'Challenge The Tempest' is a highly interactive program which helps to make the play easy to understand and fun to study! Already in use across thousands of schools in the U.K. Challenge Interactive's 'Challenge Shakespeare' products really do help make Shakespeare become accessible to students of all ages and abilities.. Having received excellent reviews from educationalists, teachers, students and national press, these highly interactive programs, 'Challenge The Tempest', 'Challenge Macbeth' and 'Challenge Romeo and Juliet' are proving to be extremely valuable for anyone studying for SATS and GCSE examinations and indeed, for anybody with an interest in Shakespeare!
Fun, flexible and comprehensive!
'Challenge The Tempest' enables you to choose your own area of study from The Play, Plot, Language, Characters or Themes, then choose from dozens of optional games and activities, which reinforce learning and enable you to keep track of your own progress by providing ongoing scores at each stage. A picture story is also included which helps to make the story easy to follow.
Beautifully illustrated!
Over two hundred beautifully illustrated text screens help to bring the Plot, Characters, Language and Themes to life. Optional voice-overs and narration on all screens by actors help to improve reading skills and enable students to hear how the plays should be performed.
'Challenge The Tempest' thoroughly explores the Plot, Characters, Language and Themes and includes:
12 Plot Levels - which break down the story of The Tempest into manageable illustrated segments. 20 Character Levels - fully illustrated which explore each character and including key quotes. 18 Language Levels dealing with all key action points within the play which help to unravel Shakespeare's true meaning and including a superb audio production of the entire play! 6 Theme Levels covering key motives and ideas explored by Shakespeare. The Play in it's entirety with each scene illustrated and full soundtack. A Picture Story - telling the entire story in pictures for quick revision. Games - Dozens of optional animated interactive games and activities after each level which reinforce learning and enable you to gauge your own progress. Voice-overs and Narration on all levels by actors help improve reading skills and enable you to hear how the play should be performed.
This software really is a must for anyone studying the Tempest!
System requirements: Runs under IBM-compatible machines with Microsoft Windows XP/2000, Vista or Windows 7. DirectX 8.0a or above required.
Minimum hardware specifications: Pentium 2/Celeron 333 Mhz or above, 15MB hard drive space, 128 MB of Ram (256 MB recommended for XP, 1GB or above for Vista/Windows 7).