Cloze Pro

• Product Names: Cloze Pro
• Manufacturer/Publisher: Crick Software Ltd

ClozePro is used to create colourful cloze activities easily and quickly from any text

Cloze activities are great for promoting comprehension and reading skills. ClozePro offers a sophisticated but easy-to-use tool for creating activities for a variety of ability levels.

Create a Cloze activity in four simple steps:

• Type or paste text into ClozePro
• Remove letters, words or phrase from the text. Removed text is placed automatically in the grid as you go
• Settings let you specify the appearance, size and location of the grid making it suitable for a wide range of abilities and ages
• Run the activity or print it as a worksheet

If you don't want to create activities yourself, there is a huge range of free, ready-made materials at www.learninggrids.com.

• Early readers can use picture clues
• Built-in speech helps struggling readers
• Gaps can be shown in a variety of styles, including blurred text
• Activities can be easily edited so that several versions can be saved for different ability levels

• Improved look and feel
• New speech engine: state-of-the-art male and female British English voices from Acapela
• New graphics library: now includes Crick Picture Library 2 with over 1800 graphics
• Full support for the latest operating systems: now works with Mac OS 10.6 (Snow Leopard) and Windows 7
• Fixes ClozePro version 1 issues with Internet Explorer 7 and 8

Powerpoint Display of ClozePro available

To download the following PowerPoint Presentation of ClozePro (476KB)

• Right click on the link provided
• Select “Save Target (or Link) As”
• You will be prompted to save your file on your hard drive. Choose a location and click the “Save” button.

N.B. This is only available if you have Microsoft PowerPoint software.

You will need:

• Windows 2000, XP, Vista, Windows 7
• Mac OS X 10.4, 10.5, 10.6
• Networks: To purchase for a network, simply buy the single-user product, then add the number of additional user licenses required (choose the 30-user bundle for best value). The CD includes a network installer, together with full instructions

N.B. These licences require activation so are special order items and therefore non-refundable, unless faulty.