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Test prep plan for the General Educational Development Test - Reasoning Through Language Arts

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Level 1 Below Passing: 100-144
Analyzing and creating text features and technique
Make inferences		1. Analyze short stories
Make inferences
1. Analyze short stories

Analyze relationships within texts		Literary texts 1. Determine the themes of short stories 2. Analyze passages from A Long Walk to Water: Part 1 3. Analyze passages from A Long Walk to Water: Part 2 Informational texts 4. Determine the order of events in informational texts
Analyze relationships within texts
Literary texts 1. Determine the themes of short stories 2. Analyze passages from A Long Walk to Water: Part 1 3. Analyze passages from A Long Walk to Water: Part 2 Informational texts 4. Determine the order of events in informational texts

Analyze details in texts		1. Identify supporting details in informational texts
Analyze details in texts
1. Identify supporting details in informational texts

Analyze meaning and tone		1. Compare passages for tone 2. Describe the difference between related words
Analyze meaning and tone
1. Compare passages for tone 2. Describe the difference between related words

Analyze structural relationships		1. Compare and contrast in informational texts 2. Match causes and effects in informational texts 3. Match problems with their solutions
Analyze structural relationships
1. Compare and contrast in informational texts 2. Match causes and effects in informational texts 3. Match problems with their solutions

Analyze transitional language		1. Choose the best transition
Analyze transitional language
1. Choose the best transition
Using evidence to understand, analyze, and create arguments
Comprehend main ideas and explicit details		1. Determine the main idea of a passage
Comprehend main ideas and explicit details
1. Determine the main idea of a passage

Summarize ideas and details		Literary texts 1. Summarize a story 2. Analyze passages from Anne of Green Gables: Part 1 3. Analyze passages from Anne of Green Gables: Part 2 Informational texts 4. Read about science and nature 5. Read about history 6. Analyze passages from Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl: Part 1 7. Analyze passages from Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl: Part 2
Summarize ideas and details
Literary texts 1. Summarize a story 2. Analyze passages from Anne of Green Gables: Part 1 3. Analyze passages from Anne of Green Gables: Part 2 Informational texts 4. Read about science and nature 5. Read about history 6. Analyze passages from Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl: Part 1 7. Analyze passages from Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl: Part 2

Make inferences		1. Draw inferences from literary texts
Make inferences
1. Draw inferences from literary texts

Identify supporting details		1. Identify supporting details in informational texts
Identify supporting details
1. Identify supporting details in informational texts
Applying knowledge of English language conventions and usage
Correct errors involving frequently confused words		1. Use the correct frequently confused word 2. Correct errors with frequently confused words
Correct errors involving frequently confused words
1. Use the correct frequently confused word 2. Correct errors with frequently confused words

Correct errors in subject-verb agreement		1. Use the correct subject or verb
Correct errors in subject-verb agreement
1. Use the correct subject or verb

Use complete sentences		1. Is it a complete sentence, a fragment, or a run-on?
Use complete sentences
1. Is it a complete sentence, a fragment, or a run-on?

Use correct punctuation		1. Is the sentence declarative, interrogative, imperative, or exclamatory? 2. Identify and correct errors with plural and possessive nouns 3. Commas: review
Use correct punctuation
1. Is the sentence declarative, interrogative, imperative, or exclamatory? 2. Identify and correct errors with plural and possessive nouns 3. Commas: review

Level 2 High School Equivalency: 145-164
Analyzing and creating text features and technique
Put events in order		1. Determine the order of events in informational texts
Put events in order
1. Determine the order of events in informational texts

Make inferences		Literary texts 1. Analyze short stories • Coming soon: Draw inferences from literary texts Informational texts 2. Read and understand informational passages
Make inferences
Literary texts 1. Analyze short stories • Coming soon: Draw inferences from literary texts Informational texts 2. Read and understand informational passages

Analyze details and relationships within texts		Literary texts 1. Determine the themes of short stories 2. Analyze passages from The Giver: Part 1 3. Analyze passages from The Giver: Part 2 Informational texts 4. Analyze passages from Travels with Charley: Part 1 5. Analyze passages from Travels with Charley: Part 2
Analyze details and relationships within texts
Literary texts 1. Determine the themes of short stories 2. Analyze passages from The Giver: Part 1 3. Analyze passages from The Giver: Part 2 Informational texts 4. Analyze passages from Travels with Charley: Part 1 5. Analyze passages from Travels with Charley: Part 2

