Body Parts and Ailments

Body Parts:

 

Vocabulary: (Quizlet)

• Sick
• Tired
• Nauseous
• Well
• Sore throat
• Headache
• Stomachache
• Cold
• Cough
• Fever
• Flu
• Earache
• Backache
• Diarrhea
• How are you feeling today?
• I feel ____.
• I have (a) _____ (eg. Headache)

Health Idioms
Three conversations with idioms about health (Part A)

Health Idioms
Three more conversations with idioms about health (Part B)

Resources

https://www.onestopenglish.com/download?ac=20666

https://migranteduesl.wordpress.com/summer-2012-curriculum/lesson-15-sickness-and-symptoms/

https://eslflow.com/health-problems-symptoms-and-illnesses-vocabulary-exercises.html

Simple Past Tense

 

The simple past is a verb tense that is used to talk about things that happened or existed before now. 

Past Time Expressions: 

Last...week, month, year, weekend, winter..

Ago: 3 days ago, 2 summers ago, 6 weeks ago...

When + past: when I was a baby....

I. Regular Verbs

When ESL students first learn to form simple past tense verbs, they learn to add an "-ed" to the end of the base verb form. For example, "walk" becomes "walked.

Rule: Root Verb + -ed or -ied

Example:

Grandma cooked a delicious dinner last night. (root Verb: cook)

She studied English last Thursday. (root Verb: study)

A. Pronunciation: The final e in ‑ed is generally silent:

• listened -> /lisnd/
• watched -> /wacht/ 

BUT:

• visited -> /vIzIted/ 

1.  "ed" ending as a "T (asked, cooked, dressed)

2. "-ed" ending as "D " (agreed, called)

Tongue Twister: 

Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.

If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers,

How many pickled peppers did Peter Piper pick?

 

II. Irregular Verbs

Irregular verbs are verbs that don't take on the regular –d, -ed, or -ied. The top 10 irregular verbs in English are: see, say, go, come, know, get, give, become, find, and think. (Top  50)

Examples:

They saw the biggest Christmas tree yesterday at the mall.

The teacher said our homework is due on Friday.

We went shopping last weekend.

I came over your house last summer.

III. Conversations

Past Tense Questions

• What did you wear yesterday?
• Where did you go for your last vacation?
• What did you learn at school yesterday?
• What was the last movie you saw?
• What did you eat for breakfast?
• What was the last thing you bought?
• What was the last sport you played?

https://www.allthingsgrammar.com/uploads/2/3/2/9/23290220/mini-conversations-pastsim3.pdf

https://en.islcollective.com/english-esl-worksheets/grammar-topic/past-simple-tense/past-simple-conversation-questions/145251

https://bogglesworldesl.com/Listening/PastTense10.html

http://www.carmenlu.com/first/listening/pastdialogues1.html

More Resources:

Past Tense Tongue Twisters (Quizlet)

Random Wheel (Game questions)

https://agendaweb.org/verbs/past-simple-affirmative-exercises.html

https://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/irregular-verbs-exercise-2.html

https://games4esl.com/english-exercises/english-grammar-exercises/past-simple-exercises-1/

https://ngl.cengage.com/assets/downloads_b/marketing_downloads/142407908X/1603/GIC1_unit8.pdf

Simple Future Tense

 The simple future tense indicates an action that will happen in the future. The future tense is formed by using the helping verb will or going to (or shall) with the base form of the verb.

Going To: Definite Future Plans, Intentions, Predictions

Will/ Won't: Decision, Future Facts

Example:

A:  I’m going to have a party on Saturday night.

B: Perfect, we'll bring dessert.

 

Simple Future Conversation Questions

• Are you going to study tonight?
• Will you have fun this Friday night?
• Are you going to meet friends today?
• Will you talk to your parents soon?
• Will it rain today?
• Is it going to be sunny tomorrow?
• Will this year be a good year?
• Will you wear the same clothes tomorrow?

Other ways to speak in the future tense:

1. intend to + Verb        She intends to study Biology in college next Fall.

2.  decided to + Verb     I decided to go shopping tomorrow.

3. plan to/ plan on+ Verb-ing    They are planning to honeymoon in Hawaii.

4. might + Verb-ing        We might go with you.

