Summer 2009,Computer Lab Lessons, Online Resources for ABE/GED Prep
Reminder: Another section for more individualized instruction
is available on Wednesdays from Noon - 3 PM.
Bring your lunch and your questions!
Week #6: July 28, 29, 30
Help with reading comprehension and spelling skills ...
Help with Reading and Writing Skills: http://www.nald.ca/adult-lr/index.htm
Reading Skills for Today’s Adults: http://www.marshalladulteducation.org/reading_skills_home.htm
AAASpell.com: http://www.aaaspell.com/index.htm
Spelling Help: http://literacy.kent.edu/Midwest/Materials/ndakota/spelling/
Writing the 5-paragraph essay:
Guide to Writing a Basic Essay: http://members.tripod.com/~lklivingston/essay/
The Five Paragraph Essay: http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Atrium/1437/
Essay Topics
Other websites for improving writing skills ...
Sentences: Complete, fragments, run-ons
"What an author likes to write most is his signature on the back of a check." ~ Brendan Francis
Directions: Use these online resources and interactive practices to learn how to identify complete sentences, fragments, and run-ons, and how to correct errors in sentences. Please use headphones with the websites that have audio.
Recognizing a fragment, Tutormania on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9LJUxyhvjw&feature=related
Video: http://www.expertvillage.com/video/91195_writing-editing-fragments.htm
Explanation with many examples for corrections: http://www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/handouts/fragments.html
Detailed explanation with practices: http://www.iconlogic.com/pdf/abrams.pdf
Explanation with good examples for editing: http://uvu.edu/owl/infor/pdf/grammar_usage/Comma%20splices,%20runons,%20fragments.pdf
More explanation with examples: http://www.infoplease.com/cig/grammar-style/alley-oops.html
More explanation with examples: http://projects.uwc.utexas.edu/handouts/?q=node/36
Excellent explanations with examples: http://www.stafford.ctschool.net/TEACHERS/MORSEN/Grammar%20Handouts/Fragments%20and%20Run-ons.pdf
Interactive Practice: http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/cgi-shl/quiz.pl/fragments_quiz.htm
Interactive Practice: http://www.quia.com/pop/6596.html?AP_rand=611780945
Interactive Practice: http://www.writing.eng.vt.edu/exercises/grammar1.html
Interactive Practice: http://a4esl.org/q/h/9901/cw-sentprob.html
Print out and do: http://www.msubillings.edu/asc/PDF-WritingLab/Sentence%20Fragments.pdf
Print page 3 and do: http://teacher.scholastic.com/writeit/cavalcade/PDF/sept2004/reality_grammar_p22_to_p24.pdf
Do not worry about your difficulties in mathematics. I can assure you mine are still greater.
~ Albert Einstein, Swiss/American 1879 - 1955
GED Math: Intro to Solving Algebraic Equations & Intro to Geometry
*You will need to use headphones to hear the audio on some of these sites. Please respect your peers' need for quiet in order to concentrate by keeping the volume at a reasonable level.
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