Agreed. However, even parsing that sentence would be more than many young readers are now capable of.
Best, Joshua
On Fri, Jun 01, 2001 at 11:57:08AM -0700, Galchin Vasili wrote:
As far as "six graders" are concerned, it never kills anybody to develop the skill to think critically!
Regards,
Vasili N Galchin
--- Joshua 'Schwa' Gargus schwa@cc.gatech.edu wrote:
On Thu, May 31, 2001 at 03:11:01PM +0100, Keith Hodges wrote:
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What I would prefer to see is people using
language to say what they really
mean, something like this "If we hold the theory
of evolution to be true, which
it is likely to be given the philosphical
viewpoint or axiom that assumes there
is no outside agent then it is likely that the
process of evolution evolved the
animals, both their bodies and their habits ..."
Umm... keep in mind the target audience for the active essay that sparked this thread. Don't you think that this wording might be a bit much for a sixth grade student?
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Joshua
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