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SOFTWARE DESCRIPTIONS AND LESSONS

Question Designer Software

Presenter (Windows Network Version)

CD 371.26 Q38 1996 PT.

English Composition I (ENG 1113) On Level –

Critically Reading Essays

Lessons: 01 Critically Reading Nonfiction 02 Critically Reading Emily Dickinson 03 Loretta Lynn 04 Judy Garland & Louis Armstrong 05 Elvis Presley & The Beatles 06 Stevie Wonder 07 Critically Reading Nonfiction 08 Modern Parenting 09 Childhood Summers 10 Animals and Genetics 11 Teenage Pregnancy 12 There Was A Nation 13 Mama and Miss Jordan 14 Critical Skills of Comprehension 15 The Emphera 16 Critically Reading Excerpts 17 Red Badge of Courage 18 Adventures of Huck Finn 19 A Tale of Two Cities 20 Puppet Masters 21 The Scarlet Letter 22 Introduction to Poetry 23 Mending Wall 24 Miniver Cheevy 25 There is No Frigate Like a Book 26 Richard Cory 27 Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Eve 28 A White Heron 29 The Day Elvis Died 30 Walter Mitty 31 A Gift of the Magi 32 The Open Window 33 Why I Live at the PO 34 Out of the Fray 35 Introduction to Literature 36 Comparing Drama and Fiction

27. Sigmund Freud
28. Carl Jung
29. Melanie Klein
30. Howard Gardner
31. Francis Bacon
32. Charles Darwin
33. Rachel Carson
34. Stephen Jay Gould
35. Michio Kaku
36. The Torah
37. Aristotle
38. St. Matthew
39. The Koran
40. Friedrich Nietzsche
41. Iris Murdoch
42. His Holiness the Dalai Lama
43. Mary Wollstonecraft
44. Virginia Woolf
45. Simone De Beauvoir
46. Carol Gilligan
47. Bell Hooks

PRACTICAL GRAMMAR I

(Queue) Windows Based Networked

CD 428.2 P881O

Description: Each program in this package except for the review Disks present a series of related concepts in grammar, Explains each concept, tests the understanding of the student, gives examples and presents exercises to strengthen understanding.

PRACTICAL GRAMMAR I has a supplementary workbook that accompanies the lessons. This program should be used with ENG 1103 students. Below level

Lessons: Parts of Speech I

1. Nouns I
2. Nouns II
3. Pronouns
4. Verbs
5. Verb Phrases
6. Summary
7. Review Assignment I
8. Review Assignment II
9. Review Assignment III
10. Progress Test

Parts of Speech II

1. Adjectives and Articles
2. Adverbs
3. Prepositions
4. Conjunctions
5. Interjections
6. Summary
7. Review Assignments I
8. Review Assignments II
9. Progress Test/Part A
10. Progress Test/Part B

Pronouns

1. Kinds of Pronouns
2. Kinds of Pronouns II
3. Four Pronoun Types
4. Adjective Pronouns
5. Adjective Exercise
6. Possessive Pronouns
7. Summary
8. Assignment 1
9. Assignments 1 - 2

5. Adjectives/Adverbs
6. Capitalization
7. Plurals I
8. Usage I
9. Plurals II
10. Usage II

Modifiers_Adjectives

1. Kinds of Adjectives
2. Predicate Adjectives
3. Nouns as Adjectives
4. Adjectives/Comparison
5. Degrees
6. Irregular Adjectives
7. Exercise 1
8. Summary
9. Assignments 1-
10. Progress Test

Nouns

1. Nouns
2. Capitalization
3. Using Capital Letters
4. Plural Forms of Nouns
5. More Noun Plurals I
6. More Noun Plurals II
7. Summary
8. Assignment 1
9. Assignment 2
10. Assignment 3

Principal Parts of Verbs

1. Basic Forms of Verbs
2. Troublesome Verbs
3. Exercises 1-
4. Exercises 2-
5. Lie and Lay
6. Rise and Raise
7. Assignments 1-
8. Assignments 2-
9. Progress Test

Sentence Patterns

1. Kinds of Sentences
2. Inverted Order
3. Sentence Patterns I
4. Sentence Patterns II
5. There Sentences
6. Summary
7. Assignment 1
8. Assignment 2
9. Assignment 3
10. Progress Test

The Sentence

1. Subject and Predicate
2. Complete Subject/Predicate
3. Simple Subject/Predicate
4. Compound Subject/Predicate
5. Sentence Fragments
6. Summary
7. Assignment 1
8. Assignment 2
9. Progress Test

