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Tuesday, October 2, 2007

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I just had an email from a reader who is looking for those fantastic planets instructivist posted a while back, which I now can't find.

grrr....

She wants to print them out for a student, and of course I had Big Plans afoot to show them to Chris.

dang

Does anyone remember the general time frame instructivist posted those?

I'm thinking summer?


update 10-3-07:

Concerned has the link:

Relatively Speaking


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15 comments:

  1. concernedCTparentOctober 2, 2007 at 7:00 PM

    My kids just asked to see them this week.... synchronicity again?

    http://instructivist.blogspot.com/2007/07/relatively-speaking.html

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  2. concernedCTparentOctober 3, 2007 at 3:01 PM

    So, can I expect a funky door prize for being the first to respond? :)

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  3. Catherine JohnsonOctober 3, 2007 at 3:05 PM

    I should start snapping up copies of out-of-print William J. Kerrigan for prizes.

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  4. RedkuduOctober 3, 2007 at 4:15 PM

    "I should start snapping up copies of out-of-print William J. Kerrigan for prizes."

    Can you get your hands on one? I'll pay for it. :)

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  5. Catherine JohnsonOctober 3, 2007 at 4:30 PM

    They're gone???

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  6. Catherine JohnsonOctober 3, 2007 at 4:31 PM

    Here's the ISBN:

    Writing to the Point
    Fourth Edition
    William J. Kerrigan
    Allan A. Metcalf
    ISBN: 0-15-598313-X
    New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc., 1987

    I just bought used copies of all his other books (one on reading, too).

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  7. Catherine JohnsonOctober 3, 2007 at 4:33 PM

    btw, I pulled together everything I have on Kerrigan into a long but coherently organized email for a friend (a SEGMENTED email!); I'll copy you on it.

    I'm pretty sure you can use the method without having the book from this email alone.

    Better to have the book, but most folks could get started with this email.

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  8. concernedCTparentOctober 3, 2007 at 4:54 PM

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  9. Catherine JohnsonOctober 3, 2007 at 5:27 PM

    Actually, I believe he developed this program when he taught at Iowa State in the 1950s.

    I assume he's dead - am trying to find out who owns the copyright.

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  10. concernedCTparentOctober 3, 2007 at 5:52 PM

    Well that would make infinitely more sense, wouldn't it. It would be great to see his work widely available. Goodness knows how much this type of instruction is needed (and sorely missing) in our schools.

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  11. Catherine JohnsonOctober 4, 2007 at 6:26 AM

    We've had the Reading Wars & the Math Wars.

    It's probably time to start the Writing Wars.

    The funny thing is, I think one parent has already started the Writing Wars, and she happens to live in a neighboring town.

    Barbara Feinberg, in Hastings.

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  12. SteveHOctober 4, 2007 at 6:41 AM

    "The funny thing is, I think one parent has already started the Writing Wars, and she happens to live in a neighboring town."

    Do you have a link?

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  13. concernedCTparentOctober 11, 2007 at 8:32 PM

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  14. concernedCTparentOctober 11, 2007 at 8:35 PM

    Thanks to Instructivist, this took place earlier today somewhere in CT:

    5 Year Old: "Mommy, do you know how much I love you?"

    Mommy: "How much?"

    5 Year Old: "I love you as much as Betelgeuse."

    Mommy: "Well sweetie, I love you as much as Antares."

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  15. Karen AOctober 11, 2007 at 9:13 PM

    Q. What does Paul McCartney drink for breakfast?
    A. Betelgeuse (Beatle juice)
    (After all, he used to be quite a star . . . )

    Actually, that's a great story!

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