Strategies for Successful Essay Writing!
Dr Lynn Meltzer, Dr Bethany Roditi, Susan Taber M.Ed. and the RILD staff teamed up with FableVision to bring the research-based creative BrainCogs Cognitive Strategy System to a perennial academic challenge: the essay.
Essay Express is a powerful combination of interactive strategy-based exercises which use engaging stories, humor, and music to teach students how to structure a successful short essay.
Benefits for Students:
- Students can write clear and effective essays
- Provides a foundation of life-long writing skills
- Students are confident in taking essay tests
Benefits for Educators:
- Customize specific assignments
- Identify students’ areas of strength and weakness
- Track student progress
- Numerous lesson plans and templates
- Appropriate for mainstream and learning-challenged students
Benefits for Administrators:
- Assist schools in achieving improved Adequate Yearly Progress
- Shows school committment to research-based and instructionally sound learning solutions.
BACKGROUND
Developed with funding from the U.S. Department of Education, the ESSAY EXPRESS software provides about four to six hours of self-paced learning and practice. The software also spotlights the on-going saga of The Rotten Green Peppers, a dysfunctional rock band who are hired to write rock videos that teach kids about essay writing strategies.
With step-by-step, narrated introductions to nine cognitive strategies that support the essay writing process, ESSAY EXPRESS also offers an interactive notebook, student performance tracking system, and option for completely customizable teacher essay questions. Additional features include many lesson plan extension activities, reproducibles and additional bonus multimedia materials that provide even more learner support for both short and longer essay writing.
For Grades 4-8 (Ages 9 to 14)
Individual licenses include hybrid CD-ROM and Educators Guide with Lesson Plans (PDF format)
What's included
- A WIN/MAC hybrid CD-ROM
- A 16 Page User Manual
- A downloadable Educator's Guide with lesson plans (.PDF)
Extra Hardcopies of the Educator's Guide can be purchased separately.
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
WINDOWS
- Windows 98, 2000, Me, XP
- Pentium II 300Mhz or higher
- 128 MB RAM
- 640 MB free space
- High Color at 800x600
- 16 Bit Sound blaster compatible sound card.
- QuickTime 6.03
SERVER - Windows 2000 Server, Windows 2003 Server
MACINTOSH
- Mac OS 8.6, OS 9, Mac OS X 10.1.5, 10.2.8, 10.3.9 or later, including 10.4 "Tiger"
- 233 MHz G3 chip (iMac, G3 desktop, G3 Powerbook) or higher
- 128 MB RAM For Mac OS 9.2.2 64 MB RAM
- 640 MB free space
- "Thousands of Colors" at 800x600
- Standard audio
- QuickTime 6.03 For Mac OS 9.2.2 CarbonLib v.1.4
SERVER - Mac OS X Server 10.2.8, Mac OS X Server 10.3.9, Mac OS X Server 10.4.x
Essay Express from FableVision
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