh.
THE END
• My Clean Room, by Felicia
When you open the door you see a clean room.
Sometimes, when my room is not clean, my mother cleans it for me. My mother does not clean my room on Saturdays
and Sundays. She tells me to clean my room. I don't. If I
don't clean my room, my sister will. I hate that I have to share
a room with my sister. My sister thinks she owns the
room. But she does not own the room. I even have to share a TV. I hate that. The color of
my room is baby blue and pink. I have games like
Monster Mash, Chest, and Barbie dolls. I have talking
dolls like Baby Talk, Cracket, and Baby Heather.
Alternate Purposes
• Mailbag Assignments
Probably the best thing about MAILBAG is communicating. The person at the keyboard is in complete control. I never
made any mailbag assignments. Students could use it or not, decide what they
would say, to whom, when, how often, and why. [Bonnie,
Shungnak]
• Volleyball Mail
Dear Alice,
What are you going to do after school? If you want to play
volleyball after school we can but first I have to clean up at our house first ok. We will
play almost all day. You oue me a can of pop because you
promised if you were late.
With love
Wanda
• Mailbag Form
I never stressed proper form with the MAILBAG program
when the students were sending messages back and forth between themselves...I
saw this program as a fluency activity. If the receiver of the
message understood it, it served its purpose in my eyes.
• Mailbag Disuse
By springtime the MAILBAG was hardly used at all. At first
I was disappointed, then pleased. The students had
learned that there were appropriate forms of
communication for specific needs.
• Notes
NOTES is an activity that gives the students an
opportunity to write notes to one another under the
supervision of the teacher with the only rule being that they
must address the note to someone in the class and
have their name as the return address. They know that I do not read their notes and that
anything goes (and it probably does). This activity is done in
silence with myself as the mailperson and usually lasts anywhere from five to fifteen
minutes. [Alexander, Fairbanks]
• Mailbag Flags
When we started using MAILBAG, I had a problem with my students wanting to
be back at the computer CONSTANTLY checking to see if they had any mail or
not. We decided we needed to devise a system that would solve the problem. We talked about what we could do, and soon came up with a mailbox
poster which worked quite well. We each wrote our
computer code name on a library book card pocket, and
glued the pockets to a piece of poster board. The poster
board was then hung on the wall behind the computers.
Another pocket was added to hold slips of red paper. When a student left a message on
MAILBAG for White Knight, he or she would put a red slip into White Knight's pocket. After
White Knight read his messages, he returned the
red slips to the extra pocket. [Wilma]
• Solving Problems: Student-> Teacher
Bathroom
Marlowe B.
There is a lot of trouble in the bathroom. There's been
writing on the new paint job, and there's been someone
who's been peeling the paint off the radiator. If people keep
messing up the bathroom, Ducky [the janitor] said that she was going to close the
bathroom until we learn not to write in it. And there's been
plenty of noise in there. If we don't have to go to the bathroom, don't go in.
• Solving Problems: Teacher -> Student
Dear Pee Wee,
Thank you for being concerned about the girls'
bathroom. I feel sorry for the girls who are messing it up.
They must be a little "messed up" themselves. When I see Ducky, I'll try to remember to tell her what you said. -Dr. A.
• Confidential Chat 1
Dear Classy Computer Kids,
There are five members in my family and only one shower.
Because I'm the youngest member of our family, I'm the
last one in line to take a shower. By then, there's
usually no more hot water and not too much time for me to wash behind my ears! It's a horrible way to start a day. What can I do to solve this
problem?
Cold, late, and dirty,
I. Needabath
• Confidential Chat 2
Dear I. Needabath,
I think you should tell the first person that takes a shower
you have to go to the bathroom. Then they should let you go before they take a
shower. Quickly lock the door and take your shower. You will have enough of time to
wash behind your ears.
Sneaky and Desparate,
Kerry N. and Jenny B.
• Loneliness
He chose late Friday for his time [on the computer] so he
could miss it, not realizing that more often than not, late
Friday was the easiest time for me to be his partner. The
other children, in spite of their ugliness to one another, were able to sense his feelings and began writing him [MAILBAG] letters telling how much they
liked him and that they wanted to be his friends. There is no way to describe the face of this handsome, brown-eyed boy as he read these notes, frequently slipped into his
desk anonymously. He sat near me for obvious reasons
and I would watch him remove one and literally clutch it to his
chest.
• Finding Friends 1
Calling All Men
Sheila Forsythe Althea Jones
Hi,
This note is to all you good looking guys out there in the world. There are two of us
writing so we'll tell you a little bit about ourselves. Our
names are Sheila Forsythe and Althea Jones. We're both 14 and stuck in a small town
in Alaska called McGrath. We have a pretty big problem and
we hope that you guys will help us out. We have a very short supply of foxy dudes
here. So if you are a total fine babe PLEASE I repeat
PLEASE write us!!!
