ALA vs NeighborMood

Technology-based approach for writing instruction *Note: This free version only includes the We Beat the Street story, the rest are available as an in-app purchase. This technology-aided instruction for writing complements Teaching to Standards: English Language Arts and is companion product for reading (Access Language Arts). Students write grade-aligned opinion paragraphs about eight adapted pieces of literature, including fiction and nonfiction. Students are supported step by step in constructing personalized paragraphs. Includes activities to improve reading comprehension and vocabulary development. Researched and proven effective in secondary classrooms. Integrate during instruction using Teaching to Standards: ELA, or use this app alone to achieve standards-aligned skills in both reading and writing. Stories include: Holes, The Outsiders, Number the Stars, Dragonwings, We Beat the Street, Neighbors, The Diary of Anne Frank, and Sadako.

Welcome to your NeighborMood: FoolProof, a real life simulation, money simulator, fun and creative financial game, that helps you manage your money while participating in a choices based adventure game. This is a dedicated version for FoolProof user and school subscribers. You can only access the story mode for Ali Gater. Get ready to make tough financial decisions and real life choices with lasting consequences! Survive senior year of high school in this life simulator and maybe you’ll even learn a thing or two about managing your money and your life in the real world. In NeighborMood real life simulator, Will you manage to avoid scams and fake text messages? Will you go broke from getting that cash advance and payday loan? Will your credit and money habits affect your life and your happiness? It’s all up to you... But whatever you choose, you’ll have to live with the consequences! The NeighborMood real life simulator is a story-based life simulation game for kids and adults alike to learn financial literacy and consumer skills. Never get ripped off by targeted fake deals, predatory loans, or tricky fine print again, and start growing healthy money habits. It’s an adventure worth playing! Get savvy, get happy, and more in your own NeighborMood story! Created by Dot Dot Fire in partnership with the FoolProof Foundation. Dot Dot Fire creates learning games for kids and the FoolProof curriculum is used by over 8,000 schools across the USA. Do you love a good interactive story? Do you think you’re good at money management? This is the casual offline game for you! The NeighborMood is a slice of life simulation game where your choices change the story, your character, and the city! WELCOME TO YOUR NEIGHBORMOOD a real life simulator: Play as Ali, a high school senior, in this interactive high school story game. More interactive than a visual novel, the role playing game will take you through a story adventure where you will experience the life of a high school senior juggling a part-time job, school, and your favorite hobby soccer. Money management will be most important as a life simulation choices throw themselves at Ali, such as scams, fake text messages, and fake sales, and you will have to make choices to progress in this story game. In this real life simulator YOUR CHOICES MATTER In this decision based game, your choices are key to the progress of your interactive story. You will experience many episodes that will require difficult choices to be made. If you love casual but deep stories, this is the offline adventure game for you! Learning about money management and being a helpful neighbor to other characters will really make this life story simulation worthwhile. BUILD YOUR CITY Your city will grow with you! Help your neighbors and neighborhood through their interactive stories and make good choices for them to build your city. Build and manage your city through progressing in the story – the ultimate interactive experience! MANAGE YOUR LIFE CHOICES Everything in the real life simulator game comes down to decisions and choices. The main character Ali’s path in high school and his story after high school is all up to you. KEY FEATURES - Help other characters - Improve your city and neighborhood - No ads, 100% FREE - Offline casual game - If you love games like BitLife, The Sims, visual novel games, story games, adventure games, then this is the casual game for you! - Endorsed by the Children’s Screen Time Action Network - More stories and episodes to come! PARTNERED WITH FOOLPROOF The FoolProof Foundation’s trusted financial literacy curriculum is used in over 8,000 schools across the US. Real financial literacy learning in this story based interactive game is guaranteed!