Feb 14, 2007 15:56
I'm going through a pile of papers by third graders (9th graders) who are describing where they live. It's an exercise in using sentences like, "There is/are ~." One student could only muster "I live in Takamatu." Most of them are pretty bad. Most are copied directly from the example in the textbook. You never really know if they could do a good job if they tried, or if they're completely lost by this point.
There are always a few that are really great, though. And in particular, it's always super awesome when somebody writes a sentence that has an unintentional double meaning. Atsuki writes, "...It's famous for its beautiful sea. There are many fish in the sea." Yes, there are, Atsuki! Yes, there are.