Captain Crimson

Grammar/Spelling for Primary Schools

An exciting new software package aimed at encouraging children to improve their writing by stimulating their interest through fictional characters has been published by Logotron. It is set to extend pupils’ knowledge of grammar, spelling and punctuation and to enrich their vocabulary.

The Look and Read: Captain Crimson software has been designed to complement the BBC Schools TV series. It will both support the activities in the TV programmes and create extra resources for teachers to use in class. Thus reinforcing key language concepts and encouraging the development of pupils IT capabilities in primary schools.

The on-screen activities are based around the weekly comic strip of the fearless hero Captain Crimson and his adventures in space! The idea behind the software is a formation of cartoon sequences placed in open-ended contexts so children can pursue their own ideas within a particular scenario. Most of the puzzles will allow the children to contribute their own ideas using their imagination and by creating their own text. The software provides an accessible way of combining words and graphics that can be easily edited and presented. The Curriculum states that children will be given the opportunity of maximising the potential of developing and applying their IT skills in the study of English. The Captain Crimson software complies totally with the IT curriculum at Key Stage 2.

There are seven activities to be explored, each with interactive button controls releasing a brief description of each activity for completion. Each will allow the user to access it by entering text and saving work. These writing games include many imaginative features from ‘Meet the crew’ - identifying and characterising the ships crew; ‘Unscramble an adventure’ - involving children sequencing the story line in the correct order; through to ‘Action Stations’ - where children have to write the mission instructions and imagine the type of conversations the crew would hold together.

Each exciting, highly graphical and animated activity game will keep the children focused, either as individuals or working together in a small group. Also, each game has detailed instructions of how the software can be extended to increase the level of difficulty for more able pupils.

Logotron, 124 Cambridge Science Park, Milton Road, Cambridge CB4 4ZS. Tel: 01223 425558, Fax: 01223 425349

Key points about Captain Crimson software Supports English KS2 curriculum for reading, speaking and listening. Ideal format for developing language skills of Special Educational Needs pupils. Drama-based Look and Read software titles are of already proven value. Other titles include:-

Through the Dragon’s Eye
Earthwarp
Spywatch
Geordie Racer
Skyhunter

Captain Crimson software is available for the PC Win, Mac and Acorn computer as a disc set and is priced at £29 excluding VAT.

To be the first to see this exciting new version and to obtain a review copy of Captain Crimson and if you are interested in seeing a sample video of the BBC programme, please contact Denise Lyne by telephone or fax on 01223 425558 ext 725 or e-mail dlyne@logo.com

20th November 1997