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| Course title | "Language Arts, Writing, 2nd Ed" | |||
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| Course description | - This includes the elements of standard English, sentence structure, and the parts of speech. A composition of approximately 200 words is also required. This course will introduce you to the skills needed for this test. You will have the opportunity to learn the difference between sentence fragments and complete sentences. You will also learn the major parts of speech, including nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs, subject and predicate, basic spelling rules, and punctuation. You will learn paragraph structure and the four types of writing; narrative, descriptive, informative, and persuasive. Upon satisfactory completion of this portion of the course, you should be able to successfully pass the post-test for the course and perform acceptably in the Writing Skills portion of the GED test. |
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| Location | Completely online - available through OnLine Training and our resellers. | |||
| Meeting day(s) | 7 days per week | |||
| Meeting time(s) | 24 hours per day | |||
| Prerequisite(s) | You should be able to read english at the 8th grade level | |||
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| Course Goals | The Goal is to assist the you (the student) in learning the skills needed to pass the GED examination | |||
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Writing Skills Pre-test Unit 1 Prepare for Success
Unit 2 Parts of Speech
Unit 3 Correct Sentence Structure
Unit 4 Writing Mechanics |
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| Author / Instructor Information | ||||
| Author | James Harned | |||
| Instructor(s) | An instructor from our GED faculty page is assigned to assist each student. | |||
| Office location | 2669 Forest Hill Blvd Ste. 207, WPB, Fl 33406 | |||
| Office hours | Call for an Appointment | |||
| Phone | 866-357-0841 or toll free 866-357-0841 | |||
| Biography | James L. Harned, Ph.D., Director, Basic Adult Education, has been involved in basic adult education for more than 18 years. Jim holds a doctoral degree in Distance and Adult Education, with a minor in Distance Education from the University of Oklahoma. He has designed and conducted adult education programs in New Mexico and Oklahoma. He specializes in basic adult education and G.E.D. educational programs. He prefers to author courses for delivery in the Moodle virtual classroom, a product of Web Based Training, Systems. While in his doctoral program he designed and taught remedial education courses that enabled marginal students to function satisfactorily in college level courses. He further provided the university faculty with courses on the use of the internet and distance education instructional design. He is the author of the OLT Basic Adult Education series and the lead instructor - teacher - educator in that program. His passions include seeking ways individuals can develop educationally and aiding his students in achieving their personal and professional goals. He seeks to create online learning environments that foster success. Dr. Harned joined OLT in 1998. | |||
