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CAPI Coordinator and Teacher Evaluations

Student Feedback

School: Westmoor High School

CAPI Coordinator: Jenna Palmer

School Year: 2001–2002

What did you like best about the program?

“The train of thought and running through the paragraphs. The way Ms. Palmer tries all she can to help make it the best.”

“What I liked best about the program is that Ms. Palmer helped us think about SFSU and any college a lot more. She helped several people with their writing skill and developed and improved the writing skills.”

“How helpful it was!”

“Ms. Palmer is always here to help us out with our writing skills.”

“The program helped me with my writing and gave me some advice.”

“It helps students develop better writing skills.”

“Ms. Palmer was helpful when I needed additional help in my writing.”

“She walked around helping people.”

“The helpers that walked around just helped anybody in need.”

“I like the fact that we can have extra help.”

“What I like best is that we have extra help. When I don’t understand something this program helps me.”

“I liked the way the program helped when I needed it.”

“That is helping with improving my writing and reading skills.”

“One of the best things I like about the program is that Jenna Palmer is very helpful when help is needed. Also after taking the standard writing test, I have learned my strengths and weaknesses.”

Do you think your reading and writing skills have improved as a result of this program? How?

”I would think this program would help us a lot because we often do a lot of stuff that improves our thinking. To do so, we often correct out grammatical mistakes and read out loud to the whole class.”

”Yes, I do think my writing ability has evolved and has become a lot more efficient.”

”Yes, now I have a lot of ideas so that it makes it easier for me.”

”Yes, because I have more information on how an essay should look like. And it has helped my grammar skills as well.”

”I think my reading and writing skills have improved because of constant reading and writing makes me able to express more ideas than I could imagine. Teachers are very pushy about grammar and spelling.”

”I think my reading and writing skills have improved as a result of this program because I developed using better vocabulary.”

”I think she has helped us all just by being here and the influence she gave us encourages me to do better on my writing and reading skills.”

”Yes, by reading, we have more ideas to write.”

”My reading and writing skills have not especially improved as a result of this program because it didn’t seem very different from my normal English class.”

”Yes, but not too much. I’m still trying though.”

”I think my reading and writing skills have improved as a result of this program because my teacher has been praising us for the improved writing.”

”Yes, I was taught more. I understood more things.”