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I'm just playing with the idea that each trait might be equated to a food.

Sentence fluency=shoe lace licorice....long flowing, smooth Word choice = pickles, great variety and flavours, beet, dill, onion, garlic, OR is would Jelly Bellies be a better example of the great variety and floavours of words?? Organization is like crackers and cheeze with an olive on top........specific ways to serve.

Any other thoughts out there???
michael Interesting idea... should you be looking for a "complete dish" that the traits create? Lasagna? long flowing smooth noodles organized into layers with some small, spicy meatballs added into the sauce, etc. Shoot, now I'm hungry for some Italian food!

On 1/18/09, L. Trying wrote: > I'm just playing with the idea that each trait might b...See More
Feb 8, 2009
Alison/Aus I'm a complete newbie when it comes to this, but what is 6 traits? It's not a term I've heard used here in Australia, but then I'm a music teacher, so it may well be out there. Your lists of the foods strikes a chord with me, and for me, the separate ones are best because I'm still sorting out the 'ingredients'.
Mar 15, 2009
Miss J I love this idea!! I definitely think creating a whole dish would be more in tune to the idea as "writing as a whole." Creating the dish in class would be helpful to those students that are visual learners. Reference could then be made back to the making of the dish (as far as talking about how the steps created the final product). Here are a few i...See More
Jun 22, 2009


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