[etni] Fw: re: a curiosity
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- Date: Fri, 1 May 2009 11:40:04 +0300
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From: Ruthi - rsheffer@xxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: a curiosity
Of course consistency is the most important thing here. The student must
realize that tense matters and s/he cannot jump back and forth. Past or
Present are both acceptable. If present it is Historic Present.I usually say
that every time we open the book and read it ,the same story will unfold,so
this is preferable,but they may choose Past ,but they have to stick to their
choice.
Ruthi
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?
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