Determine the meaning of words in context		1. Use context to identify the meaning of a word 2. Use academic vocabulary in context: literary 3. Use academic vocabulary in context: informational 4. Determine the meaning of domain-specific words with pictures
Determine the meaning of words in context
1. Use context to identify the meaning of a word 2. Use academic vocabulary in context: literary 3. Use academic vocabulary in context: informational 4. Determine the meaning of domain-specific words with pictures

Analyze meaning and tone		1. Compare passages for tone
Analyze meaning and tone
1. Compare passages for tone

Analyze word choice and figurative language		1. Choose the word whose connotation and denotation best match the sentence 2. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone
Analyze word choice and figurative language
1. Choose the word whose connotation and denotation best match the sentence 2. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone

Analyze how text structure contributes to the development of ideas		1. Compare and contrast in informational texts 2. Match problems with their solutions
Analyze how text structure contributes to the development of ideas
1. Compare and contrast in informational texts 2. Match problems with their solutions

Analyze structural relationships		1. Identify text structures
Analyze structural relationships
1. Identify text structures

Analyze transitional language		1. Transitions with conjunctive adverbs
Analyze transitional language
1. Transitions with conjunctive adverbs

Understand author's purpose or point of view		1. Read workplace emails and memos 2. Determine the author's point of view
Understand author's purpose or point of view
1. Read workplace emails and memos 2. Determine the author's point of view

Analyze rhetorical techniques		1. Identify appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in advertisements 2. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 1
Analyze rhetorical techniques
1. Identify appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in advertisements 2. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 1
Using evidence to understand, analyze, and create arguments
Understand main ideas and supporting details		1. Determine the main idea of a passage 2. Identify supporting details in literary texts
Understand main ideas and supporting details
1. Determine the main idea of a passage 2. Identify supporting details in literary texts

Summarize ideas and details		1. Analyze passages from Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass: Part 1
Summarize ideas and details
1. Analyze passages from Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass: Part 1

Make inferences		• Coming soon: Draw inferences from informational texts
Make inferences
• Coming soon: Draw inferences from informational texts

Identify theme and supporting elements		1. Trace an argument
Identify theme and supporting elements
1. Trace an argument

Use text evidence		1. Analyze passages from Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass: Part 2
Use text evidence
1. Analyze passages from Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass: Part 2

Synthesize multiple main ideas to draw conclusions		1. Combine main ideas from two texts
Synthesize multiple main ideas to draw conclusions
1. Combine main ideas from two texts

Identify and evaluate supporting evidence for claims		1. Choose evidence to support a claim
Identify and evaluate supporting evidence for claims
1. Choose evidence to support a claim
Applying knowledge of English language conventions and usage
Correct errors involving frequently confused words		1. Correct errors with frequently confused words
Correct errors involving frequently confused words
1. Correct errors with frequently confused words

Correct errors with pronouns		1. Use the pronoun that agrees with the antecedent
Correct errors with pronouns
1. Use the pronoun that agrees with the antecedent

Eliminate misplaced modifiers		1. Are the modifiers used correctly?
Eliminate misplaced modifiers
1. Are the modifiers used correctly?

Correct errors in agreement		1. Correct errors with subject-verb agreement
Correct errors in agreement
1. Correct errors with subject-verb agreement

Remove redundant words or phrases		1. Remove redundant words or phrases
Remove redundant words or phrases
1. Remove redundant words or phrases

Use transitional language		1. Transitions with conjunctive adverbs
Use transitional language
1. Transitions with conjunctive adverbs

Use correct capitalization		1. Correct capitalization errors
Use correct capitalization
1. Correct capitalization errors

Use complete sentences		1. Is it a complete sentence, a fragment, or a run-on?
Use complete sentences
1. Is it a complete sentence, a fragment, or a run-on?

Use correct punctuation		1. Identify and correct errors with plural and possessive nouns 2. Correct errors in everyday use
Use correct punctuation
1. Identify and correct errors with plural and possessive nouns 2. Correct errors in everyday use

Level 3 GED® College Ready: 165-174
Analyzing and creating text features and technique
Analyze word choice and figurative language		Tone 1. Compare passages for tone Figurative language 2. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone Literary texts 3. Analyze passages from Things Fall Apart: Part 1 Informational texts 4. Analyze passages from Into Thin Air: Part 1
Analyze word choice and figurative language
Tone 1. Compare passages for tone Figurative language 2. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone Literary texts 3. Analyze passages from Things Fall Apart: Part 1 Informational texts 4. Analyze passages from Into Thin Air: Part 1

Identify author's point of view or purpose		1. Determine the author's point of view 2. Read business letters and notices
Identify author's point of view or purpose
1. Determine the author's point of view 2. Read business letters and notices

