Name	Catalog Short Description	Reviews	Ages	Win Compatibility	Mac Compatibility
Grammar Made Easy	TOPICS: Nouns, plurals, simple verbs and tenses, verb forms, adjectives, adverbs, pronouns, prepositions, sentences, phrases, clauses.	School Library Journal: Gr. 4-8--Grammar Made Easy uses an engaging game show format to teach students about various topics in grammar. A main menu screen offers several options for users. Students can click on one of seven broad topics, each of which has specific areas of focus. "Nouns" focuses on common, proper, abstract, and plural nouns. "Verb Forms" covers infinitive and imperative forms, verbs and objects, and active and passive verbs. "Simple Verbs & Tenses" teaches present, past, and future tenses, as well as person and agreement. "Adjectives & Adverbs" compares the two types of descriptive word forms. "Pronouns & Prepositions" covers each word form, as well as relative pronouns. "Sentences" focuses on phrases and clauses and simple and complex sentences. "Standard English" includes subject/verb agreement, negatives, slang, and dialect. Once students select a particular topic, they take a diagnostic pretest to determine their knowledge in each area. Mike McGee, the animated host, tells students if their answers are right or wrong and explains why. After completing the pretest, the program provides a customized tutorial on areas in which students had difficulty. Upon completing the tutorial, users repeat the quiz to correct mistakes. Action buttons allow for navigation throughout the program. There are also buttons to fast-forward or rewind segments. A help button appears onscreen. Installation is easy. In the "Teacher's Section," instructors can view individual student progress reports. This program would be a fun alternative to help students learn the basics of grammar.--SLJ	10-14	Win 95 Win 98 Win ME Win 2000 Win NT Win XP Vista	Mac 7.6.1 Mac 9 Mac 8 Mac 10.2+
Punctuation Made Easy	TOPICS: Apostrophes, brackets, hyphens, dashes, commas, apposition, question marks and exclamation marks, semicolons and colons, speech marks.	School Library Journal: "Basic punctuation skills are presented through an engaging animated game-show format. There are seven broad topics-Apostrophes; Commas; Brackets, Hyphens, Dashes; Capital Letters and Periods; Semicolons and Colons; Question Marks and Exclamation Points; and Quotation marks-which are divided into subtopics. Once students select a particular topic, they take a diagnostic pretest to determine their knowledge in each area. Individualized evaluation and instant feedback on completed exercises is provided, with explanations, by the animated game-show host, Mike McGee. After finishing the pretest, the program provides a customized tutorial targeting areas where students had difficulty. Upon completing the tutorial, users repeat the quiz to correct mistakes. Installation and navigation are easy and straightforward, and there is a help section. In the password-protected teacher's section, student progress reports can be viewed. Punctuation Made Easy provides an interactive milieu where students can learn and practice using punctuation effectively."--SLJ	10-14	Win 95 Win 98 Win ME Win 2000 Win NT Win XP Vista	Mac 7.6.1 Mac 8 Mac 9 Mac 10.2+
Spelling Made Easy	TOPICS: Spelling and sounds, consonants, vowels, combining letters, silent letters, homophones, prefixes and suffixes, doubling letters, plurals, punctuation and spelling, apostrophe, hyphens, capital letters, syllables and stresses.		10-14	Win 95 Win 98 Win ME Win 2000 Win NT Win XP Vista	Mac 7.6.1 Mac 8 Mac 9 Mac 10.2+