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Portable Document Format (PDF)

Desktop View

Adobe capabilities with Totally Literate PDFs —

  • Depending on the document, they can read one word, one sentence, or one paragraph at a time.

  • Re-read passages, jumping forward or backwards, and skip from section to section or story to story.

  • Can pause the narration at any point, at any time.

  • Gives you a choice of a male or female speaker.

  • Allows you to change the speed of the speaker's delivery.

  • Provides access to unabridged dictionary

  • For all intents and purposes, reads only in English.

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Desktop view, Totally Literate PDFs are designed —

Primarily for beginning English speakers and advanced foreign speakers for:

  • Individual study and

  • Classroom instruction

    • To learn to decode (i.e., toread without necessary understanding)​

    • To speak with proper pronunciation and enunciation

Note: On the smartphone view, beginning foreign speakers with a bilingual teacher can use PDFs with remarkable success.​

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Totally Literate PDFs for Students —

  • Phonics Cards —   

    • 38 cards introducing the core consonant, blend, and vowel sounds. The perfect starting point for learning English phonics. 

  • Phonics Charts — 

    • 11 charts that organize English sounds and spelling patterns. Includes a color‑coded chart linking identical sounds to illustrated examples, 5 illustrated charts, and 5 charts for practicing beginning consonants that sound the same but are spelled differently.

  • Phonics Drills

    • Families 1​ and Families 2 — 

      • About 110 pages containing 360 sets of English words that share a common ending or root, including virtually every monosyllabic word in the language. Each page provides 10–20 related words, offering more practice than any class could use in full. Teachers may select families as needed, and definitions can be accessed for mature students.

    • Derivatives — 

      • Roughly 110 pages of monosyllabic base words with common suffixes and occasional prefixes. Each page has 10–20 related words, giving learners extensive practice identifying and pronouncing multi-syllabic words.

    • Titles in Storyland — 

      • 361 titles drawn from every story of The Red Well-Read Reader. Together they give learners an overall view of the many ways each sound may be spelled.

  • Printing and Cursive Exercises — 

    • Rank beginners, not yet in school, while learning to print and write in cursive, actually begin to read.

  • ​Play Onwards — 

    • 360 exercises across more than 450 pages. Each exercise offers 5–30 fill‑in‑the‑blank sentences with “invisible‑ink” missing words, audible choices, and illustrations on every two‑page view. Designed for rank beginners not yet in school, Play On Words is the most helpful document for non‑readers to gain a solid basis to read with comprehension, through self‑study with quiet parental oversight.

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  • Work on Words — 

    • Nearly 300 pages containing 360 multiple‑choice exercises with illustrations on every two‑page view. Choices and selections are audible when clicked. Designed for children with some reading ability, WOW is best begun a few months after Play On Words and continued for several years. Parents can quietly look up definitions as needed, and mature foreign speakers benefit greatly from WOW’s direct access to an unabridged dictionary, where definitions, usage examples, synonyms, and read‑aloud functions help build vocabulary immensely.

  • Classic Stories — 

    • Six stories ranging from Pre‑School to 9th Grade and up. Shorter stories are provided as PDFs, while longer stories are offered as Word documents that have been carefully formatted so all parts link and read properly.

  • Anti-Illiteracy War Games — 

    • A virtual deck of approximately 240 illustrated cards across 468 pages, organized into five games—Phonics, Spelling, Vocabulary, Speech, and Writing—each offered at two levels of difficulty. Every set contains four cards linked to a page of related stems or roots, collectively covering practically every monosyllabic word in English. All words on the fronts and backs of the cards are audible when clicked. Games may be played by to two or more players, and of different ages or abilities at the same time. Several games can be practiced independently. Definitions can be looked up quietly by the monitor, who also adapts and enforces the rules of play to ensure effectiveness.

  • TRWRR Stories in English — 

    • Color‑coded, one‑syllable stories created and formatted by Totally Literate, covering every stem in the language. Audible and intrinsically humorous, these stories appeal to all ages including adults, and help readers of all abilities read and comprehend to the limits of their ability.

  • TRWRR Stories in English and Spanish — 

    • Identical to TRWRR Stories in English but twice as large, with every story available in both languages. The document can be read aloud in English or Spanish and is best viewed side by side for comparison. Particularly helpful in households where children speak English but parents do not, allowing children to become the teachers. Also invaluable for corporations with call centers in Latin America.

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Note: Depending on demand, additional translations may be provided in other flag languages. At present, Adobe supports only eight of them.

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