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Trial Program Guide

GRAMMAR DEMONS

Set B, Disk 1

Complete Program: 3 sets: 2 disks per set
Set A: for the below-level to average student
Set B: for the average to good student
Set C: for the good to excellent student

3.5 IBM compatible - 386 or later models
(use VGA display; mouse optional)

Designed for students in grades six and up at different levels of
grammar proficiency. The program can be used as well by advanced
intermediate ESL students.

Each disk contains many Grammar Demons, or topics. The program helps
students cope with troublesome points of grammar. Sentences contain
up to four highlighted choices, one of which may be identified as a
Grammar Demon, such as a common error in usage, diction, idiom, grammatical
relationship or punctuation. The program provides explanations that teach
the underlying grammatical concepts. Each lesson is self-directing.

NOTE: The program includes a game and an individual Demon drill. We
recommend that students play the game first so that the teacher can
identify those Demons that present problems to the student. The Record
Management program will show the number of times the student has played
each Demon. The drill may then be used for extra help for those students
who need it. For the school version of the program there is a hide/show
feature that permits teachers to activate or deactivate the Customized
Drill.

OVERVIEW

Each Grammar Demons disk provides practice at a different level of
difficulty.

The program consists of six disks with fifteen Grammar Demons, or topics,
per disk. Set A texts provide two highlighted words or phrases per
sentence; Set B, three highlighted words or phrases; Set C, three
or four highlighted words or phrases. All texts also include a
`No Error' option.

MOUSE OPTION

At the prompt type HELLO to begin the program. You may use the mouse
as soon as the first exercise appears on the screen.

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

The student is asked to use the mouse or Tab key to select a highlighted,
incorrect word or phrase in a sentence, or to choose the `No Error'
option if the sentence is correct. After the student responds s/he is
shown the correct sentence and is given the grammatical reason(s) for
the correct answer. If the student answers correctly, s/he receives a
congratulatory word or a graphic reward.

After logging in his/her name the student is offered two options:
1. Play a round of Demons (game). 2. Work on a customized drill.

Demon Game: The Demons are presented to the student in the same order
in which they are listed in the program guide. In each round, the
student is given twelve sentences which cover the material for four
Demons. There are three randomly selected sentences per Demon. To
master a Demon, the student must choose the correct answer for all
three sentences in the round. Until the student gets the three sentences
correct, s/he will continue to receive sentences for that Demon in
subsequent rounds.

For the final round, if fewer than four Demons remain unmastered in
the game, the round will include only those Demons still unmastered.

PROGRAM HELP FEATURES

The program provides three help features. First, the sentence appears
in its correct form, regardless of the student's answer. Second,
the computer gives the grammatical reason(s) for the correct answer.
The third feature, the individual Demon drill, gives the student the
opportunity to focus on specific troublesome Demons. From the drill
menu, the student may choose up to four Demons to work on per round.
There are three sentences for each Demon. A star next to a Demon on
the menu indicates that the student has mastered that Demon. Starred
Demons may be chosen for additional drill.

SCORING

Scores for mastered Demons in the game and drill are recorded. When
a Demon is mastered in the game it is starred on the customized drill
menu and will not reappear in the game. Starred Demons may be chosen
for additional drill. However, if the student does not remaster the
Demon the star is removed and the Demon reappears in the game.

Students may choose to exit the program at any time during a round.
Even if the round is not completed, a Demon is scored as `mastered'
if the sudent's answers are correct for that Demon's three
sentences.

If a student masters all Demons and chooses to play again, the record
manager will add `M' for `mastered', after the student's last name.
The student's name will then appear again for subsequent rounds.

RECORD MANAGEMENT

To see student records, run RECORD from the directory, or press [CONTROL]T
while at the title screen of the disk.

This version saves records for only two students. A third name
will automatically replace a previously entered name. (The single
user School version saves records for as many students as disk space
allows. The Network version saves records for 1,000 students.)

The records can go to the screen or the printer. You may see the records
of the entire class, or choose an individual student's scores.
If you choose to look at the scores of the entire class, you may have
them displayed in alphabetical order or from highest to lowest.

Use the following keys to make your selections:

ALT:Allows you to choose items in the Top Menu: (1)Order (2)View (3)Select
(4)Print (5)Delete (6)Exit. In each of the first three options, you
will have the choice of selecting records from the Pull Down Menu
by name, date, skills mastered, or class code.

TAB:Changes the category of information that is displayed in a fixed
cycle, e.g., from students' names, to last dates played, to highest
mastered skill levels, to class codes, to a student's entire
record and then back again to the students' names.

