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ACERD40.ZIP 736406 12-15-98 AceReader 4.0 helps teach you to read faster
| both on and off your computer. This includes
| reading/comprehension tests broken out by
| grade levels. It utilizes two technologies:
| Rapid Serial Visual Presentation (RSVP), and
| Tachistoscopic Scroll Presentation. This is
| designed for use by all ages, from
| professionals to children. Requires Win95.
| (StepWare, Inc.) (ASP) (Reg.Fee: $25)
BLPNCH10.ZIP 2238525 02-08-99 Business Letter Punch 1.00 helps users write
| effective business letters. The program
| teaches four different types of letters:
| persuasion, request, complaint/response, and
| social business. Students go through the
| process of constructing a letter they would
| write in a business environment. Requires
| Win95/98/NT. (Merit Audio Visual) (ASP)
| (Reg.Fee: $44)
BWPNCH10.ZIP 764557 04-29-98 Business Writing Punch 1.00 is a
| business-oriented writing tutor that helps
| users learn to write effective paragraphs
| that persuade, describe, explain, organize,
| or direct. Choosing from a menu of topics,
| users develop an idea and write their own
| topic sentence, body, and conclusion. Program
| prompts guide users step by step through
| pre-writing, writing, organizing, editing,
| rewriting, and publishing. (Merit Audio
| Visual) (ASP) (Reg.Fee: $49)
DSBEE153.ZIP 2121223 02-08-99 Dynamic Spelling Bee (16-bit) 1.53 can
| produce random spelling lists and dynamically
| adjusts a 22,000 word spelling dictionary to
| eliminate mastered words. Features include
| the production of a failure list, auto level
| mode, online help, and a sound option. (Peter
| Richards) (Reg.Fee: $20)
EC98_11.ZIP 3699382 11-17-98 English College 98.11 is a course that helps
| identify student weaknesses in English. It
| keeps score, and provides detailed assistance
| when it is necessary. The built-in
| "Ask-a-Question" editor allows students to
| ask the online instructor a question, and
| automatically records exactly where the
| student is in a test or lesson, to provide
| targeted responses. Requires Win95/NT.
| (ChalkSoft) (Reg.Fee: $145)
EPUNCH10.ZIP 2260204 02-08-99 Essay Punch 1.00 helps students who already
| know how to write a paragraph to write a
| short essay. Students learn the techniques of
| expository writing - to persuade, inform, or
| describe. Choosing from a menu of topics,
| students develop an idea and write their own
| short essay, consisting of an introduction, a
| two- to three-paragraph body and a
| conclusion. (Merit Audio Visual) (ASP)
| (Reg.Fee: $44)
GRMSLM20.ZIP 513634 01-19-99 Grammar Slammer (32-bit) 2.0 is a program for
| announcing your web page in hundreds of
| search engines. This can greatly increase
| your web traffic. All your promotion
| information can be saved into project files.
| This is compact and easy to use. (James Bair)
| (ASP) (Reg.Fee: $25-$39)
PPUNCH30.ZIP 762338 04-25-98 Paragraph Punch for Windows 3.0 is a writing
| tutor that helps students learn different
| ways to write an effective paragraph: through
| reasons, details, sequence, example, and
| cause and effects. Choosing from a menu of
| topics, they develop an idea, and write their
| own topic sentence, body, and conclusion.
| Finished work may be saved to a disk or
| transferred to a word processing program.
| This is for grades 6 - 10. (Merit Audio
| Visual) (ASP) (Reg.Fee: $44)
PPUNCH31.ZIP 2233194 02-08-99 Paragraph Punch for Windows (32-bit) 3.1 is a
| writing tutor that helps students learn
| different ways to write an effective
| paragraph: through reasons, details,
| sequence, example, and cause and effects.
