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Language
Arts: Reading
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Lesson 11
Passing the GED Reading Test (FT)
Reviews the skills required, the subjects covered, and the kinds of questions
included on the 2002 GED reading test.
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Lesson 12
Nonfiction
This lesson explores three kinds of nonfiction writing-informational,
opinion, and memoir-and illustrates how to get the most out of reading
them. Writer Luis Rodriguez reads
from Always Running, his memoir about gang life.
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Lesson 13
Fiction
Explores elements of fiction in short stories by Edgar Allan Poe, Flannery
O'Connor, and James Baldwin and the contemporary novel Breath, Eyes, Memory
by Edwidge Danticat, who reads an excerpt from the book.
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Lesson 14
Poetry
Poet Sonia Sanchez reads from her work and shows how to analyze a poem, U.S.
Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky introduces the "Favorite Poem Project,"
and people talk about how poetry can be a powerful means of expression.
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Lesson 15
Drama
Explores the elements of drama through a play written by an adult learner and
goes behind the scenes to see how the written word is translated to the
stage.
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(FT)
indicates a Fast Track lesson
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