GED Training Language Arts--Writing Language Arts--Reading

1. GED TrainingLanguage Arts--WritingLanguage Arts--Reading Ohio Adult Basic and Literacy Education

2. GED Training--Language Arts • There is no proven pathway to teaching success • One strategy is not superior to another • One strategy is not totally different from all others • Strategies may be used singly or in combination • Good strategies are based on various teaching and learning styles

3. GED Training--Language Arts Teaching Strategies Are the Same and They Are Different! • Similarities • P resent Information • A sk Questions • G ive feedback • E valuate lessons and learners

4. Language Arts, Writing – What’s New for 2002? Workplace and Community Documents • Letters • Memos • Reports • Applications • Executive Summaries • Brochures/Informational Letters

5. Language Arts, Writing – What’s New for 2002? How-to-Texts (12-18 sentences) • How to write a memo • Organizing meetings • Balancing a checkbook • Holding a garage sale • How to plan a party • How to apply for college • How to organize one’s day • Using equipment, i.e. operating a printer

6. Language Arts, Writing – What’s New for 2002? Organization • Transitions • Text divisions • Within paragraphs • Within multi-paragraph documents • Topic sentences • Unity/coherence

7. Language Arts, Writing – What’s New for 2002? EAE (Edited American English) • Sentence structure, i.e. parallelism, run-on sentences • Usage, i.e. subject-verb agreement, pronoun reference • Mechanics, i.e. capitalization, punctuation, spelling

8. Current Series 10-15 sentences 100-150 words No lettering for paragraphs No titles on any passages 55 questions 2002 Series 12-20 sentences 200-300 words Each paragraph lettered and sentences numbered 50 questions Language Arts, Writing – What’s New for 2002?

9. Current Series 35% - sentence structure 35% - usage 30% - mechanics 2002 Series 15% - organization 30% - sentence structure 30% - usage 25% - mechanics Language Arts, Writing – What’s New for 2002?

10. Current Series 6 point rubric May pass with a 1 Variable topic length General writing instructions 200 words expected GED 2002 4 point rubric Score of 1 or 1.5 must retake Topic length reduced and format standardized No required word count 37-40% of the test score Language Arts, Writing – What’s New for 2002?

11. Language Arts, Writing – What’s New for 2002? Scoring Rubric/Matrix for Essay • 1 - Inadequate • 2 - Marginal • 3 - Adequate • 4 - Effective

12. Language Arts, Writing – What’s New for 2002? Five Standards for the Rubric • Response to the Prompt • Organization • Development and Details • Conventions of EAE • Word Choice

13. Language Arts, Writing – What’s New for 2002? The Writing Craft • Teaching Strategies • Texts and Materials • Planning, Crafting & Editing • Practice, Practice, Practice!

14. Graphic Organizers Personal Journals Reading Journals Learning Logs Summaries Brainstorming Inkshedding Written Conversation Shared Writing Class Summary Reaction Paper Cross-Disciplinary Writing Timed Writing Language Arts, Writing – What’s New for 2002?

15. Life Map Language Arts, Writing – What’s New for 2002? Begin

16. Language Arts, Writing – What’s New for 2002? THAT THAT IS IS THAT THAT IS NOT IS NOT IS THAT IT THAT IS IT

17. Language Arts, Reading – What’s New for 2002? • 75% Literary • Poetry • Drama • Prose before 1920 • 1920-1960 • After 1960 • 25% Nonfiction • Nonfiction prose • Critical reviews • Workplace and community documents

18. Language Arts, Reading – What’s New for 2002? • At least one compare/contrast question • Expanded synthesis questions • 200-400 word passages

19. Current Series 60% - comprehension 15% - application 25% - analysis 2002 Series 20% - comprehension 15% - application 30% - analysis 35% - synthesis Language Arts, Reading – What’s New for 2002?

20. Language Arts – What’s New for 2002? Paradigm Online Writing Assistant – Online writing tutor http://www.powa.org/editfrms.htm AT & T the Writing Process – A guide to the writing process http://www.att.com/education/lcguide/p4.exchange/4.writing.html

21. Language Arts – What’s New for 2002? The Five Paragraph Essay Wizard provides instruction plus practice writing promptshttp://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Atrium/1437/index.html English Practice provides a newsletter and simple English activities for students http://www.englishpractice.com/

22. Language Arts – What’s New for 2002? Grammar Bytes http://www.chompchomp.com/ Vocabulary University http://www.vocabulary.com/ The Wacky World of Words http://www.members.home.net/teachwell/

23. Language Arts – What’s New for 2002? An Online Library of Literature http://www.literature.org/ The Internet Public Library http://www.ipl.org/ Literature Resources for the High School and College Student http://www.teleport.com/~mgroves/

24. GED Training--Language Arts USDOE United States Department of Education http://www.ed.gov/offices/OVAE/ GEDTS General Education Development Testing Service gedtest.org NAEPDC National Adult Education Professional Development Consortium(State Directors) www.naepdc.org