PRACTICAL GRAMMAR II

(Queue) Windows Networked

CD 428.2 P881T

10. Progress Test

Compound Sentences

1. Simple Sentences
2. Compound Sentences
3. Exercise I
4. Use of the Semicolon
5. Transitional Words
6. Exercise II
7. Summary
8. Assignment 1
9. Assignment 2-
10. Progress Test

Comprehensive Grammar Review – Part 2

1. Parts of Speech/Subject and Predicate
2. Complements/Kinds of Sentences
3. Verbs/Adjectives/Adverbs
4. Agreement
5. Phrases/Pronouns
6. Subordinate Clauses
7. Plurals of Nouns
8. Plurals and Capitals
9. Correct Usage
10. More Correct Usage

Gerunds

1. A Dual Nature
2. The Gerund Phrase
3. Exercise 3
4. Modifiers and Gerunds
5. The Dangling Gerund
6. Summary
7. Assignment 1
8. Assignment 2
9. Assignment 3
10. Progress Test

Infinitives

1. Nature of Infinitives
2. Infinitives-Adjectives
3. Infinitives-Adverbs

4. Complements
5. Modifiers
6. The Sign “To”
7. Summary
8. Assignments 1-
9. Assignments 3-
10. Progress Test

Noun Clauses

1. Noun Functions
2. More Noun Functions
3. Appositive Nouns
4. Introductory Words
5. Exercise
6. Summary
7. Assignments 1
8. Assignments II
9. Assignments III
10. Progress Test

Participles

1. The Nature of Verbals
2. Forms of Participles
3. The Participial Phrase
4. Dangling Participles
5. Verb Phrases
6. Summary
7. Assignment 1
8. Assignment 2
9. Assignment 3
10. Progress Test

Prepositional Phrases

1. Preposition and Object
2. Exercise
3. Adverbial Phrases
4. Phrasal Prepositions
5. Prepositional Objects
6. Correct Usage I
7. Correct Usage II
8. Assignments 1-
9. Assignments 3
10. Progress Test

8. Assignment 2
9. Assignment 3
10. Progress Test

PRACTICAL GRAMMAR III

(Queue) Windows Networked

CD 428.2 P881TH

Description: The PRACTICAL GRAMMAR III series is designed to serve as an introduction review of selected advanced topics in grammar for students in high school, college, or adult education classes. Although PRACTICAL GRAMMAR III presents many of the same topics as the lessons in PRACTICAL GRAMMAR I AND II, PRACTICAL GRAMMAR III covers these topics in more depth. The sentences used in the examples and exercises tend to be more difficult, and the responses required of the students are more varied and demanding. This program should be used for ENG 1113 an ENG 1123 students. This program provides a score for each lesson worked.*on and above levels.

Lessons: Case and Gender of Nouns and Pronouns

1. Pronoun Reference
2. Vague Antecedents
3. Exercise I
4. Pronoun Agreement
5. collective and Compound Nouns
6. Exercise II
7. Overall Review I
8. Overall Review II

Clauses and Whole Sentences

1. What are clauses
2. Using Main Clauses
3. Subordinate Clauses
4. Noun and Adjective Clauses
5. The Adverb Clause
6. Using Subordinate Clauses
7. Review
8. Types of Sentences

9. Overall Review I
10. Overall Review II

Comparing Gerund Participle and Infinitive Phrases

1. Phrases and Clauses
2. Kinds of Phrases
3. Participial Phrases
4. Sentence Structure
5. Gerunds
6. Gerund Phrases
7. Infinitive Phrases I
8. Infinitive Phrases II
9. Overall Review I
10. Overall Review II

Eight Parts of Speech

1. The First Four
2. More First Four
3. Nouns and Pronouns
4. Verbs
5. Adjectives
6. Adverbs
7. Conjunctions
8. Prepositions
9. Interjections and Review
10. More Review

Gerund of Noun and Pronoun

1. Noun Function
2. Function Review I
3. Function Review II
4. More Noun Functions
5. Number
6. The Subjective Case
7. The Objective Case
8. The Possessive Case
9. Special Possessives
10. Review

Managing Sentences

1. Kinds of Sentences
2. Faults in Structure

Description: ALLWRITE is a comprehensive computer program in grammar, rhetoric, research, and other writing skills important to success in college. It is designed to be used as an addition to the textbook assigned by you instructor. Like a textbook, ALLWRITE is interactive. That means it can provide immediate responses to your work and five you advice about how to improve.

