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Apr 25, 2024
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ABE 043 ABE High Intermediate Basic Education - Reading/Writing 4 (1 to 15 credits)
Course Description
Designed for students to learn and/or review advanced grammar, punctuation, spelling, sentence structure, paragraph development and reading comprehension in preparation for passing of the GED exam.
Course Content
1. Washington State Adult Learning Standards – ABE/GED
To convey ideas in writing
a. Determine the purpose for communicating.
b. Organize and present information to serve the purpose.
c. Pay attention to conventions of English language usage,
including grammar, spelling, and sentence structure, to minimize
barriers to reader’s comprehension.
d. Seek feedback and revise to enhance the effectiveness of the
communication.
To read with understanding
a. Determine the reading purpose.
b. Select reading strategies appropriate to the purpose.
c. Monitor comprehension and adjust reading strategies.
d. Analyze the information and reflect on its underlying meaning.
e. Integrate it with prior knowledge to address reading purpose.
2. Goal Setting
Student Outcomes
1. Writing
W4.1 Determine the purpose and the audience for communicating in writing.
W4.2 Use multiple planning and pre-writing strategies to identify and organize a limited number of ideas to support a single purpose (such as writing to inform, to get things done, to express feelings and ideas or to persuade others and produce a legible and comprehensible draft.
W4.3 Appropriately use both everyday and specialized vocabulary and a limited variety of simple and complex sentence structures in multiple coherent steps or a few well-constructed and liked paragraphs to convey ideas, with several supporting facts/details/examples reflecting judgment regarding appropriate language and level of formality for the intended audience.
W4.4 Use several simple revision strategies to monitor one’s own writing, make revisions based on review and feedback from others, and produce rough and final drafts. Demonstrate some attention to clarity, descriptiveness, personal voice and appropriateness of text for the intended audience.
W4.5 Make many edits of grammar (verb tense forms), spelling, sentence structure (simple/compound/complex with appropriate capitalization and punctuation), language usage and text structure, often with the help of tools such as simplified dictionaries, grammar checklists, and graphic organizers.
2. Reading
R4.1 Recognize unfamiliar and some specialized words and abbreviations using word analysis or inference.
R4.2 Demonstrate familiarity with everyday and some specialized content knowledge and vocabulary.
R4.3 Locate important information, read for detail and determine missing information using a wide range of strategies.
R4.4 Monitor and enhance comprehension by using a wide range of strategies, such as posing and answering questions, trial and error, and adjusting reading pace.
R4.5 Actively apply prior knowledge to assist in understanding information in texts.
3. Goal Setting
G4.1 Monitor progress on educational goals as they relate to their roles as students, workers, citizens, and family members.
Degree Outcomes
Effective Communication:
Graduates will be able to exchange messages in a variety of contexts using multiple methods.
Lecture Contact Hours 10-150
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 10-150
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