The stories on this CD are called Adventures in Reading because the reader becomes an active participant in the story. The choices made by the reader actually determine the course and outcome. Each story begins with a paragraph setting up the opening situation, and the page ends with two choices presented to the reader about what will happen next. The reader clicks one of two buttons to make a choice, and the story continues up to the next decision point. Starting from a single opening page, each story has eight different outcomes!

From: Henry's Beach Adventure	From: Aaron's Woods adventure

Students can read or hear the text read out. They can subsequently click on any text box to hear it read again. Depending upon the story, part of the story may be in the form of IntelliMation, or a movie may play. At the end of each of the eight story endings is a conclusion page. At this point the reader still has two choices: to quit for the day, or return to the beginning. Students typically want to go back many times, in order to explore all the possible story lines. They improve their reading skills while engaging in an enjoyable exercise.

From: A Halloween Adventure	From: A Space Adventure

In the finished stories provided, the contents vary from very simple stories, such as Henry's walk along the beach, to higher level stories with more advanced vocabulary, such as Aaron's Woods Adventure. Some stories are simply fun narratives, including the Halloween Adventure and Space Adventure. Others present a rich body of factual content, such as the Zoo Adventure and Maggie's trip to the desert.

From: A Zoo Adventure	From: Maggie Visits The Desert

When all the multimedia elements combine, the results are compelling. In the African Photo Safari, realistic sounds and spectacular photos and movies surprise and delight. Rather than simply reading about something, students experience the story as if they were actually exploring an exciting place with an informative guide.

From: African Photo Safari	From: African Photo Safari

A template is also included for making more stories using digital photos, movies and other forms of multi-media. The pages are already linked to lead to the eight outcomes, and are ready for the addition of the text. A Storyboard worksheet is also provided which makes it easy to compose the text for a story, possibly as a collaborative class effort. The tutorial explains in easy steps how to add pictures and text to the template. A teacher can use this versatile template to tailor a wide range of stories to the interests and abilities of his or her class.

A template page with a flow chart of the story.	A custom overlay to use with IntelliKeys®

These stories are switch-accessible, and an IntelliKeys® overlay is provided. Finished stories will run with the IntelliTools Classroom Suite Player 3® (included), but creating new stories with the template or modifying the pre-built stories requires the full version of IntelliPics Studio 3®.