English grammar software for grades 7-12, adult

The Achievement Prep English Series, interactive grammar software on CD-ROMS for MacIntosh and Windows, provides a solid foundation in the basic skills of English grammar and the mechanics of writing.
The Series serves grades 7 - 12 and is suitable for at-risk, adult, and ESL students.
Sixteen comprehensive tutorials and two diagnostic test batteries teach and test language development.
A randomized pretest and post test measure performance for each lesson.
An automated portfolio management system records all results.
Rewards correct responses with positive reinforcement.
Guides incorrect responses into remedial instruction that breaks content into small steps.
A Bookmark holds a student's place in the course and preserves scoring.

This course is available as a complete series or as the first six lessons or as individual lessons.
Title: Achievement Prep English Series Complete (16 lessons and two test batteries listed below)
Grades 7 - 12, remedial, Adult Literacy, ESL, LD

Module: APE1
Grades 7 - 12, remedial, Adult Literacy, ESL, LD
Hard Disk Space of Module: 707 KB Trial Load

Curriculum Content: Teaches the fundamentals of subjects and predicates.
Features: Interactive tutorial and drill explains subjects, predicates, the definition of a sentence, and the structure of a sentence as revealed by its pattern. The program reinforces correct responses and has remedial branching for incorrect responses. This module emphasizes recognizing the subject as the most important naming word in a sentence. Uses a drill technique of re-asking key questions missed until all questions are answered correctly. Pre and post tests are randomized.

Title: Types of Subjects - Achievement Prep Series -----Home version module $11.00

Module: APE2
Grades 7 - 12, remedial, Adult Literacy, ESL, LD
Hard Disk Space of Module: 773 KB

Curriculum Content: Teaches the fundamentals of subjects: nouns and pronouns as subjects; simple subject; complete subject; singular/plural subject; compound subject; "you-understood" subject; and subject-nouns.
Features: Interactive tutorial and drill explain subjects. Students learn to identify kinds of subjects through a variety of exercises.. The program reinforces correct responses and has remedial branching for incorrect responses. Teaches "here" and "there" as non-subjects, and that a subject is never the object of a preposition. Reviews common pronouns used as subjects. Pre and post tests are randomized.

Title: Verbs - Achievement Prep Series-----Home version module $11.00

Module: APE3
Grades 7 - 12, remedial, Adult Literacy, ESL, LD
Hard Disk Space of Module: 969 KB

Curriculum Content: Teaches the techniques of identifying: verbs; simple verbs; complete predicates; action verbs; linking verbs. Teaches how the meaning of a verb in a sentence determines if the verb is a linking verb or an action verb.
Features: Interactive module reinforces correct responses and has remedial branching for incorrect responses. Uses a drill technique of re-asking key questions missed until all questions are answered correctly. Pre and post tests are randomized. This module emphasizes identifying the kinds of verbs through a variety of exercises. It also gives an Item Analysis prior to the scoring frame.

Module: APE4
Grades 7 - 12, remedial, Adult Literacy, ESL, LD
Hard Disk Space of Module: 684 KB

Curriculum Content: Teaches the techniques of identifying: the four types of sentences (declarative, interrogative, exclamatory, imperative) and their end punctuation marks. Reviews the "you-understood" subject in imperative sentences. Teaches sentence patterns in the context of defining the elements of a sentence,
Features: Interactive module reinforces correct responses and has remedial branching for incorrect responses. Pre and post tests are randomized.

Title: Verb Agreement - Achievement Prep Series-----Home version module $15.00
Module: APE5

Grades 7 - 12, remedial, Adult Literacy, ESL, LD
Hard Disk Space of Module: 1.29 MB

Curriculum Content: Teaches how subjects and verbs agree at a more advanced level than is found in Module B5E. Treats in detail the verb usage rules for joining a compound subject by "and" as well as joining singular subjects by "or" or "nor." Provides ample practice in identifying subjects correctly as to number for verb agreement. Teaches how to distinguish objects of prepositions from subjects of sentences. Other topics: tenses; "to be" verbs; helping verbs; and verb agreement issues for contractions and indefinite pronouns; rules and exceptions for verb agreement with compound subjects; and when to double the last consonant in past tense verbs.
Features: Interactive module reinforces correct responses and has remedial branching for incorrect responses. Pre and post tests are randomized. Item Analysis is shown prior to the scoring frame.

Title: Regular and Irregular Verbs - Achievement Prep Series-----Home version module $15.00
Module: APE6

Grades 7 - 12, remedial, Adult Literacy, ESL, LD
Hard Disk Space of Module: 1.19 MB

Curriculum Content: Teaches regular and irregular verbs. Treats in detail: tenses; helping verbs; the "be" verb; principal parts of verbs. Provides ample practice in identifying how regular and irregular verb endings change to form past tense and past participles. Students apply rules on verbs in varied exercises, including answering all questions correctly for the course to proceed. Review section gives option to print study sheet of irregular verbs.
Features: Interactive module reinforces correct responses and has remedial branching for incorrect responses. Pre and post tests are randomized. Item Analysis is shown prior to the scoring frame.

