Lesson Review 3 ASE Evening February 2005

Thursday, February 24, 2005 6 Learners present. 2 hours

--Nature of continuity and change (Continuity & Change)

Continued some short readings on history of settling of the colonies. Read short piece about the

Puritans, who they were and how their religion dictated life in the colonies. Readings generated some

excellent discussions…religion, treatment of women then and now, who has power in a society, etc.

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Wednesday, February 23, 2005 7 Learners present. 2 hours

-- Compute with whole numbers, fractions, decimals & integers using appropriate algorithms and a variety

of techniques (Number Relationships & Computation)

Math - Some people did Math TABES

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Tuesday, February 22, 2005 4 Learners present. 2 hours

-- WRITING - Communicate thoughts, ideas & information in writing; Create documents (letters,

directions, reports, graphs) (Basic Skills)

Two people worked on writing while one person did a Math TABE and another started learning about

atoms.

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Thursday, February 17, 2005 7 Learners present. 2 hours

--Allocation of power and authority (Power, Authority, & Participation) Express thoughts in complete

sentences (Writing) Interpret Charts & Graphs (Reading)

Did some reading and map work about slavery history in the US between 1820 and 1850. Had good

discussions about what they knew about slavery and the pre-civil war activities to abolish

slavery.Read and discussed a little about Frederick Douglass.

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Wednesday, February 16, 2005 6 Learners present. 2 hours

-- Express thoughts in complete sentences (Writing) Participate effectively in class discussions (Oral

Communication)

Peggy Wood did a creative writing workshop. She led them through various writing activities. Students

were encouraged to share their writings with the group. This workshop was well received.

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Tuesday, February 15, 2005 7 Learners present. 2 hours

--Means and varieties of civic participation (Power, Authority, & Participation) WRITING - Communicate

thoughts, ideas & information in writing; Create documents (letters, directions, reports, graphs) (Basic Skills)

Read some information about the impact of the president's proposed budget cuts and wrote letters to

our federal Senators and Representative.

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Thursday, February 10, 2005 3 Learners present. 2 hours

Individual Work (Due to bad weather, it would not be reasonable to mark people absent when it was

unsafe to travel)

One person made revisions to a writing project (film review) and then did World History GED

exercises.

Another person worked on place value and rounding in whole numbers.

One person finished her TABE testing by completing her Math and doing the whole Reading test.

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Wednesday, February 09, 2005 5 Learners present. 2 hours

-- Evaluate own written work (Writing) Represent and use numbers in a variety of equivalent forms and in

order relations (Number Relationships & Computation)

Individual math and writing activities.

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Tuesday, February 08, 2005 9 Learners present. 2 hours

-- Write at greater length in response to a topic or question (Writing) WRITING - Communicate thoughts,

ideas & information in writing; Create documents (letters, directions, reports, graphs) (Basic Skills)

Writing:

A small group worked on writing based on these prompts:

"Nature puts pressures on every human being"

and

"Culture puts pressures on every individual"

They were asked to write a few sentences on each of those prompts and most were able to develop

their initial writing into something more structured and coherent.

Other people worked on writing projects they had started previously.

One person did TABEs.

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Thursday, February 03, 2005 4 Learners present. 2 hours

--Learners' "PLACE" in relationship to the rest of the world (Environments & Interdependence)

Started doing some short history lessons.. Read about some of the early explorers…good class…fun

and students said they really enjoyed it.

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Wednesday, February 02, 2005 6 Learners present. 2 hours

Individual math , locators and TABES.

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Tuesday, February 01, 2005 5 Learners present. 2 hours

Math and Writing:

A few people worked on various writing projects with assistance from a volunteer and the instructor.

A few others worked on Math with assistance from the instructor (order of operations and least

common denominators). People chipped in to help each other with their work.

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