SW Helps Students Learn Literary Skills
        
        
        
        Media Trek evaluates how well                  students have read selected high-quality                  literature, helping them to monitor their own                  comprehension. Using model lessons, literary                  elements, an online dictionary and help screens, it                  promotes high-level thinking skills while providing                  valuable student feedback.
                                    The program features colorful                  graphics, animation, video and voice narration. It                  provides model lessons for 10 thematic literary                  units; enrichment activities that support                  developmental reading stages; feedback relative to                  story content and much more. Student exercises can                  cover elements such as setting, character, problem/                  goal, resolution, theme and inner                  conflicts.
                                    Media Trek keeps the teacher in                  constant control, giving access to insightful                  records across grade levels and listed by student,                  reading group, class or school. Educators can                  pinpoint student strengths or weaknesses, and print                  out detailed reports for parents. A free demo                  CD-ROM is available. Demco Media, Madison, WI,                  (800) 448-8939. WM