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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]He reads well and does well on social studies and other writing required tests, but he can’t write a story to save his life. My dh thinks he’s just lazy, but I think it could be more. What could it be and how would I find out?[/quote] I don't find this unusual. I assume you mean making up a story. How about starting by doing this at home without writing. Pretend play. Or, if he is older, make up stories about people. A friend and I used to do this when we went out to dinner together--we would make up stories about people we saw. Is it his daughter or his girlfriend? That type of thing. Where are they from? Another friend joined us when we were doing this once, and she thought we were nuts. It may sound stupid, but it might help. But, on a more practical plane, how about giving him a prompt. Don't make him write a long story--just a sentence or two.[/quote]
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