这个三年级英文老师不错，儿子的两篇课堂作业

这个周五发回来两篇课堂作业，我觉得这个老师还教得挺有办法的。

One night, Joey took a shortcut through the old cemetery. It was daik and the wind was howling.  In the wind, he heard a voice calling "Joey, Jooooeeeey."  Write what happened next. 

* Add at least 7 sentences to the story.  Be creative.*

There were bones scattered apon the floor, and immediately he knew something was wrong.  The bones weren't supposed to be there!  He warily but surely approached the source of the sound.  He started to see limbs, limbs that made him tremble.  He never saw the graveyard like this.  He approached the place where his grandfather was buried.  The he saw something, it looked like a ghost, but it wasn't, it was his friend. His friend was calling him because he found a large, blue, and shiny crystal, and what about the bones and limbs?  Well, maybe some things just have to be left unanswered for now.  To be continued. 

这篇得A， 评语是“Very creative”。 我最喜欢最后两句。 他的字大，写了两页纸，我迫不及待翻过去看，却原来把读者耍了，哈哈哈。

 
第二篇，同一个老师教的social studies：


*A Letter About the Southwest*

Dear Johnston,

The Southwest is a region filled with many natural wonders, it is also a place of human achievement.  I stuck close to the Colorado River during the trip.  I got to see the Hoover Dam, and I still can't believe that they even managed to build it!  The builders even gave it to the government sooner than expected!  It is not enough to hear about the Grand Canyon, you have to see it with your own eyes.  But I can tell you this, that this canyon is 1 mile deep and 277 miles long.  Can you believe that?  Then there is Monument Valley, it is near the border between Arizona and New Mexico.  It is home to the Navajo, who are American Indians.  It must have been very hard to adapt to the desert climate.  There are mesas there, too.  Mesas are flat-topped hills, they are huge!  Huge, actually, wouldn't describe them, I just don't know any word stronger than huge.  Everything I know about Monument Valley came from the tour, and I learned some facts about the Hoover Dam and about the Havasupais, who are also American Indians.  If I had to pick a favorite place, I would pick the Hoover Dam. 

Your friend,
  XYZ

这篇得A-。评语是“Outstanding general description".  缺点是忘了画图，缺少“Strong or advanced vocabulary".  其实词汇是他的强项，老师说他有”vast of vocabulary", 确实这里没怎么用。 但我相当喜欢这篇的行文， 感觉比一些得A的还要好。

我记得以前我们小学写作文体和题材都没有那么广。不知道美国别的学校和老师怎么样？