But the funniest thing just happened. We did a short group writing. It was predominately girls speaking up, so here's what they had to say:
I have a dog.
Her name is Sophie.
She likes to play.
She plays with girls.
She does not like boys.
I thought it was cute, but didn't know how the 11 boys in the room felt about it.
One boy, Noel, just finished his story and brought it over for me to staple. He had the cutest dog drawn on the back cover -- it took up the whole page and it had an over-sized head. On the inside he changed the story up a bit:
I have a dog.
Her name is Sophie.
She likes to play.
She plays with boy.
She does not like girl.
How clever is he?! Then he drew a picture of a little boy and a dog with a frisbee in its mouth!
After I started typing this another student finished and brought me her book. She kept the story the same but decided to add captions to her illustrations. For the last sentence, "She does not like boys," she drew a little dog and a boy. The boy is asking the dog, "Can I play with you?" And the dog responds, "No." (But she actually spelled it n-o-w -- she's only 6, for crying out loud!)
Unfortunately, the two star students aren't my regular students. And quite frankly they're so smart, I don't really know why they're in Saturday Tutorials. Oh well. They gave me a laugh.
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