ENTER:Selects or deselects any piece of information on which the cursor
is placed. Selected items can be viewed, printed, or deleted as a
group. They appear on the screen highlighted in red.

ERROR FIX

If the program runs but does not keep student records properly, or
if some streaks appear in the Demon graphics, access the RECORD program
and delete all records.

VIEWER (printer required)

To reach the Viewer, access GD-PRINT from the directory. This allows
you to send to the printer all Demons and the explanations
of why they are correct. Please note that a `Message Code'
will appear on the print-out. It is used only for internal programming
purposes and does not affect operation of the program.

GRAMMAR DEMONS

Set A, Disk 1 (for the below-level to average student)

 1. Possessive pronoun, I (its, not it's)
 2. All right, not alright
 3. Comparative and superlative of adjectives
 4. Making a singular noun possessive, using `s
 5. Run-on sentences
 6. Too, to, two
 7. The comma, I (in dates and addresses)
 8. Illiterate use of `of' instead of `have'
 9. Contractions
10. Learn, teach
11. Irregular plurals
12. The period, I (in abbreviations)
13. Used to, not use to
14. Wrong use of past participle for past tense
15. Off, not off of

Set A, Disk 2 (for the below-level to average student)

 1. Incorrect use of stood for stayed
 2. Possessive of pl. nouns not ending in -s
 3. Run-on sentences because of comma fault
 4. Than, not then
 5. Common error in comparison of adjectives
 6. Contraction of it is (it's, not its)
 7. From, not off
 8. Double negatives, I (not, no)
 9. Agreement of subject and verb, I
10. Loose, lose
11. The comma, II (in a series)
12. The question mark
13. Because, not on account of
14. Shifts in tense
15. Way, not ways

Set B, Disk 1 (for the average to good student)

 1. Best, worst, not bestest, worstest
 2. Agr. of subj. and verb, II (after `There')
 3. Kind of, not kind of a
 4. The period, II (after an indirect question)
 5. Plan to, not plan on
 6. Parallel structure, I
 7. Adjective-adverb confusion, I
 8. Those or these, not them
 9. Possessive form of regular plural nouns
10. Accept, except
11. The comma, III (nouns in apposition)
12. Possessive pronoun, II (your, not you're)
13. Confusion of beside and besides
14. Agreement of pronoun and antecedent, I
15. Except or except for, not outside of

Set B, Disk 2 (for the average to good student)

 1. Bunch, group
 2. Agr. of subj. & verb, III (collective nouns)
 3. Contraction of you are (you're, not your)
 4. Neither...nor, not or
 5. Wrong use of past tense for past participle
 6. Past, passed
 7. Unnecessary prepositions
 8. Case of pronouns
 9. The comma, IV (to set off transitional words)
10. Double negatives, II (not, nothing, nobody)
11. Try to, not try and
12. Lend, borrow
13. Common error in superlative adjectives
14. Possessive pronoun, III (theirs, not there's)
15. Confusion of can and may

Set C, Disk 1 (for the good to excellent student)

 1. Among, between
 2. Agreement of pronoun and antecedent, II
 3. Contraction of there is (there's, not theirs)
 4. Fewer, less
 5. Don't have, not hasn't got, etc.
 6. Because or since, not being that
 7. Whose, who's
 8. Plural of hyphenated words
 9. Agr. of subj. & verb, IV (indefin. pronouns)
10. Almost, most
11. Parallel structure, II
12. As if, not like
13. The comma, V (between coordinate modifiers)
14. Good, well
15. Incomplete comparisons

Set C, Disk 2 (for the good to excellent student)

 1. Adj.-adv. confusion, II (after linking verbs)
 2. Affect, effect
 3. Double negs., III (hardly, scarcely, barely)
 4. Imply, infer
 5. Agr. of subj. & verb, V (intervening phrases)
 6. Who, whom
 7. Possessive pronoun before gerund
 8. Advise, advice
 9. Misuse of `because' for `that'
10. Disinterested, uninterested
11. The comma, VI (with nouns in direct address)
12. Different from, not different than
13. Healthy, healthful
14. Agr. of subj. & verb, VI (with `nor' or `or')
15. No comparative for absolute adjectives

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We hope you enjoy previewing GRAMMAR DEMONS. The School version of
the program contains the following:

1. Six data disks

2. A print option that allows you to see all Demons and the
   explanations for why they are correct

3. Record management for as many students as disk space allows

4. A hide/show feature for the Customized Drill

5. A teacher's guide

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