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ACTION VS. HAND WRINGING

To: Stud= ents and Educators

From: &nbs= p; Donna Garner, Writer/Consultant for MyStudyHall.com

Date: &nbs= p; March 4, 2007

The most recent NAEP and other nationally normed tests indicate that our students are suff= ering from a lack of English / Language Arts / Reading = (ELAR) skills. As an English teacher who spent over thirty-three year= s in the classroom, I can tell you this is true.

Rather than stand around and wring my hands, I h= ave joined with others to do something about it. We believe the very best instruction is face-to-face from teacher to student; but certain types of information can be successfully delivered on= line where students have an opportunity to practice, practice, practice.

MyStudyHall.com is an = online tutorial to improve students' ELAR skills, and these students can be anywhere from age 10 to 100!

Part of the website teaches ELAR skills (e.g., drawing conclusions, inferences, structure of paragrap= hs, author's point of view, types of formal and informal writing, idioms, descriptive/narrative/persuasive/expository paragraph writing, homophones, synonyms, antonyms, inferences, outlining, fact/opinion, etc.). The ELAR units are stand alone and= can be utilized by students and their teachers in any order desired.

The other part of the website contains grammar modules in which the English langua= ge is presented in a logical and sequential manner. I do not know of any other website that explains the English languag= e in such common-sense terms.

At the same time that we teach students in-depth content, we also make the lessons fun to learn by placing throughout the units appealing interactive tools such as flash technology, animation, graphics, photos, charts, color, and audio clips. Progress= reports can be generated at intervals to help motivate students. =

Users must have Flash Technology 9.0 loaded on their individual computers to make MyStudyHall.com function correctly. To aid users, we have posted a "Help<= /span>" dropdown box on the homepage.

Also on the homepage is a dropdown box entitled = "Articles and Newsletters" which will give u= sers more details about our site. =

Included on the homepage is an Interactive Tour which contains twent= y free sample lessons. If you wish to see everyth= ing on the site for twenty days, please click on the red seal on the homepa= ge and follow the quick and easy steps.

Legislators in various states, Texas included, are pushing for <= span style=3D'color:red'>state-mandated tests to be taken online by = public school students. If such legislation should pass, those students= who have practiced taking the online Practice Quizzes, Level Quizzes, Unit Tests, and Final Tests (recommended as informal assessments) on MyStudyHall.com will have an added advantage.

We at www.MyStudyHall.com have recently mo= ved our online tutorial website to a new and larger s= erver where we can offer our customers even more capacity for growth.

MyStudyHall.com can be purchased by individual subscribers, or it can be used in a s= chool setting by purchasing a site license.

If you wish to purchase an individual subscription online, please follow the steps at the bottom of the homepage. If you wish to nego= tiate a site license agreement, please contact T= im Thomasson, tim.thomasson@mystudyhall.com, P. O. Box = 1519, Coppell, TX 75019; 214.695.8347.

Please do not hesitate to call upon any of us on the MyStudyHall.com team. Our desire is to serve our customers individually in any way we possibly can.

Donna Garner

Writer/Consultant

254-666-2798

wgarner1@= hot.rr.com

Tim Thomasson

President, MyStudyHall.com=

10= 6 N. Denton Tap Rd.

Su= ite 21= 0, Box 159=

Co= ppell, <= st1:State w:st=3D"on">TX 75019

214-695-8347

tim.thomasson@mystudyhall.com

www.myst= udyhall.com