Mastery quizzes, exploration exercises, and research tasks add to the extensive activities offered in every chapter. The program doesn't report or manage class results on quizzes, however, a feature that would enhance the program's appeal. More specifically, it's a game that asks students to figure out which letters and words are missing from preselected passages. Missing Links is divided into four categories-Literature, Science, Encyclopedia, and Custom. Teachers who want to emphasize the contextual nature of language will appreciate the thematic arrangement of passages and the accompanying pictures.
Students choose from seven formats, depending on the desired degree of difficulty.
They can select to hide vowels or just consonants or every fifth word. They can also set the game for one or several attempts. The Custom feature allows both teacher and students to create their own content and corresponding images for game use. Missing Links is a helpful tool for illustrating the linguistic intersection of letter, word, sentence, and context. Unfortunately, the richest passages for illustration, including Charlotte's Web, are without accompanying images.