Keywords: /McGrath/Male Order Men/
• Finding Friends 2
Good Looking Juneau Boys
Two Holy Cross Girls Josie and Evelyn
Our names are Josie Adams and Evelyn Fields. We like skiing, basketball, hockey, writing letters to cute boys, and we would be more than pleased if any of you cute
boys would write to us. We don't have any boyfriends. So you don't have to worry about that! We also would like you to send a picture when you
write. (You are going to write aren't you?) We will send you a picture too. Josie is 14, and
Evelyn is 13. Well, please write soon! We are waiting for
your letters!!!
xxx xxx
xxxxx xxxxx
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
xxxxxxxxxx
xxxxxxx
xxx
x
WE SEND YOU OUR HEARTS!
SINCERELY, JOSIE AND EVELYN
Keywords: /Juneau Boys/H.c.r Girls/
• SuperMail
What made this activity fun for my class was the fact that Chip had just come from
Telida and the most recent messages on the disk were from cousins and playmates
upriver. This connection made the notion of sending hellos to strangers Outside
seem less threatening.
Revision => Editing
• Teachers’ Beliefs about Writing
Often I would collect all the rough drafts (which we usually did with paper and pencil) and type them myself after school.
When I did this, I took great pains to type them EXACTLY as written. (That ain't easy when you've been an old-
fashioned English teacher as long as I have!) [Wilma]
I never felt comfortable teaching writing. It was
always difficult for me to write when I was in school. I didn't
like to write. I believe this attitude was reflected in my teaching of writing...If the children spent time writing
their spelling words ten times then I felt that I had done
writing for that day....I thought that the entire writing process consisted of assigning a task,
having the students write about it, neatly of course, then
hand it in to be corrected. [Ernie]
• Parents’ Beliefs about Writing
One parent made the comment that her daughter
was coming home with papers that were not corrected for spelling and punctuation
errors. I had a conference with the parent and explained how I planned to teach writing
and the whole concept of form, fluency and correctness
and while she said she understood, from time to time she would still comment on how her daughter needs to work more on grammar and
spelling. [Ernie]
• Focus on Perfecting the Product
. . . to pick a piece periodically for editing and final copy
which means it will be perfect. They do so without fear.. Their typing skills are slow, but they
are seeing and correcting many errors automatically as they see them on the screen,
but are still getting all their ideas down as they want.
[Syd]
• Free writing => edit later
[My students] write daily and what they have discovered is that the idea "uncorrected first
draft," don't worry about spelling, sentences, capital letters, etc. means they can write ideas. No one is going
to get on them for forgetting to indent a paragraph. They write willingly and fluently.
[Syd]
• Student Control
Then I started to notice something interesting -- the next stories we wrote didn't seem to have those same
mistakes. Soon we started talking about style -- active verbs, vivid adjectives and
adverbs, more concrete details, pronoun and verb
agreement. These are things I had never gotten to when
teaching out of the grammar book the year before, and if I had, I'm sure it wouldn't have meant much to the students.
But now we were talking about THEIR writing. It was
personal. They owned the problems, and it was up to
them to correct the problems. And they did. [Wilma]
• Equity with limited resources
I scheduled around violin, band, gifted programs,
resource programs, reading classes and then P. E.,
LIBRARY, etc. We set up 20 minute blocks required once a week and even ended up with lots of extra spaces so many
times they could get a second turn at it...The technicalities of
setting up a space for the computer to be the least
disturbing but at the same time most accessible by me for assistance required trial
and error. [Syd]
Because of time limitations, they did the rough draft,
rewrite and editing on paper before entering it on the
computer. They then edited again with a partner and printed out the results.
[Wilma]
• Writing for an Audience
a moose and a wolf
john paul nikolai
One A Time There Was a Moose and a Wolf. The Wolf tried to kill the Moose But It
Was a Bull Moose. But It Was Three Wolves And By The
Time When It Was April The Moose Was Dead.
This was an edited version. His first version had been difficult to understand, and when I pointed out some of
the problems he was eager to fix them. When I read this
version, I said something like, "I can understand this now,
but there are still some mistakes with capital letters. Do you want me to help you
fix them before we put it in the paper?" He said cheerfully, "No, it's o.k. like that." Joe
had by that time been chosen as student editor, and he
agreed with John Paul, so it went into the newspaper just
as it was. [Helen]
Changes in the Writing Process
• [Margaret's final draft]
Black History Show
I liked the Black History show because I was surprised to
see the little and big children singing so well, and clearly.
