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    Mar 28, 2024  
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ABE 023 ABE Beginning Basic Education - Reading/Writing 2 (1 to 15 credits)



Course Description
Designed for students to learn and/or review beginning grammar, punctuation, spelling, sentence structure, paragraph development and reading comprehension in preparation for passing of the GED exam.

Student Outcomes
1. Writing
W2.1 Determine the purpose and the audience for communicating in writing.
W2.2 Follow a highly structured plan to identify and organize a limited number of ideas to support a single purpose and produce a legible and comprehensible draft.
W2.3 Appropriately use familiar vocabulary (based on personal experience and learning) and basic text structure of simple steps/instructions/commands or a single paragraph to convey an idea with supporting details and examples.
W2.4 Demonstrate beginning attention to revision strategies including rereading and revising based on review and feedback from others.
W2.5 Make basic edits of grammar (verb tenses, subject/verb agreement), simple and compound sentences, capitalization, spelling and punctuation (end periods, some commas).
2. Reading
R2.1 Decode and recognize everyday and some unfamiliar words in short text by drawing on content knowledge, oral vocabulary and sigh words, breaking words into parts for the purpose of aiding decoding and comprehension, applying pronunciation rules, and adjusting reading pace.
R2.2 demonstrate familiarity with simple, everyday content knowledge and vocabulary.
R2.3 Locate important items of information in simplified text using some simple strategies.
R2.4 Monitor and enhance comprehension using various strategies, such as rereading , restating, recalling, copying and rephrasing text; or using a simplified dictionary.
R2.5 Apply prior knowledge to assist in selecting texts and in understanding the information they contain.
3. Goal Setting
G1.1 Monitor progress on educational goals as they relate to their roles as students, workers, citizens, and family members.



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