Expanded Testimonials Regarding the Hunter Writing System: Sentence Sense from Middle School Teachers

Barbara Stubbs, teacher of 7th and 8th graders in Mullica Hill, N.J.

1.  "It works--the whole thing; it's so systematic it's easy; the students love it."

2.  "It gives a handle whereby they can analyze their own writing and improve it."

3.  "They remember the work, even when interrupted. It involves discovery (and not too much memorizing)."

4.  She teaches to 100% mastery and gets it.

5.  "They put the sentence work to use as they try to make their sentences sound better or make more sense; they know the rules and try to apply them."

6.  "They succeed 100% better than those taught by other systems."

7.  "They approach each writing task with confidence. They take risks as writers because they know how to correct their own work. Unlike the average student, they stop to think and organize before starting to write."

8.  "They write not only with maturity but also with sophistication" (after 12 chapters).

Sharon Vaughan, a Middle School teacher in Chattanooga, Tenn.

"This is the best program ever to help students learn English or brush up on it."

Catherine Plocki, a Middle School Teacher in San Anselmo, Cal.

1.  She loves the way they can't make mistakes.

2.  "Once they really understand it, they get excited and start using it.  They say, "I really see it."  They begin to see the big system (versus the bits and pieces that other texts teach)."

3.  "Just this morning ... I spent the whole period [instead of the intended half a period] because the students were so intensely interested in it."

4.  "One of my students is reading the text ahead of the class and comes into the next class saying with great excitement, 'Do you know what he [the author] said . . . ?' "

5.  "My students want to keep their texts as references."

6.  "It's like learning from the person who formed the English language."

Eileen Scholl, Team Leader and teacher of 8th graders in Blackwood, N.J.

1.  "This approach is exciting; it provides direct and constant reinforcement of skills."

2.  "It is a positive and pleasant experience for the children.  It's fun.  It's like a game, like Nintendo."

Candace Barringer, Chair & teacher of 7th graders, Holland Patent, N.Y.

"This is the easiest grammar to teach that I have ever tried."

Susan Vaughan, teacher of 7th graders, Thomaston, ME

"The system does work, and students were pleased to have a true system, not a by-guess-and-by-golly one."

Richard L. Knudson, English Educator,
State University of New York at Oneonta

[After a demonstration for one of his classes] "That's fun. You can use the system with sentences other than just the ones in the book."

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