Responding to a message by Dan, to Charles on ...
DT>Yes...and some writers still use the term.  I think "transitional" is 
DT>more accurate and is the term used in a recent workshop I attended.  
DT>Transitional suggests a temporary situation which is what invented 
DT>spelling really is -- temporary.  The teacher doesn't leave the learning 
DT>up to osmosis either.  Spelling, like other aspects of writing, is a 
DT>very important part of the editing process.  
Okay, color me dumb, but how can the kids edit their spelling when 
they're not taught how to spell?
DT>There is a book floating around somewhere that has the current life of 
DT>Dick and Jane.  Dick died, Jane is living with some guy, the kids have 
DT>married and divorced.  The dog bit the dust long ago but left some 
DT>puppies in the family line.  Sort of a 90's version.
Really?  I'd heard that Dick was a corporate CEO, that Jane was a 
successful teacher and that Spot's puppies fill happy homes all over the 
country.  I guess it's a question of whether the glass is half-full or 
half-empty.  ;-)
Chuck Beams
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cbeams@future.dreamscape.com
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