An Inservice Project (a .pdf file)
Using The Florida GED Teachers' Handbook

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The Five Connections

Act 1 - The Writing Craft

Have you ever felt like the following teacher after you just graded 50 essays from your GED students?

                  Next time use red ink!                                   by William Gaisford

I was half asleep after grading two classes worth of ninth grade poetry exams when I finally found someone who answered a particularly hard question in exactly the way that I had hoped.  I wrote a glowing comment about how wonderful I thought the answer was, and then I checked to see whose test I was grading.  Sure enough, it was my answer key.

From the NCTE website "Share a Laugh" http://www.ncte.org

Word tiles are a way to help students begin building their writing skills. Click on the video clip to see how using word tiles can help students work on their writing skills.

click here! Working with Tiles

     

This program was developed by Dr. Lucy M. Guglielmino, Florida Atlantic University, through an Adult Education State Leadership Grant from the Florida Department of Education, Division of Community Colleges and Workforce Education. Content development by Susan Pittman and Bonnie Vondracek. Web Design and editing by Dr. Debra L. Hargrove and Dr. Rochelle Kenyon.  

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