Home CD-ROM: Software brings literature to life CD-ROM: Software brings literature to life 20th October 2000, 1:00am John Davitt Share CD-ROM: Software brings literature to life https://www.tes.com/magazine/archive/cd-rom-software-brings-literature-life Copy Link Secondary Silver Hooks and Golden Sands by headstrong interactive pound;95 + VAT for 30-user licence Tel: 01484 660770 www.headstrong.demon.co.uk HeadStrong interactive is a small company with clear ideas on the power of multimedia software for exploring language and literature. Silver Hooks and Golden Sands is a multimedia anthology - an introduction to poetry and prose in English from 1360 to 1900. Focused on the new orders for key stage 3, this disc provides multiple points of access for studying literature over a 500-year period. Work from all the named writers is included in a list that runs from Chaucer to Emily Dickinson. Most importantly, the title is designed as a resource to run over school and college networks, providing simultaneous access for whole-class groups. In six thematic groups such as “seasons” and “narrative poems”, the resource is easy to master. Each extract is accompanied by a reading. Good, clear, rich voices bring the works to life, and sound quality is excellent. All texts are carefully annotated so that clicking on a difficult or unknown word brings up a definition and sometimes an illustration. Another excellent feature is the timeline, where you may choose a year and have it graphically represented with illustrations of contemporary events and literature. This title will help students understand the development of written English over time. The activity section also offers some genuinely new opportunities by helping learners write in a range of genres. With clever use of templates, students are invited to finish a line here and add a word there. Before they know it they have written their own poem or sonnet. Further activities encourage work at word levels with voice prints, allowing students to see at phoneme level the use of syllable stress in the witches’ speeches in Macbeth. Several key stage 3 literacy objectives will be met by this resource. If you’ve got a network this title deserves serious consideration - then again it will also run on a standalone computer. nbsp; Want to keep reading for free? Register with Tes and you can read two free articles every month plus you'll have access to our range of award-winning newsletters. Register Log in Keep reading for just £1 per month You've reached your limit of free articles this month. Subscribe for £1 per month for three months and get: Unlimited access to all Tes magazine content Exclusive subscriber-only stories Award-winning email newsletters Subscribe now Read more Unleash old ties and unfurl the sails of ICT John Davitt • 17th September 2004 Some sound advice John Davitt • 14th May 2004 A world of your own John Davitt • 2nd January 2004 New way to the web John Davitt • 3rd January 2003 Recent Most read Most shared Behaviour: Third of support staff witnesses verbal abuse every day News 29 November 2024 6 findings on how schools have coped with financial pressures News 28 November 2024 Senior MPs demand more details on child poverty task force News 28 November 2024 Dangerous staff ratios are putting EYFS children at risk Teaching & Learning 26 November 2024 Teacher pay scales 2024-25: what will your salary look like? Analysis 29 July 2024 How much prescription over how lessons are taught is too much? Teaching & Learning 27 November 2024 Why reducing ECF providers is bad news for teachers and schools Teaching & Learning 27 November 2024 The ‘belonging’ converts are puzzling, but welcome Analysis 27 November 2024 Government ignored teachers on SEND training, MPs told News 25 November 2024