Resources:

Choose the Correct One

Quiz

Game Quiz

Kahoot!

Jobs, Occupations and Careers: What's your job?

 Questions:

1. What do you do for a living? (What's your occupation?)

2. Is that your dream job?

3. What is your dream job?

4. What company do you work for?

Jobs Vocabulary (Quizlet)

• What do you do?  – I am a (teacher).
• What does he/she do? – He/She is a (doctor).
• What does your father/mother do? – He/She is a (pilot).
• What do you want to be? – I want to be a (police officer).
• What is your dream job? – I’ve always wanted to be a firefighter.

Live Worksheet

Readings:

People Lose Jobs in Webinar

Uber Cuts Jobs

Quiet Quitting Becoming Common in the Workplace

A 4-day work week in Japan increased productivity

Business suits and ties worn less and less

Japan prepares for many foreign workers

Get a job riding a Harley-Davidson all summer

Resources:

https://eslflow.com/jobandcareerlessonplans.html

https://www.myenglishpages.com/english/communication-lesson-talking-about-occupations.php

Games: Kahoot!

• Jobs Board Games and Flashcards
• Jobs and Occupations Quiz
• Jobs Worksheets
• Jobs PowerPoint Lesson
• Jobs Hidden Picture PPT Game
• Jobs Memory Game PPT
• Jobs Race Game PPT

GED Study Plan and Tutoring

Hire me for one on one GED test prep for social studies, Language Arts. and Science through Wyzant (In person or online). 

https://www.wyzant.com/Tutors/teacherKathyDenver

         Language Arts     Social Studies Science

Tutoring Plan Language Arts: Grammar

Lesson 1:Main Idea + Sentence structure

Lesson 2:Complex Sentences +

Lesson 3: Commonly Confused Words +Main Idea Poetry

Lesson 4: Irregular Verbs (Past Tense) +  Social Studies Test

Lesson 5: Modifiers + Science Test 

Lesson 6: Dangling Modifiers + Practice Q

Lesson 7: Stacked Modifiers

Lesson 8:

Lesson 9:

Lesson 10:

REASONING THE LANGUAGE ARTS (RLA) Reading 150 minutes

95 Min: Reading + Language

10 min break

45 minutes Ext. Response Essay

*mostly Non-Fiction

25% literary

6-8 pages of up to 900 words each

Summarize material, find reasoning flaws, make inferences

CCSS: Common Core State Standards

1. Main Idea/Theme

2. Development

3. Language Use

4. Structure: Common Transition Words

5. Author’s Purpose + POV: Critical, Neutral, Rheiotorical Techniques: analogy + repetition

6. Evaluation

7. Comparison

8. Grammar

1. Main Idea/Theme

https://www.testprepreview.com/modules/readingmainidea.htm

https://www.varsitytutors.com/ged_language_arts_rla-help/identifying-main-ide

Questions to Ask as you Read Informational texts:

1. What does the author want readers to do or think after they read this?

2. Who is the intended audience?

3. What is the author’s main point?

4. How and how well is the point supported?

5. Does the author have an obvious bias?

6. What assumptions does the author make?

7. What is the author’s tone?

8. Is the author’s reasoning logical?

9. Is the piece complete, or does it have unanswered questions?

10. Are the language and sentence structure appropriate for the audience and for the time in which the author was writing?

https://englishstudyonline.org/commonly-confused-words/

Subject Verb Agreement; Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NsbFVN4ABsE&ab_channel=EnglishAce

https://gedeno.com/subject-verb-agreement-practice/

https://www.varsitytutors.com/ged_language_arts_rla-help/subject-verb-agreement

Grammar

Sentence structure

• High School Fragments & Run-ons

• High School Simple, Complex & Compound Sentences

• High School Common Sentence Errors

• High School Improving Sentence Structure

• High School Types of Sentences

SCIENCE

GED Science Test

Time Limit: 90 minutes

Test parameters: Life Science (40%) Physical Science (40%) Earth and Space Science (20%)

https://www.testpreptoolkit.com/free-ged-science-practice-test

https://www.testpreptoolkit.com/ged-science-practice-questions

https://www.testpreptoolkit.com/ged-science-practice-test-1 #11

The Science GED test will check whether you can do these things:

• Analyze and explain textual scientific presentations.

