WYNN 7.0 User Guide - Freedom Scientific

PREPARE process. The PAL tools include the PREPARE process for
reading and studying content-area text. The steps in this process will
help students identify key information from text, take notes and
summarize that information, and then use their notes to study or to write
different genres of text, such as essays and research papers. The PAL
left panel and menu provide access to each step in the process. The PAL
button on the pink toolbar can also open a PAL file. The PREPARE steps
are: Preview, Read, Examine, Pick (what's important), Arrange, Rework,
and Explain. (Note that Pick and Arrange are done using the Examine
button.)
Notecards. Take notes using notecards. The notecards feature is part of
the PREPARE process (the Rework step), but it is also a stand-alone
feature. Students can take notes using notecards whether they use the
PREPARE process or not. Notecards are available from the pink toolbar,
or from the File menu.
Writing templates. Templates can help during the writing process.
WYNN's writing templates are aligned with the Common Core State
Standards for education in the United States. Teachers can create or edit
templates, including the sample templates provided. Students use the
templates to write papers from notes. To open a template outside the
PREPARE process, select a WYT format file in the Open dialog box.
Sample templates provided. To help teachers and students, several
sample templates are included for every user. There are both brief and
detailed templates for the three main writing areas as defined by the
Common Core State Standards for K-12 students:
Persuasive/Argumentative, Narrative, and Informative/Explanatory.
Show/Hide Instruction Text. When a student uses templates, there are
blocks of instruction text to help him or her in the writing process. When
the student is done writing, they can hide the instruction text to see what
the document will look like when published. They can always show the
instruction text again whenever they want. To hide instruction text, go to
View menu and select the last item, Hide Instruction Text. Whenever
instruction text is hidden, select Show Instruction Text to display it again.
New file formats. We created some new file types to support the new
PAL features. PAL files use WYP. Templates use WYT. Notecards use
WNC. WYNN files still use WYX. WYNN 7 still supports earlier WYNN file
formats, including WYN, ARK, OBX, and OBU.
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