Title: Adjectives - Achievement Prep Series-----Home version module $15.00
Module: APE7

Grades 7 - 12, remedial, Adult Literacy, ESL, LD
Hard Disk Space of Module: 1.33 MB

Curriculum Content: Teaches how adjectives change the meaning of nouns and pronouns. Treats in detail: adjective identification; personal pronouns as adjectives; (’s) adjectives; "a" and "an"; words used as adjectives versus words used as nouns and pronouns; this, that, these, those; proper adjectives; adjective phrases; predicate adjectives; comparisons; irregular modifiers; and distinguishing adjectives from adverbs. Students apply rules on using adjectives in varied exercises.
Features: Interactive module reinforces correct responses and has remedial branching for incorrect responses. Pre and post tests are randomized. Item Analysis is shown prior to the scoring frame.

Title: Adverbs - Achievement Prep Series-----Home version module $15.00
Module: APE8

Grades 7 - 12, remedial, Adult Literacy, ESL, LD
Hard Disk Space of Module: 747 KB

Curriculum Content: Teaches how adverbs add to the meaning or change the meaning of verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs. Treats in detail: adverb identification; position in sentence; distinctions between adverbs and adjectives; "good" and "well;" degrees of comparisons; irregular modifiers; and finding the word modified as a technique for determining an adjective or an adverb. Students apply rules on using adverbs in varied exercises.
Features: Interactive module reinforces correct responses and has remedial branching for incorrect responses. Pre and post tests are randomized. Item Analysis is shown prior to the scoring frame.

Title: Pronouns - Achievement Prep Series-----Home version module $15.00
Module: APE9

Grades 7 - 12, remedial, Adult Literacy, ESL, LD
Hard Disk Space of Module: 944 KB

Curriculum Content: Teaches the correct use of the many different forms of pronouns. Treats in detail: nominative; objective; and possessive cases. Gives examples of standard and non-standard English in using a personal pronoun in the objective case after a "to be" verb. Reviews the "be" verb and "who - whom" in subordinate clauses. Explains indefinite, reflexive, and intensive pronouns.
Features: Interactive module reinforces correct responses and has remedial branching for incorrect responses. Pre and post tests are randomized. Item Analysis is shown prior to the scoring frame.

Title: Capitalization I -Achievement Prep Series-----Home version module $11.00
Module: APE10

Grades 7 - 12, remedial, Adult Literacy, ESL, LD
Hard Disk Space of Module: 817 KB

Curriculum Content: Teaches the rules of capitalization for proper adjectives, names of individual relatives, heads of state, geographical names, north, south, east, west, school subjects, book titles, languages, words referring to a Deity, parts of compound words, organizations, institutions, special events, business firms, products, races, and religions.
Features: Interactive module with varied exercises reinforces correct responses and has remedial branching for incorrect responses. Pre and post tests are randomized.

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Punctuation Lessons
All the punctuation lessons begin with an explanation of the necessity of using punctuation marks as a means of bringing clarity and meaning to a sentence. Each lesson gives a tutorial and short quizzes and shows ample examples of the rules of punctuation. Distinctions are shown of formal and informal writing. Pre and post tests are randomized.

Title: Punctuation I (Ampersand, Apostrophe, Asterisk) Home version module $11.00
Module: APE12

Grades 7 - 12, remedial, Adult Literacy, ESL, LD
Hard Disk Space of Module: 603 KB

Curriculum Content: This lesson focuses on when to double the last consonant that occurs before a suffix.. Ample examples and drills reinforce the three rules for doubling the last consonant. Teaches also the fourth rule -- doubling the last consonant if the root word is accented on the last syllable -- which negates the first three rules.
Features: Interactive module with varied exercises reinforces correct responses. Pre and post tests are randomized.

Test Batteries
Test Batteries provide easy access to the pre and post tests for each lesson in the series. For students who have not taken the lessons sequentially, they may be used to diagnose competencies. Test scores indicate which lesson(s) should be taken. Students who have completed the grammar lessons in the series may use the Test Batteries to assess retention.

Title: Test Battery I (Sentence Structure and Parts of Speech) Home version module $11.00
Module: APE17

Grades 7 - 12, remedial, Adult Literacy, ESL, LD
Hard Disk Space of Module: 1.18MB

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Single-user, home or consumer version CD-ROMS must be present in the drive for the course to run.

School versions, in CD-ROM format, may be stand-alone, lab pack, site-license, or network versions. Stand-alone and lab pack CD-ROMS must be present in the drive for the course to run.

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