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Outstanding
Features of the Hunter Writing System: Sentence Sense Text
Note that there are two Skills
Practice Book entries because this text is two books in one.
A missing page citation often means that the excerpts
supply an example.
Text Proper
(Sentence-Structure/Grammar Only)
1.
Uses
simple
wording, many charts, shading. (See excerpts.)
2.
Supplies
chapter reviews.
(13-14)
3.
Provides "doing"-based definitions. (See
excerpts.)
4.
Teaches "truths" as a backdrop.
(179-81)
5.
Presents
usage rules freshly. (290)
6.
Showcases correct usage in preference to
incorrect usage in its illustrations.
7.
Identifies and applies
the structural rules that
govern how English really works.
Skills Practice
Book: Sentence-Structure Work
1.
Supplies
combined-skill practices
repeatedly. (36-37)
2.
So
arranges content that
later work (right to the end of the text) depends on all earlier work.
3.
Promotes study strategies and life
values in
sentences and paragraphs.
4.
Strives to be
upbeat in all of its comments and
stories.
Skills Practice
Book: Paragraph & Essay Work
1.
Teaches
all paragraph types ... and both
the informative and persuasive essay.
2.
Includes
informal paragraphs--as in autobiographies and friendly letters.
(79,16-17)
3.
Teaches and always
requires an outline.
4.
Highlights topic ideas and topic sentences in
models.
5.
Teaches a
fresh way to "invent" writing material. (80)
6.
Teaches
ample--and some fresh--techniques for improving coherence
(interconnectedness) and thence readability. (89-92)
Teacher's Guide
1.
Includes numberless
general tips (10-13)
as well as chapter-by-chapter tips (31).
2.
Adds
chapter tests, answers, and suggestions
for scoring. (33)
3.
Supplies a set of
alternative examples
consistently. (31-33)
Answer Book
1.
Supplies all answers.
2.
Supplies answers
inside the context of the exercise's entire phrase, sentence, or
paragraph.
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