• Determine the meaning of symbols, terms, and phrases in a scientific presentation.

• Analyze and explain non-textual scientific presentations.

• Comprehend and apply scientific models, theories, and processes.

• Use formulas from scientific theories.

• Identify sources and causes of error.

• Change the design of an investigation to correct an error.

• Identify and refine hypotheses for scientific investigations.

• Identify the strength and weaknesses of one or more scientific investigation designs.

• Design a scientific experiment.

• Identify and interpret independent and dependent variables in scientific experiments.

• Cite specific textual evidence to support a finding or conclusion.

• Reason from information or evidence to a conclusion.

• Make a prediction based on data or evidence.

• Use sampling techniques to answer scientific questions.

• Check whether a conclusion or theory is supported or challenged by data or evidence.

• Check findings, conclusions or theories.

• Express scientific information or findings using visuals.

• Express scientific information or findings using numbers or symbols.

• Express scientific information or findings in words.

• Describe a data set through statistics.

• Use counting and permutations to solve scientific problems.

• Determine the probability of events.

Resources: Textbook:  Focus on Life Science 

Social Studies

GED Social Studies Test: Time Limit: 70 minutes

Test parameters: Civics and Government (50%), United States History (20%), Economics (15%), Geography and the World (15%)

 A Checklist of What You Need to Know to Pass the GED Social Studies Test

** Civics and Government is 50% of the SS Test, so you need to know ALL of the concepts:  (write in your notebook)

• Types of governments today and in history: direct democracy, representative democracy, parliamentary democracy, presidential democracy, monarchy, and others.

• The basis for our constitutional democracy: natural rights, popular sovereignty and consent of the governed, constitutionalism, majority rule, and minority rights, checks and balances, separation of powers, rule of law, individual rights, Federalism.

• The U.S. Government, design and structure: authority of three branches, individual positions (president, speaker of the House, cabinet members, etc.), federal and state powers, amendment process, departments and agencies of the U.S. Government.

• Rights and responsibilities of the individual: Bill of Rights, personal and civil liberties.

GED Social Studies RESOURCES:

• Video Channels: Crash Course US History (48 videos)

• Free textbooks:

Citizenship (11 Chapter free pdf + audio files)

US History (free pdf _ audio files)

Themes:

1. Early US History: 13 Colonies: 13 Colonies watch introduction (The History of Colonial America) about NE, Middle and Southern Colonies: Describe each The Thirteen Colonies

 (Crash Course #2), Who Came to the New World (Pilgrims, Puritans, Quakers), what did they bring? (Crash Course #4) 

Two Famous Colonies: Roanoke and Jamestown,Lost Colony of Roanoke

Jamestown Settlement compare both using a Venn Diagram

The Salem Witch Trials, extra Videos: Crash Course US History #4

Women's Roles, Slavery Vocabulary:  (Quizlet)

2. Revolutionary War: 

 Revolutionary War Begins Battle of Lexington and Concord, Women during the War , Events in Moses Grandy's Life, Moses Grady's Life as a Slave, Not Really a Tea Party,Patriots and Tories, 

Videos: Crash Course #28, Oversimplified Parts 1 and Part 2

3. The Women of Early America (handout + Quizlet) Videos: Anne Hutchinson and Anne Bradstreet,

Sojourner Truth, Crash Course #16, #31

Learning Questions:

1. If America was founded on religious freedom, then how to explain the treatment of Anne Hutchinson and Mary Dyer?

2. How are the Abolitionist Movement and Women’s Rights Movement related?

3. Explain how the unequal treatment of black women means women do not have equal rights.

Project: Choose one important woman from Early America and write a report about her.

4. The Trail of Tears: Crash Course #14 

5.Slavery and Emancipation (Handout + Quizlet

Videos: Atlantic Slave Trade, Slavery, Emancipation, the Civil War Part 1, )

6. The Gilded Age (Post-Civil War Reconstruction to the 1890s or)

Vocabulary: Quizlet American Imperialism:  Video

7. World War 1

8. WW2 and the Cold War”

Vocabulary (Quizlet)

9. Black Revolt and Civil Right”

Vocabulary (Quizlet) Videos: Crash Course 39, Crash Course 228

10.  Vietnam (War)