This message was originally submitted by Bill Murdick ([log in to unmask]) to the ATEG list at MIAMIU.ACS.MUOHIO.EDU. As an ATEG member, I wish to put it on record that I oppose any "program of instruction" on sentences in the schools because I believe that such programs take too much time away from the reading, writing, and discussion of texts. Like Frank Smith, I believe that students learn sophisticated sentence writing and sentence grammar mainly from reading, and somewhat from writing; they learn almost nothing from lectures, regardless of how good the lectures are. I am not against mini-lessions nor am I against individual instruction on problems or opportunities on the sentence level, but programs of instruction tend to take over the whole course. I make this statement just to establish the multiplicity of views within this organization. --Bill Murdick "It's a long way from sparks to fire."