The Adventures of Angus McIntyre #1

"The Great Australian Ghost Story"

Ages 10 to 16+

The Adventures of Angus McIntyre is a fully narrated, 12-chapter story on CD-ROM with fun illustrations, comprehension and vocabulary exercises.

As well as being challenged, students are also motivated to achieve, and in doing so go on to play a number of stimulating bonus games, while also earning printable achievement certificates.

Although designed for independent readers, the program is fully narrated so that it can also be enjoyed by those with lower-level reading skills.

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Story Overview

Angus McIntyre is your typical Australian 12 year old. He hates teachers, school and parents who make him do things he doesn't want to do. Angus lives on a cattle property in New South Wales and goes to boarding school in Sydney.

In "The Great Australian Ghost Story", Angus finds himself in England on a summer vacation that he wants no part of. You'll laugh at his look on life as he describes the miserable experience of sight-seeing with his parents through a rain soaked country, and how unfair it is that he's not lying on an Aussie beach with his friends. Until, that is, he finds himself scared to death by a headless ghost in a suit of armor, roaming the halls of a genuine English castle!

Like any good stories, "the Adventures of Angus McIntyre" programs are meant to be enjoyed. However, they can also be used as an integral teaching resource in the classroom or at home.

Students can first enjoy Angus's escapades, and then go on to expand their comprehension skills, as well as add to their word knowledge and vocabulary development, with the self-contained exercise sets at the end of each chapter.

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Features

• Fully narrated, 12-chapter story with fun illustrations
• 13 comprehension and vocabulary exercises at the end of each chapter
• Suggested extension activities for each chapter
• 4 bonus games to encourage success
• Scoring and achievement results recorded and printable
• Recording of problem words
• Printable certificates

The Adventures of Angus McIntyre #1 is suitable for readers who have attained independent reading skills, including those who are dyslexic or have dyscalculia short-term memory or ADD.

Additional Teacher Functions available with the School Version

• A teacher administration area for allocating class grouped and setting global variables for class groups.
• Adjustable configuration settings, providing the opportunity for customisation of the program to suit individual student needs and teacher preferences.
• Blackline Masters on CD and Paperback Novel with any multiple site licences.

System Requirements:
WINDOWS: VISTA, XP, 2003, 2000, Me, NT, 98; Pentium III 666 MHz (minimum); 64 MB RAM; 640x480 (16 bit colour); Quad Speed CD-ROM; Sound Card; 150 MB of available disc space.
MACINTOSH: OS 9.x, OS X.x;Power PC 666 MHz (minimum); 64 MB RAM; 640x480 (16 bit colour); Quad Speed CD-ROM; Sound Card; 150 MB of available disc space.

School Orders
Australian schools may purchase on 14 day account. FAX all School Orders to (02) 9453 9266.

Alternatively, you may send an order on-line, or download a school order form. Thank you.

International schools are required to prepaid by cheque, direct deposit or credit card please.
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