Calling all teachers!!! I need some help!

I cannot recall the sentence, but there is actually a sentence that proves this idea. When not punctuated correctly, it means the exact opposite of what it intends to convey. If someone reacalls what this sentence might be, it is a terrific example of why good grammar and punctuation are not obsolete.

bring in afew copies of Eats, Shoots, and Leaves for your students to read. read it first nad censor as necessary. it hysterical, and should get them thinking.

Perhaps Oomis is referring to the following old tale:

A black and white panda bear walks into a restaurant. He orders a quick meal. After polishing it off, he pulls out a pistol, fires a few shots in the air, and walks out the front door.

Another patron turns to the owner and asks, “What was that?”

So the owner pulls out a poorly punctuated guide to animals, and flips to the P section. There it states: Panda bear: Eats, shoots, and leaves.

There is actually a cute grammar book titled, “Eats, Shoots and Leaves,” after that old joke.

Soliek: That is obviously correct. Where else would I have ever (knowingly, at least) seen anything written by you? If you’d be willing to share, I’d be happy to comment. However, why anyone would care about my comments without knowing who I am, is totally beyond me.

My point was not challenging your knowledge of the material. You said in the beginning that you were confident about both your knowledge, and your ability to convey it. I conceded that in my orginal response. Your concern was convincing your students that it matters. To that I say, if you know, you can teach. But you cannot preach, and have devarim nichnasim el halev, unless they are yotzim min halev. If it would really be in your lev, then it would come out in every format.

I’m not talking about typos. We’re all human, and we all make mistakes. I don’t believe in becoming the grammar police either; I’ll leave that for Haifagirl. (Haven’t heard from her much lately!) But whatever you teach, if you want your students to value the subject, you must as well. If you just want them to learn rules of the road, then if you know them you can convey them. But if you want to teach value, then value it yourself.

Soliek, the examples of how you approached your lesson sound spot on to me.

I teach and know it is not always easy to appreciate at first how it is going to go with new students, especially boys! Boys do not always relay how much they may be gaining or enjoying a lesson which may require creativity on their part, but I suspect you may be pleasantly surprised. You sound really enthusiastic and full of innovative ideas, go for it!

There are many emails being passed around that have signs in different countires that are written with poor englaish grammar and therefore do not say what the writers intended for them to.

EX; Employees must return to work before washing hands.

Instead of: Employees must wash hands before returning to work.

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These are entertaining to read and also make the message loud and clear.