ALLWRITE is divided into 15 chapters. Each chapter is subdivided into two or more objectives. For each objective, there are help sections: virtually every objective has Practice questions, Pre and Posttests, and Glossary of terms.

*All lessons have a Pretest, Posttest and Practice

Lessons: Chapter 1 Sentence Building Blocks

Objective 1: Learn Parts of Speech Objective 2: Master Phrases and Clauses

Chapter 2 Sentence Structure

Objective 3: Find and Correct Sentence Fragments Objective 4: Find and Correct Fused Sentences and Commas Objective 5: Combine Sentence Parts

Chapter 3 Sentence Logic

Objective 6: Avoid Misplaced Modifiers Objective 7: Avoid Dangling Modifiers Objective 8: Maintain Parallelism Objective 9: Avoid Verb Tense and Voice Shifts

Chapter 4 Subject and Verb Agreement

Objective 10: Use Singular Verbs with Singular Subjects

Objective 11: Make Verbs Agree with Compound Subjects Objective 12: Work with Phrases and Clauses Between Subject Objective 13: Maintain Agreement When Using “One” Word Objective 14: Maintain Agreement When Using “Either/Or” Objective 15: Maintain Agreement Using Collective Nouns

Chapter 5 Pronoun/Antecedent Agreement

Objective 16: Maintain Agreement Between Pronouns and Their Antecedent Objective 17: Avoid Sexist Pronouns

Chapter 6 Verb Tenses, Moods, and Voices

Objective 18: Master the Past, Present and Future Tenses Objective 19: Learn the Perfect and Progressive Tenses Objective 20: Use Linking Verbs, Helping Verbs, Gerunds Objective 21: Keep Verb Tenses Consistent Objective 22: Learn the Indicative, Imperative, Subjunctive Objective 23: Learn the Active and Passive Voices

Chapter 7 Pronouns

Objective 24: Learn Five Pronoun Types Objective 25: Use the correct Pronoun Case Objective 26: Master Relative Pronoun Problems Objective 27: Make Pronouns Refer to Nouns

Chapter 8 Adjectives and Adverbs

Objective 28: Learn to Identify Adjective Types

Objective 53: Learn to Use a Dash and Parentheses Objective 54: Master the Apostrophe

Chapter 13 Mechanics

Objective 55: Capitalize the First Word of a Sentence, Proper Nouns 0Objective 56: Follow Other Rules for Capitalization Objective 57: Other Capitalization Do’s and Don’ts Objective 58: Master Numbers and Italics Objective 59: Learn Six Important Rules for Spelling Objective 60: Master the Hyphen

Chapter 14 Writing Paragraphs and Essays

Objective 61: Learn Five Ways to Gather Information Objective 62: Focus on Central Idea Objective 63: Write Unified Paragraphs Objective 64: Maintain Coherence in and Between Paragraphs Objective 65: Learn Four Patterns to Arrange Details in a Paragraph

Chapter 15 Learn How to Write Research Papers

Objective 67: Learn to Use Library Resources Objective 68: How to Take Notes Objective 69: Learn to Put Researched Material into Your Writing Objective 70: Compile a Works-Cited and a Reference Page

PUNCTUATION USING THE SEMI COLON

(Tutortapes) DOS Version Networked (Inactive)

Description: This program begins with a menu listing three options: The Lesson, The Practice Exercise and The Test. The student can continue the exercise for as long as he/she likes. After each set of 20 questions, the student is given a menu of options: Continue the Practice, Review the Lesson, Go on to the Test or End the Program. If the student continues the practice, the student’s score returns to zero and a new score is calculated.

Each program has a test which consists of 15 questions. Some sentences may come from those that were practices, but additional new sentences have been included as well. The computer makes a random selection from a question pool.*on level

Lessons: 1. The Lesson on the Semicolon

2. The Practice on the Semicolon
3. The Test on the Semicolon

INTERMEDIATE GRAMMAR

PRACTICE USING THE PAST TENSE OF IRREGULAR VERBS

(TutorTapes) DOS Version Networked (Inactive)

Description: This program provides drill and practice material on principal parts of 90 irregular verbs. The program is designed to help students remember the principal parts of verbs. The program provides a test that covers all the verbs. Each lesson is introduced by listing the present and the past tense of the verb. A second similar sentence is given using the past tense of the verbs in the lesson. The student has an option to review this list as he/she does the practice exercises. * on level

Lessons: Past Tense of Irregular Verbs Pt 1

1. Lesson A
2. Lesson B
3. Test on Lessons A and B

ADVANCED GRAMMAR