"teen being the operative word"

nuff said

My youngest is more my writer.  When she'd have to use spelling words in a sentence, she would come up with these long, elaborate ones.  Which would be fine, if we weren't in a hurry to finish homework so she could get to gymnastics on time--the oldest, would be like 'what's the minimum number of words I can use?'  She's always seemed to want to write more and actually is very good at story writing for an 11 year old.  She knows how to portray a dialogue and develop characters, but her spelling is horrendous--thank goodness for spell check for her.  And they both at least are doing pretty well with the typing.  But of course, the younger one hates to read.  It's like my genes were split between the two or something, hehe.  

Hello!  I'm kind of new to all of the chats and blogs so I just saw this entry.  I have my own teen army, (twin 14 year olds and their 21 year old brother) with homework issues, so I can empathize.  I was wondering if your non-writer would do better with a talk to type program like Dragon?  That way she can just "dictate" her work.  I found that with Number One Son talking through the paper first was always easier.

Hope that this spring semester is easier on both of you!

Chris  aka mollyhousemouse

Thanks so much for the suggestion. Hehe, we actually do have dragon; it was recommended to us by her 5th grade teacher actually. It works great when she knows what she wants to say. After she's written out reports and such, she'll dictate it. She's severely adHD and creative writing is so not her thing. Reading, yes. Golf, yes. Tech ed, yes. Writing stories, no.

I actually didn't think to tell her to try it with this story. I think she just couldn't think of a plot for her characters...again, must be her father's DNA.