The best acts were Mrs. Martin's and Miss Simpson's
classes. The songs were nice and the people on stage
weren't scared.
The worst act was "Famous Black People" -- Mr. Agosto's
+ Mr. Anderson's class. Everyone messed up and
forgot what to say, and they didn't speak clearly. They
could have at least practiced more.
The scenery wasn't very much, and the light was kind of dull, and the sound wasn't very good. Mr. Hodges was
speaking loud and clearly, and he was great on the stage.
When the Glee-club was singing so nice, Marines got very jealous and asked Mrs.
Evens to be in the Glee-Club. But when Mrs. Evens said no she wrote bad things about
the Glee-Club on the computer up-stairs.
But I really liked the Black History show. I gave it 3 stars
because it was very good.
• [Margaret's first draft]
Black History Show
I liked the Black History show because I was surprised to
see the little and big children singing so well, and clearly.
The best acts were Mrs. Martin's, and Miss Simpson's classes. The songs were nice
and the people on stage weren't scared. The worst act was "Famous Black People"--Mr. Agosto's + Mr. Anderson's class. Everybody messed up and forgot what to say, and
they didn't speak clearly. They could have at least
practiced more. The scenery was pretty good, and the light
was bright enough, but the sound was not that good. Mr.
Hodges was speaking very loudly and was good on the
stage. I think the show deserves three stars because
it was very good.
• [Marines's first draft]
Black History Show
The Black History Show wasn't a big success. I only liked it in some parts. I tell you, some acts were really awful! I don't think other
people agree with me, but that's my choice.
The act that I liked the most was the song that Mrs.
Jackson's class sang. It was "What Color is God's Skin?" They were really organized,
they sang out loud. It was as if they weren't shy, they were
all singing.
The act that I didn;t like most was done by Mr. Anderson
and Mr. Agosto's class. It was "Famous Black People." They
didn't memorize their parts. They messed up in the
morning and in the afternoon shows.
The scenery was very good it was excellent but the lighting was a little dull. The sound
was awful in some acts but in others it was good.
I don't know what happened to the Glee Club, they were
almost all weak. The audience couldn't hear them. They sounded soft then they went loud. It was a disaster!
Mr. Hodges was excellent. He dressed up very nice and of
course spoke loud.
If I was directing this show, I'd give this show two stars.
Email Community
• San Diego <-> Shungnak
Hi, our names are Sandra and Monica. What is your name? How old are you? Sandra is 8
years old and Monica is 8 years old. Monica is skinny and she has brown hair and
brown eyes. She is tall, she is not black and she is not white.
She writes small and she runs fast. Sandra is pretty.
She runs fast, she has brown hair and she is not fat. She is not skinny. She is not black, she is not white. she has big
hands and she has white teeth. She is tall and she has
pretty clothes. How many jackets do you wear? Is it
snowing in Alaska? Is there polar bears? Do you have
husky dogs? Bye, bye write back
• Guaranteed audience
. . . one of the most important jobs I had following the
conference [training session] was the portaging of
messages from one computer system to the other. I figured out the best system for doing this and for awhile it was fun and interesting. However, after about two months of
endless courier service, it got to be quite boring so I taught Mom how to do it, and from
then on she got to take care of all the messages that needed
to be transferred
AUGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!
Carol sometimes I just want to throw this computer out of the window! I have been here at school for almost three hours trying to copy my mailbox to a file so I can keep them....If you heard a loud scream Sunday night about midnight, it didn't
work!
Just wanted to share with you part of one of Ernie's late night
messages. I think his "AUGHHHHH....." is a perfect description for the feelings of frustration and exasperation
that we've ALL experienced at different times (and for
different reasons) with this whole computer business. Being a pioneer in this area isn't easy, but this group of QUILL teachers sure keeps plugging away despite all of
the obstacles.
• Mixed-audience messages
Just a note to let you know that the X-CED computer in Holy Cross is still sick --- in other words, we have not
done much with QUILL as yet. Judy and Joe are moving right along however. Chip,
what did you do with my flashlight when you left Holy
Cross?
• Common and specific purpose
The problem I have is that I am not used to giving
individuals or groups of students time blocks to use
the computer so that they can write their stories. I got the
students to work on MAILBAG smoothly, but then for some
time I didn't let them work with the computer. All that time I was wondering how I was
going to arrange the setup so that their schoolwork would
not be disturbed. Other than that all is well!
• Flat social structure
Deane is using QUILL with her Jr. high class. We tried to teach it to her 9th graders,
they rebeled because it takes so long to boot and to move
from screen to screen to start writing in Library. Isn't there something Andee and Chip
can do about that? That might be why it is billed as
appropriate for grades 3-6, but it could keep the program from
expanding to many classrooms.
