While making students keep journals is a controversial topic among teachers, I believe it is beneficial to ask students to take notes on the subjects they have been taught. Students, especially primary school students, should work on improving their handwriting. Accordingly, keeping journals is not only a helpful opportunity that helps them to develop their writing skills but also a method for teachers to spot their writing problems as well as their misunderstandings. As Clair astutely mentioned, teachers will have a chance to realize students’ comprehension of the topic and will solve their deficiencies before getting too late. For instance, I had several friends who had learned some topics completely wrong, and they had not noticed it until their higher- education level. Thus, note-taking is a crucial technique for the students’ improvement.
- Question Doctor Diaz This week we ll look at practices and activities used by primary and secondary school teachers Let s begin by discussing journal writing activities Some teachers ask students to keep a journal and to regularly write down their thought 60
- Do you agree or disagree with the following statement It is the best way for teachers to help students become more interested in a subject by explaining how this subject can help students live better outside the school 76
- Question Doctor Diaz Our next class will focus on how companies maintain their staffing levels While it is important for a company to look for new employees to fill open positions many believe it is equally important for a company to retain the workers it 70
- The Mediterranean island of Malta is home to a puzzling archaeological site that consists of a collection of pairs of parallel lines or grooves carved into the rock of the ground These grooves thought to be at least a few thousand years old can be quite l 80
- The toucan a brightly marked bird of the tropics of the Americas has long amazed people with its large colorful bill A third of the bird s entire length the bill is longer than that of any other bird and is strikingly colored Scientists have debated the q 83
need to review Claire' opinion too
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Attribute Value Ideal
Final score: 3.5 out of 5
Category: Good Excellent
No. of Grammatical Errors: 0 2
No. of Spelling Errors: 0 2
No. of Sentences: 6 9
No. of Words: 132 150
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No. of Different Words: 93 100
Fourth Root of Number of Words: 3.39 4.7
Average Word Length: 5.356 4.6
Word Length SD: 2.985 2.4
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No. of Words greater than 6 chars: 45 80
No. of Words greater than 7 chars: 31 40
No. of Words greater than 8 chars: 16 20
Use of Passive Voice (%): 0 0
Avg. Sentence Length: 22 21.0
Sentence Length SD: 8.641 7.5
Use of Discourse Markers (%): 0.667 0.12
Sentence-Text Coherence: 0.452 0.35
Sentence-Para Coherence: 0.452 0.50
Sentence-Sentence Coherence: 0.079 0.07
Number of Paragraphs: 1 5