Fun Ways to Teach for the GED® Test
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Fun Ways to Teachfor the GED® Test
Meagen Farrell
Author & Teacher Trainer
@farrellinkFarrellink.com/blog
Rules for the Road
• Stay with the group! Don’t get distracted by your mobile device or side conversations.
• Questions? Yes, please! Just raise your hand.
Today’s Cycle
1. Analyze a technology-enhanced GED® Test Item Sampler.
2. View an instructional activity from Teaching Adults: A 2014 GED® Test Resource Book.
3. After an example, create your own in pairs or threes.
4. End with final questions & discussion.
FREE Resources:http://www.gedtestingservice.com/educators/itemsampler
Activities From My Book (or Blog)Farrellink.com/blog
My Subject Abbreviations
Reasoning through Language
Arts (RLA)Science (Sci)
Social Studies (SS) Mathematical Reasoning (Math)
What areTechnology-Enhanced Test Items?
Photo Source: Flickr User Michael Surran
Why? Depth of Knowledge
Measures cognitive complexity of a task.
GED® test items:• 20% level 1• 80% levels 2 & 3
Similar to Bloom’s Taxonomy.
1• Verbatim Recall • Paraphrasing
2• Main point, patterns• Identify relationships
3• Inference & synthesis• Prediction, elaboration
4• Generating hypotheses• Complex analysis
©2013 New Readers Press. Used with permission.
Facilitating Engaging Lessons:Field Tested in Cleveland, Ohio
RLA: Drag & Drop Order of Events
Source: GED Testing Service
Activity 18: Sequence1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Source: Cleveland Clothing Company
Now it’s YOUR turn!
Find a Partner (or Two)!Prepare for the Activity:• Decide who will record & report your results.• Select a topic (Historical Event, Story).• Choose 4-6 steps in the sequence.
Activity 18 (p 52)
CREATE A SEQUENCE1.
2.
3.
4.
Report back!
RLA: Drag & Drop Character Web
Source: GED Testing Service
Activity 29: Traits Web
Source: GED Testing Service
Abraham Lincoln
executiveeloquent
trendyconfused decisive
Activity 29: Traits Web
Source: AceShowbiz.com
Abraham Lincoln
vampireaxe-
wielding
determinedstrategic friendly
Find a Partner (or Two)!Prepare for the Activity:• Decide who will record & report your results.• Select a topic (Headline, Historical Event, Story).• Choose one main character (real or fictional).• Suggestions:– Underground Railroad; Conductor Harriet Tubman– Family Literacy; First Lady Barbara Bush– Great Wall of China; Emperor Qin Shi Huang– Trail of Tears; Choctaw Chief George W. Harkin– Romeo and Juliet; Friar Lawrence
Activity 29 (p 73)
TRAITS WEB
CHARACTER
Report back!
The Return! To Technology-Enhanced Test Items
Photo Source: Flickr User Michael Surran
SS: Click Three Graphs
Source: GED Testing Service
Activity 15: Defining Words in Context
Source: GED Testing Service
Activity: T Chart
Sustainability Irrelevant
Activity: T Chart
Sustainability Irrelevant
World Population Growth Nonimmigrant Visa Issuances
Tropical Area Deforested U.S. Representatives
Global Oil Consumption
Now it’s YOUR turn!
Work with Your Partner (or Two)!Prepare for the Activity:• Select one person to record & report your results.• Select a topic.• Suggestions:
– Structure and Design of U.S. Government; Branches of Federal Government
– Borders Between People and Nations; End of USSR– Changes of Physical State; Liquid, Solid, and Gas– Molecular Basis for Heredity; Phenotypes and
Genotypes
Activity 15: Defining Words in Context
SORT INTO T CHARTIDENTIFY 5-6 WORDS/PHRASES• Find a brief list or passage
with descriptive terms, subheadings, or related information that elaborates on the concept or theme.
• Write definitions to explain the terms to students.
Report back!
Math: Click a Graph Hot-spot
Source: GED Testing Service
Activity 44 (p 100): Graph a Text
Source: GED Testing Service
PARAGRAPH (X) ERRORS (Y)
1
2
3
4
5
6
Now it’s YOUR turn!
Work with Your Partner (or Two)!Prepare for the Activity:• Select one person to record & report your
results.• Select something to graph.• Plot it!
Activity 44 (p 100): Graphing
Source: GED Testing Service
PARAGRAPH (X) ERRORS (Y)
1
2
3
4
5
6
Report back!
Interdisciplinary Lesson
Eating Fruit
Mathematics content
Use the Formula
Sheet
Measure and
Calculate
Write a Word
Problem
Who Gets to Use the Knife?
• Use a ruler to measure the diameter of a half orange.
• Use the measurement to calculate the volume and surface area.
• Create a word problem using students’ names and measurement.
Activity
Create a Chart
Name Measurement
1. Daphne 2.5 inches
Louisa 2.25 inches
Anthony 2.75 inches
Use the Formula Sheet
“Annie buys five oranges with a diameter of 2.25 inches. How much is the total surface area of the peels?”
Create a Word Problem
Now it’s YOUR turn!
Work with Your Partner (or Two)!Prepare for the Activity:• Select one person to record & report your
results.• Select something to measure and something
to calculate from it.• Suggestions:– Feet– Hair– Coffee Cups
Create a Chart & Word ProblemUSE REAL NAMES!
Name Measurement
Report back!
Final Questions?
FREE Resources:http://www.gedtestingservice.com/educators/itemsampler
Thank You!
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