tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22793574.post4872255673409198763..comments2023-08-02T05:06:28.437-04:00Comments on Having Writ: Grammar on a Bunsister AEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17253107622268200803noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22793574.post-50568750963457677992007-11-09T18:03:00.000-05:002007-11-09T18:03:00.000-05:00Hi, Just Jen. I hope it works for you. I general...Hi, Just Jen. I hope it works for you. I generally didn't get much formal grammar education - I will say that one of the most useful things for me was the one week (yes, just 5 days) when they pulled out some decades-old grammar books in high school to teach us to diagram sentences. We only glossed over that, but it really did help me see how the parts of a sentence fit together - and sometimes how to tell when a sentence (like this one) is WAY too long.sister AEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17253107622268200803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22793574.post-56698772070268914822007-11-07T20:47:00.000-05:002007-11-07T20:47:00.000-05:00Hi, Sophie. Schoolhouse Rock came too late for me...Hi, Sophie. Schoolhouse Rock came too late for me to learn grammar, but it certainly helped me with the preamble to the constitution in high school!sister AEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17253107622268200803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22793574.post-76866488596847890972007-11-07T15:45:00.000-05:002007-11-07T15:45:00.000-05:00There were many mnemonics for learning anatomical ...There were many mnemonics for learning anatomical things. the one for the cranial nerves was "On old Olympus towering tops, a Greek and Hebrew Shared some hops." I found that one far less helpful. and it annoys me that i remember it but not the cranial nerves.<BR/><BR/>Now you have me singing Schoolhouse Rock....Lolly, lolly, lolly get your adverbs here....Conjunction Junction, what's your function?Margarethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17874963138325427383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22793574.post-32744090515421813622007-11-07T08:16:00.000-05:002007-11-07T08:16:00.000-05:00Hi, Juliet - thanks.Hi, Juliet - thanks.sister AEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17253107622268200803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22793574.post-56082250775202930672007-11-07T04:59:00.000-05:002007-11-07T04:59:00.000-05:00That is fun!That is fun!Crafty Green Poethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02486633917197181851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22793574.post-19444333229725711592007-11-06T22:45:00.000-05:002007-11-06T22:45:00.000-05:00Hi, Tumblewords - he was one of my favorite teache...Hi, Tumblewords - he was one of my favorite teachers.<BR/><BR/>Gautami and Shoshana - sounds like some math teachers on the same wavelength! The rhyme may last a bit longer - it already has legs!<BR/><BR/>Hello, Redness. Thanks.sister AEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17253107622268200803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22793574.post-21608966209305996802007-11-06T21:06:00.000-05:002007-11-06T21:06:00.000-05:00Ohh that is brilliant ;~) love your take!Ohh that is brilliant ;~) love your take!Cheriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04139558255321645746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22793574.post-16419662014775629442007-11-06T20:56:00.000-05:002007-11-06T20:56:00.000-05:00My geometry teacher taught us trig ratios by comin...My geometry teacher taught us trig ratios by coming in and telling us this whole long, ridiculous story about being abducted by aliens on her way to school, and eventually the punchline was "soak-a toe-a," which translated into SOH CAH TOA (sine is opposite over hypotenuse, etc.). No one in that class every forgot those ratios!Shoshana! Me!https://www.blogger.com/profile/02915894396663264926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22793574.post-60281858911264648952007-11-06T20:26:00.000-05:002007-11-06T20:26:00.000-05:00To remember the trigonometric ratios, I still use ...To remember the trigonometric ratios, I still use a little verse, for my students which my teacher taught to us in class 9. It was 25+ years ago!gautami tripathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04192356825699543613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22793574.post-14037050043683186502007-11-06T16:42:00.000-05:002007-11-06T16:42:00.000-05:00Ohmigosh, how funny is this? And creative, as well...Ohmigosh, how funny is this? And creative, as well!Tumblewords:https://www.blogger.com/profile/04279038951489894119noreply@blogger.com