Thanks, Paul, for the suggestions.  It's good to begin where someone
else has already traveled.

Connie Weaver

Paul E. Doniger wrote:
>
> Connie,
>
> I only have examined two Grammar programs for K-12: One is called"Multimedia
> High School Grammar" and is usually on sale for about $10 from Staples or
> Office Max; its produced by Pro One Software, Las Cruces NM. The other is
> called "Grammar Games" and is put out by Davidson & Associates. I don't have
> a copy of it on hand, so I can't really tell you more, except that it seemed
> geared for middle school through maybe 9th grade - and that parts of it were
> fun to use.
>
> Both are on CD-Rom, are easy to use,  and are pretty basic.
>
> Good Luck,
>
> Paul D.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Connie Weaver <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Tuesday, July 13, 1999 9:50 PM
> Subject: Help needed!
>
> >My colleague Allen Cary-Webb is preparing a grant proposal, due THIS
> >FRIDAY, in which he asks for funding to examine software in the English
> >Language Arts.  As part of this project, he wants--we want--to examine
> >software for teaching grammar and for teaching grammatical aspects of
> >writing, including style and grammar checkers.  We are looking
> >especially for the good, but also for the bad and the ugly, with the
> >idea of having our students examine the software critically themselves.
> >
> >Does anyone have a Web site where such software is listed and possibly
> >even described/critiqued?  In any case, what software can various ATEG
> >members suggest to us?  We need references--as many as possible by
> >Friday the 16th, but we can add others later, too.
> >
> >Thanks much--
> >Connie Weaver
> >Western Michigan University