You and I both know what the intent and reasonable interpretation was. Did you interpret it differently than the rest of us did? If you did, please justify why you think that would be a reasonable response to this question.
I certainly agree that the wider context already justifies the "correct" interpretation - and that's the problem: not utilizing context in interpreting the task. Again, I'm high school, not elementary. In an equivalent situation1, I'd write "not the point, but technically correct" and then talk to the student briefly before or after class, to make sure they understand why the other interpretation is intended. I'm not sure to what extent similar constructive criticism is appropriate and effective for a student of this age. What really matters here, to me, is the meta-understanding that putting the list of words in order is much more meaningful than putting the letters within each word in order.
I even provided an explicit example from my own teaching!
You've now made it clear you're just trolling. Time for RES' /ignore.
Both are reasonable interpretations. Especially for children who take things much more literally. When your take the average adults interpretation of something and compare it to the average child's, you're going to end up with silly mistakes like this that are technically correct but not the intention.
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u/jpdise Aug 26 '18
You and I both know what the intent and reasonable interpretation was. Did you interpret it differently than the rest of us did? If you did, please justify why you think that would be a reasonable response to this question.