Brenna Kane
Clinton Adult Learning Center
Clinton Public Schools, Clinton, MA
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Adult Secondary Education Writing:
The Five Paragraph Essay
Pre-lesson interview
4 minutes
Brenna talks about her students and the purpose of the lesson.
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Lesson
April 2011, 15 minutes
Students learn how to write an essay for the GED writing test, how to: brainstorm ideas for the topic they are presented with, organize the ideas, write a topic sentence, and write an introductory and concluding paragraph. They also learn what to expect in the testing situation, for example, that the topic is given, that they have to brainstorm ideas without getting blocked, and that they will not have time to draft and re-copy a final essay.
They are given this topic: "What qualities do you think make up a good employer? Write an essay that identifies the qualities you think a good employer has, giving specific examples to back up your ideas."
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GED Essay Scoring Rubrics
How to write a GED essay
Prewriting Lesson Plan
Color-coded Five-paragraph Essay Model
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Post-lesson interview
2 minutes
Brenna talks about how the lesson went.
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