Read About Write About Spotty provides material that teaches necessary skills for written English.
It is designed to motivate students to read and interpret information.  It uses efficiently a range of skills to read and write.  Most words are one or two syllable words with regular spelling patterns.
Sentences are short, of simple Adjective - Noun - Verb - Adverb structures.  The numerous exercises are organized around a short story about Ben, his dog Spotty and Kim's cat Dotty.  The story line is simple, easy to comprehend, visualize, recall and write about.
The choice of words is based on age appropriateness for students of different age levels.  The recount is simple, but not childish.  Everybody can identify with Ben and his experiences with Spotty.