Analyze how text structure contributes to the development of ideas		Literary texts 1. Analyze passages from Things Fall Apart: Part 2 Informational texts 2. Analyze passages from Into Thin Air: Part 2
Analyze how text structure contributes to the development of ideas
Literary texts 1. Analyze passages from Things Fall Apart: Part 2 Informational texts 2. Analyze passages from Into Thin Air: Part 2

Analyze the use of claims and evidence		1. Trace an argument: set 1
Analyze the use of claims and evidence
1. Trace an argument: set 1

Compare two texts with similar themes or topics		1. Compare information from two texts
Compare two texts with similar themes or topics
1. Compare information from two texts
Using evidence to understand, analyze, and create arguments
Use text evidence		1. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 1
Use text evidence
1. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 1

Trace an argument		1. Trace an argument: set 2
Trace an argument
1. Trace an argument: set 2

Compare two texts with related themes or topics in different genres		1. Compare two texts with different genres
Compare two texts with related themes or topics in different genres
1. Compare two texts with different genres

Identify and evaluate supporting evidence for claims		1. Identify stronger and weaker evidence to support a claim 2. Choose the analysis that logically connects the evidence to the claim
Identify and evaluate supporting evidence for claims
1. Identify stronger and weaker evidence to support a claim 2. Choose the analysis that logically connects the evidence to the claim

Identify logical fallacies		1. Classify logical fallacies
Identify logical fallacies
1. Classify logical fallacies

Identify the underlying premise in an argument		1. Identify thesis statements
Identify the underlying premise in an argument
1. Identify thesis statements
Applying knowledge of English language conventions and usage
Eliminate non-standard or informal language		1. Which text is most formal?
Eliminate non-standard or informal language
1. Which text is most formal?

Use proper parallelism and coordination		1. Use parallel structure 2. Combine sentences using relative clauses
Use proper parallelism and coordination
1. Use parallel structure 2. Combine sentences using relative clauses

Remove redundant words or phrases		1. Remove redundant words or phrases
Remove redundant words or phrases
1. Remove redundant words or phrases

Correctly use apostrophes with possessive nouns		1. Identify and correct errors with compound and joint possession
Correctly use apostrophes with possessive nouns
1. Identify and correct errors with compound and joint possession

Level 4 GED® College Ready + Credit: 175-200
Analyzing and creating text features and technique
Infer relationships between ideas in a text		Literary texts 1. Analyze passages from Frankenstein: Part 1 2. Analyze passages from Frankenstein: Part 2 Informational texts 3. Analyze passages from Walden: Part 1 • Coming soon: Analyze passages from Walden: Part 2 Workplace documents 4. Read company policies and procedures
Infer relationships between ideas in a text
Literary texts 1. Analyze passages from Frankenstein: Part 1 2. Analyze passages from Frankenstein: Part 2 Informational texts 3. Analyze passages from Walden: Part 1 • Coming soon: Analyze passages from Walden: Part 2 Workplace documents 4. Read company policies and procedures

Infer explicit and implicit purposes based on details in the text		1. Read workplace emails and memos 2. Read business letters and notices
Infer explicit and implicit purposes based on details in the text
1. Read workplace emails and memos 2. Read business letters and notices

Compare two texts with similar themes or topics		1. Compare passages for subjective and objective tone
Compare two texts with similar themes or topics
1. Compare passages for subjective and objective tone
Using evidence to understand, analyze, and create arguments
Infer implied main ideas		1. Determine the main idea of a passage
Infer implied main ideas
1. Determine the main idea of a passage

Analyze visual information		1. Interpret graphic organizers
Analyze visual information
1. Interpret graphic organizers

Identify and evaluate the underlying premise in an argument		1. Trace an argument: set 1
Identify and evaluate the underlying premise in an argument
1. Trace an argument: set 1

Compare opposing arguments		1. Evaluate counterclaims
Compare opposing arguments
1. Evaluate counterclaims
Applying knowledge of English language conventions and usage
Correct errors in agreement		1. Identify and correct errors with indefinite pronoun-verb agreement 2. Identify and correct verb agreement with compound subjects
Correct errors in agreement
1. Identify and correct errors with indefinite pronoun-verb agreement 2. Identify and correct verb agreement with compound subjects

Edit for wordiness and awkward phrasing		1. Remove redundant words or phrases 2. Avoid double, illogical, and unclear comparisons
Edit for wordiness and awkward phrasing
1. Remove redundant words or phrases 2. Avoid double, illogical, and unclear comparisons

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