• Synergy with classroom
Greetings from Shungnak! QUILL is underway . . .we're all hanging on and going with
it. The kids are learning quickly. When Chip was here we also had a visit from the supt. The students took to
QUILL like a sled dog to pulling. There are a few
management problems, but no major bugs with the program other than that if a student wishes to print out a mail
message that they have just sent, the printer does some
wierd symbols --Chip, you saw that when you were here . . .
Time to go send some mailbox messages . . .Bonnie
Hartford Newspaper
• The Menudos
Over the last few months, the Menudos have been real famous. The object that
makes them famous are the girls. Boys are not crazy
about them.
In my opinion and I think in everyone's opinion, the girls
like the Menudo's because of only two things, their singing and their good looking bodies and faces. Almost all adults like their songs and also the
children.
There are fine boys in the Menudos their names are
Ricky, Johnny, Miguel, Charlie and Ray. They all sing
wonderful!
There is one more thing every girl thinks. There should be a
girl in the Menudos to sing with them some songs. What
do you think?• Michael's Island
HI SWEET POLLY LOVERS...HERE IS A
REVIEW OF THE LATEST NEW T.V.
SHOW..."MICHAEL'S ISLAND".
ONE DAY THERE WAS A BOY NAMED MICHAEL. HE
WANTED TO RUN AWAY BECAUSE EVERY BODY DID
NOT LIKE HIM SO HE RAN AWAY HE HEARD OF A
BOAT GOING OUT TO SEA SO HE WENT TO GET ON THE BOAT AND ON THE SECOUND DAY AT SEA
THERE WAS A BAD STORM AND HE WOKEUP HE WAS IN THE SEA LAYING ON A
BOARD AND HE WAS GETTING TIRED AND
HUNGRY SO WENT TO SLEEP AND ALL MOST DIED
BUT WHEN HE WOKEUP AND HE WAS ON A ILAND AND HE LOOK AROUND
AND SEE A DOLPHIN BUT MICHAEL KEEP SAYING
WHO SAVED HIM THEN HE KNOW WHO SAVED HIM THE DOLPHIN AND HE
LIVED THE REST OF HIS LIFE ON THE ILAND WITH
THE DOLPHIN
THE' END.
Keywords: /Michael/boat/boy/
• TOO LATE!
IS A NEW SERIES THAT IS FULL OF ADVENTURE AND
EXCITEMENT. THIS IS A NEW SHOW THAT YOU ARE
GOING TO LOVE. . . .
JIMMY WILCOX as LARRYLISA CORA as LARRY'S
MOTHER
ANDAND
ERIK ESTRADA as TONYDON SCHULZ as
LARRY'S FATHER
STAR IN
TOO LATE!
LARRY AND TONY ARE FRIENDS, BUT ONE DAY LARRY GETS SICK AND
THE MEDICINE CAN ONLY BE FOUND IN MARS...HOW
WILL ANY ONE SAVE HIM?..CAN ANYONE BE
ABLE TO GET TO MARS..IF SO HOW WILL HE GET BACK, COULD HE BE
SAVED?
LARRY IS 23 AND TONY IS 22, TONY TRIES TO THINK WHAT WILL HAPPEN WILL
HE FAIL? WILL HE BE ABLE TO FACE LARRY'S
PARENTS?...WILL THEY CALL HIM A COWARD A TERRIBLE DISGUSTING MAN? WILL THEY HATE
HIM?
TUNE IN EVERY WEEK
MONDAY - FRIDAY TO WATCH
TOO LATE
Keywords: /friendship/coward/adventure/
parents/• Too Late [Script]
Elizabeth Saez Josette Wray
Part One
Tony finds a ship. He gets in it and goes sneeking then he
pushes a button. Then he hears a noise shuve. The
ship flies to somewhere. He had pushed the starting
butten. A several months goes by. He lands on a
planet. When he awakes he opens the door and sees
snow, he feels cold. Then he goes in and puts a suits. He
goes out and tried to see if it is Planet Mars. HE runs and sees a flower not an usual
one. He goes and takes it and runs to the ship. Down at Earth Larry is sick. The
doctors know that he could die because the medicine can
only be found in Mars. Tony presses the start butten and flies to Earth. He gets there
two months later. He gets out and runs to the hospital. He
gives the flower to the hospital. Larry two weeks
later is fine, now he says that he is a hero. They become
bests friend forever.
Keywords: /friendship/adventure/excident
/
Emily and Stephen
• Backyard Treasure Hunt
Pot, pot, it’s very hot
Same is mine is soon you’ll find
Camouflage is mine; you’ll find it in some time