The main goal of this course is to assist students to improve their reading/writing, math, listening and employability skills in order to earn a high school diploma or to pass the Official GED tests (to enroll in the Basic Skills Program, students must be at least 16 years old). For HS21 students, this course is designed for students studying for the second half of their HS21 diploma. (Formerly: DVS 011, 012, 013, 014, 020, 021)
Prerequisites
This course is designed for students who, at intake, have credits placing them at 11th or 12th grade (earned more than half their credits for graduation) and/or for second language students score 236-245 on CASAS Reading and Math tests.
Course Outcomes
Upon successful completion of the course, students should be able to demonstrate the following knowledge or skills:
Reading/Writing: Read and follow multi-step directions when carrying out experiments, taking measurements, or performing technical tasks. Analyze the structure of texts and assess the how the writer’s purpose shapes the tone of the text; read and interpret common legal forms and manuals; integrate information from multiple texts, charts, and graphs as well as evaluate and organize information.Cite textual evidence from different sources to support ideas. Use MLA documentation to document sources. Math: Solve real world mathematical problems involving geometric concepts, benchmark fractions, and decimals. Use perimeter, area, and volume formulas to solve problems. Listening/Speaking: Write, listen, interact with others, and follow instructions to execute a task and solve problems. Employability Skills: Calculate discounts create and use tables and graphs, communicate personal opinion in written form, and fill out common business forms, such as accident reports, inventory forms etc.
Course Content Outline
Instruction for class lessons will be based on strategies using increasingly complex texts based on College and Career Readiness Standards. These skills and strategies may be contextualized in GED preparation activities or HS-21 coursework.
- Create a resume, follow multistep directions and complete a task in familiar situations.
- Participate in mock job interviews and demonstrate the ability to answer interview questions.
- Students compare and contrast details from reading similar sources at their appropriate reading level.
- In groups of four students, students will exchange ideas and find a solution to a problem in their environment.
- Students will practice using geometric formulas in different ways. For example measuring a room and finding the area.
- Research a topic and use MLA documentation.
- Read a text and identify the pattern of writing the author uses.
- Write directions for a simple task found in the workplace.
- Order materials or items to replenish inventories.
- Demonstrate command of the conventions of Standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.
- Use accurately level appropriate words and phrases important to comprehension of a text.