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INTRODUCTION TO
GED: LANGUAGE
ARTS
READING AND
WRITING
Welcome and Syllabus

INFORMATION
 GED: Language Arts,
Reading and Writing
 Office Hours: TBD
 Email:
profgmcope@gmail.co
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 Book(s)
 Keys to GED
Success: Right
Brain Package ($16)
 Materials
 A word processing
program
 A microphone (for
live sessions)

TOPICS TO BE DISCUSSED
 Course Summary
 Objectives and Goals
 Suggested Schedule
 Required Texts
 What is a GED?
 Upcoming Changes (2014)

COURSE SUMMARY
This course is intended to prepare students to pass
the
Language Arts portion of the General Education
Development (GED) exam and is directed at
students who
did not complete high school. Though the central
focus of
this course will be grammar, punctuation and
analysis,
students will also receive weekly lists from their
assigned
reading to expand their vocabulary. Also discussed

GOALS & OBJECTIVES
 GOALS:
 To prepare students for the GED exam.
 To prepare students for the changes being made
to the GED exam.
 OBJECTIVES:
 To increase the student’s vocabulary.
 To improve the student’s written communication
skills.
 To improve the student’s ability to analyze a
variety of fiction and non-fiction texts for validity of
information.

Suggested Schedule
Class/Week Lecture(s)/Presentation(s) Assignment(s)
1 Welcome/Syllabus, Literary Elements,
Punctuation
Pre-Assessment, Read “To Kill
A Mockingbird” Ch. 1-7 &
Discuss, Editing Assignment
#1, Study Week 1 Vocabulary
List, Quiz #1
2 Parts of Speech Read “To Kill A Mockingbird”
Ch. 8-15 & Discuss, Editing
Assignment #2, Study Week 2
Vocabulary List, Quiz #2
3 Capitalization Read “To Kill A Mockingbird”
4 Fragments & Fused Sentences Read “To Kill A Mockingbird”

Suggested Schedule Cont’d.
Class/We
ek
Lecture(s)/Presentation(s) Assignment(s)
5 None Quiz: “To Kill A Mockingbird”,
Literary Analysis Paper 1, Quiz:
Weeks 1-4 Vocabulary
6 Modifiers Read “Water For Elephants”
Prologue-Ch. 6 & Discuss,
Editing Assignment #5, Study
Week 6 Vocabulary List, Quiz #6
7 Parallel Structure Read “Water For Elephants” Ch.
7-13 & Discuss, Editing
8 Homonyms & Possessives Read “Water For Elephants” Ch.

Class/We
ek
9 Illogical Word Order Read “Water For Elephants” Ch.
10 None Quiz: “Water For Elephants”,
Literary Analysis Paper 2, Quiz:
Weeks 6-9 Vocabulary
11 Word Choice Read “Brave New World” Ch. 1-
4 & Discuss, Editing Assignment
List, Quiz #11
12 None Read “Brave New World” Ch. 5-
9 & Discuss, Editing Assignment
List, Quiz #13

Class/We
ek
13 Short Answer Questions Read “Brave New World” Ch.
10-14 & Discuss, Short Answer
Practice Assignment, Study
Week 13 Vocabulary List, Quiz
#13
14 Extended Response Questions Read “Brave New World” Ch.
15-18 & Discuss, Extended
Response Practice Assignment,
Study Week 11-14 Vocabulary
Lists, Quiz #14
15 Citing Your Source Citing Your Source Practice
Assignment, “Brave New World”
Quiz, Literary Analysis Paper 3
16/17 None Study All Vocabulary Lists,

REQUIRED TEXTS
 Key to GED Success: Right Brain Package by
Steck
Vaughn
 To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee (Can be
borrowed from your local library)
 Water For Elephants by Sara Gruen (Can be
borrowed from your local library)
 Brave New World by Aldous Huxley (Can be

WHAT IS A GED?
A GED exam is a group of five subject tests
(Reading,
Writing, Math, Social Studies and Science) which,
when passed, certify that the taker has
American high
school-level academic skills.
 Also known as a “general education degree” or
“general education diploma”.
 Available in English, Spanish, French, audio
cassettes, Braille and large print.

UPCOMING CHANGES (2014)
As of January 2, 2014, the following changes to the
Language
Arts exam will occur:
 Reading and Writing exams will be combined
(Language Arts)
 Short Answer & Extended Response questions will
replace the standard essay
 Responses will be graded on a three-dimensional
rubric instead of the previous Holistic rubric.
 Testing will take place on computers.
 Passage questions will be in split screen format to
allow for easier toggling between the passage and the
student’s answer.
 Drop down items will allow test-takers to see their

3 DIMENSIONAL SCORING
RUBRIC
 Trait 1
 Argument
 Creation of argument
 Evidence (use of text citations to support created
argument of source text(s))
 Validity
 Assessment of the argument in source text(s)
 Analysis of the issue
 Integration
 Integration of claims, explanations and textual
evidence
 Connection of purpose to prompt

RUBRIC
 Trait 2
 Ideas
 Development (reasoning)
 Elaboration of ideas
 Progression
 Progression (flow) of ideas
 Connection of details to main ideas
 Organization
 Structured to convey message
 Transitional devices
 Words
 Appropriate word device
 Advanced vocabulary application
 Awareness
 Demonstrate to audience and purpose
 Form of writing—objective rhetorical & persuasive

RUBRIC
 Trait 3
 Conventions
 Application of standard English
 Sentence structure
 Variety
 Clarity
 Fluency
 Errors
 Mechanics and conventions
 Comprehension based on errors

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