| Choosing from a menu of topics, they develop
| an idea, and write their own topic sentence,
| body, and conclusion. Finished work may be
| saved to a disk or transferred to a word
| processing program. This is for grades 6 -
| 10. (Merit Audio Visual) (ASP) (Reg.Fee: $44)
RCNFCP10.ZIP 1272816 04-25-98 Reading Critically: Non-Fiction (Level 8 -
| 11) 1.0 trains students to read non-fiction
| material critically. Students develop the
| ability to answer inference and factual
| questions through a variety of exercises,
| including writing their own sentences. The
| program provides interactive prompts and
| voice vocabulary. If students are having
| difficulty, they are given context clues and
| help words. (Merit Audio Visual) (ASP)
| (Reg.Fee: $44+)
RCNFXX10.ZIP 1200182 04-29-98 Reading Critically: Non-Fiction (Level 5 - 8)
| 1.0 trains students to read non-fiction
| material critically. Students develop the
| ability to answer inference and factual
| questions through a variety of exercises,
| including writing their own sentences. The
| program provides interactive prompts and
| voice vocabulary. If students are having
| difficulty, they are given context clues and
| help words. (Merit Audio Visual) (ASP)
| (Reg.Fee: $44+)
RSPL3210.ZIP 873749 12-10-98 Ray's Spelling and Word Games (32-bit) 2.0
| provides a great way for your child to learn
| weekly spellings as well as improve reading,
| vocabulary and logic. The spelling section is
| incredibly easy to use and has learning,
| practice and test options. Your voice is
| recorded and automatically played back from
| within the program. This comes complete with
| two challenging and enjoyable word games with
| a range of difficulty levels. (Ray Le
| Couteur) (Reg.Fee: $20)
RWRSXX10.ZIP 899768 04-25-98 Real World Reading Skills (Level 4 - 6) 1.00
| helps students improve their literacy and
| comprehension of basic texts. They read short
| texts about everyday situations and perform a
| variety of exercises which guide them to
| answer questions, including writing a
| complete sentence. The program provides
| interactive prompts and voice vocabulary.
| (Merit Audio Visual) (ASP) (Reg.Fee: $44+)
SPELLB35.ZIP 2211382 04-25-98 Spelling Bee 3.5 is a spelling tutor for
| Win95 that helps create spelling lists. Other
| features include the ability to segregate
| spelling lists by school grades, timed
| testing, a scoreboard that displays the
| percentage correct, and more. (Bob Nickles)
| (Reg.Fee: $23)
SPELLW10.ZIP 3443366 09-12-98 Animated Spelling 1.00 provides two
| educational spelling games - a matching game
| where the child can hear the word and then
| match it to a word on the screen, and a
| spelling game where the student hears the
| word, then spells it. Help is given as needed
| to help the child spell the word correctly.
| As each word is completed a piece is added to
| a picture, after ten correct words the
| picture becomes animated. (Tom Gunthery, IV)
| (ASP) (Reg.Fee: $20)
VOCAB14.ZIP 273866 03-19-99 VocaBox 1.4 is a foreign language vocabulary
| trainer. It uses the principle of a box with
| cards, and as you learn more words the ones
| you are proficient in will not be asked as
| often. (Arnold Willemer) (Reg.Fee: $15)
VOCTRN15.ZIP 2713123 01-06-99 Vocabulary Trainer 1.5 allows you to increase
| your vocabulary skills by studying and taking
| tests on weekly lists of words. This version
| contains sample word lists for the months of
| January through April. Requires Windows. (Bob
| Nickles) (Reg.Fee: $19.95)
WAREAD31.ZIP 2234664 02-08-99 Writing About Reading 3.1 is a writing tutor
| that teaches students how to organize their
| thoughts and write an effective paragraph
| about material they have read. Students work
| independently, developing an idea into a
| topic sentence, body, and conclusion. Steps
| to finished original paragraphs include pre-
| writing, writing, organizing, editing,
| rewriting, and publishing. (Merit Audio
| Visual) (ASP) (Reg.Fee: $49)
WRFBIZ12.ZIP 2236679 02-08-99 Writing for Business 1.2 is a
| business-oriented writing tutor that helps
| users learn to write effective paragraphs
| that persuade, describe, explain, organize,
| or direct. Choosing from a menu of topics,
| users develop an idea and write their own
| topic sentence, body, and conclusion. The
| program prompts users step by step through
| pre-writing, writing, organizing, editing,
| rewriting, and publishing. Requires Win95/98.
| (Merit Audio Visual) (ASP) (Reg.Fee: $44)
