----- Original Message ----- From: "Barry Silverberg" <barisil@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: Re: a curiosity Several novels have been written in pres simple; barry Adele wrote: > I believe she was referring to a BOOK REPORT (she wrote "the plot for a > book report") - NOT the novel, itself. > Personally, I always tell my students to write their reports either in the > present simple (it is a book- the action happens all the time- whenever > you open it, it is there) OR the past tense (as if it has happened already > because you have already read the book, and are looking at it from that > perspective - of events that happened in the past and are finished.) As a > number of you have already mentioned, what is MOST important is the > consistency. Judy wrote: > WHAT???? Is Harry Potter written in present simple? > Huck Finn / War and Peace????? > You wrote: > Just out of curiosity, what is your opinion as to what tense students > should > use when writing the plot for a book report? I've accepted it in either > present or past, as long as the tense is consistent. I just was informed > by > another teacher that it should be written only in present tense. What is > your perspective? ----------------------------------------------- ** Etni homepage - http://www.etni.org or - http://www.etni.org.il ** ** for help - ask@xxxxxxxx ** ** to post to this list - etni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** -----------------------------------------------