Product: English Flashcards
All English Titles: Software Benefits vs. Textbook
- Immediate Feedback
- Diverse question types
- Real world applications
- Extensive question sets
- Objective measurement of student performance
- Outsource fundamental skills to focus class time on more advanced topics
All English Titles: Engagement Boxes
- Reflection Questions
- Learning Style Tips
- Group Activities
- Further Resources
- Helpful Hints
All English Titles: Lesson Links & On Your Own
- Lesson Links: Shows students the other section/lesson where they can go to find more information about a topic mentioned in the current lesson
- On Your Own - Two formats: Click to Select and Free Response
COMP & ENG Textbook: Chapter Projects
Each Chapter has two Projects available:
* Project Assignments are largely collaborative and focused on developing creativity and critical thinking skills.
* Writing Assignments focus on developing a student’s independent writing skills through multi-part question prompts.
Foundations of English Courseware
Study Skills Chapter
Engagement Boxes
Lesson Links
On Your Own
Lexile-Measured Reading Applications & Questions1
Lesson Wrap Up
Chapter Diagnostics2
- Feature in ENG only
- Feature in ENG and COMPR
ENG: Chapter Diagnostics
In addition to having a Grammar Diagnostic available, ENG has assignable diagnostic tests for every chapter
* Except: Chapter 4, Grammar and Mechanics
Composition Courseware
- Engagement Boxes
- Lesson Links
- On Your Own
- Writing Environments1
- Annotated Writing Applications1
- Writing Prompts1
- Lesson Wrap Up
- For features only in COMP and COMPR
COMP: Writing Environments
Helps students draw connections to their own lives and see how writing should differ based on the environment and audience.
* Writing environment: Academic
* Writing environment: Everyday
* Writing environment: Professional
COMP: Annotated Writing Applications
- Between 1-3 pages in length
- Illustrate main points of lesson in a cohesive piece of writing
- Vary in format, topic, purpose, genre and language
New Feature: Writing Prompts
- 2-3 thought provoking writing prompts at the end of every lesson
- Sentence, paragraph, and essay-level
- Available in textbook, Learn mode, and as open-ended questions in the software
-These questions should only be assigned through Quizzes & Tests in the software (NOT Practice/Certify)
Composition Plus Integrated Review Courseware
- Engagement Boxes
- Lesson Links
- On Your Own
- Writing Environments-C
- Annotated Writing Applications-C
- Lesson Wrap Up
- Study Skills Chapter-E
- Lexile-Measured Reading Applications & Questions-E
C-For features only in COMP and COMPR
E-For features only inengandcompr
ENG & COMPR: Guided Notebooks
- Study Skills Chapter
- Fill-in-the-blanks
- On Your Own
Original Content (in Guided Notebook, not software)
* Reading Applications
* Key Terms Exercises
* Test Yourself
* Grammar Practice
Guided Notebooks: Reading Application
Reading exercises in the Guided Notebook can be DIFFERENT from reading questions in the software.For Example, in the Guided Notebook, some questions will be open ended.
Grammar Workbook
- Concentrated practice /Exercises only– no instructional content
- 8-14 questions per lesson
Question types:
* MCQ: single and multiple correct answer choices
* Converted click-to-select
* One matching activity
* Passage-based question
Print Resources: Reading & Writing Handbook
- 5 Parts (chapters/topics/lessons)
- Topic coverage:
- Reading, writing, critical thinking, grammar, research
- Example-heavy (sentences, paragraphs, essays)
- Exercises
Benefits
* Lifelong learning resource
* Comprehensive
* Straight forward
* User-friendly design & layout
* Graphic organizers
* Sample Papers
