GED Essay Writing -- Formula for Success
By Laurie Jarvis
In this learning activity you'll review the format for a five-paragraph essay, which is the second part of the GED Writing Test.
Barriers to Critical Thinking: Errors in Judgment
By Andrea Krabbe
The learners will explore the Errors in Judgment: Barriers to Critical Thinking and how it affects their decision-making processes.
Assumptions vs. Facts
By Barbara Liang
Learners read the definitions of an assumption and a fact. They then provide their own examples of each and compare those to the examples provided.
Thinking About the Topic: Considering Your Purpose for Writing
By Deborah Seline
In this learning activity you'll review the four main purposes for writing documents: expressive, literary, persuasive, and reality.
The You View
By Jennifer McIntosh, Barbara Laedtke
Learners will write effective business messages that incorporate a second-person point of view and focus on the benefit to the reader. This approach is often used to create positive messages, neutral messages, and inquiry messages in business settings.
Productive Meetings
By Mitch Vesaas
The learner will identify the steps for preparing and facilitating a team meeting.
Indefinite Pronouns / Possessive Case - Exercise 2
By Rosie Bunnow
In this learning activity you'll complete exercises using indefinite pronouns in the possessive case.
Confusing Words -- Their, There, They're (Practice)
The student reviews definitions of their/there/they're and completes a practice exercise. The print and email function at the end has been disabled.
Leaving a Telephone Message
By Susan Maloney
Students listen to three telephone messages and enter their evaluation of each one. They then read a list of guidelines for leaving effective messages.
Ever and Never
By Fran McCarthy
Students read the definitions of these two adverbs of frequency which are often confused. They then complete sentences using "ever" or "never."
Practice with Prefixes #2
By Susan Herscher
Students practice adding prefixes to a variety of words in the English language.
English Words of French Origin
By Virginia Kirsch
In this learning activity you'll read and listen to English words from the French language.
Rotary Die Cutter
By Steve Utschig
Learners view video clips of operation procedures.
Tricky Communication Situations: Analyzing the Situation
By Marilyn Carien
In this learning activity you'll examine strategies to help you deal with tricky personal and business communication situations.
Test Your Tenses 3
By Anne Blahnik
In this learning activity you'll practice verb tenses in the present, present perfect, past, and past perfect tenses.
Viscometers
In this animated activity, learners observe how a viscometer operates.
Logical Reasoning in Speeches - Ad Hominem
By Dr. Cynthia Ellenbecker
In this learning activity you'll be introduced to the Ad Hominem fallacy.
What's the Context?
In this learning activity you'll differentiate between the five contexts affecting communication.
Nouns: Count and Noncount with "a Few" and "a Little": Part 4
By Joan Hoffmann
In this interactive lesson, learners study examples of the expressions "a few" and "a little" with count and noncount nouns. They practice using these expressions in a drag-and-drop exercise of 20 sentences.
Modifiers and Nouns
By Sarah Neeb
In this learning activity you'll review information regarding single-word, phrase, and clause modifiers of nouns.
Use "Do" and "Make" Correctly: Part 2 in a Series
In this learning activity you'll explore various forms of the verb "do."
The Enclosed Chambered Metering System
In this animated object, learners examine how an enclosed chambered metering system operates.
Vocabulary/Spelling Quiz
By Pamela West
The student sees a list of 30 of the most often misspelled words used in business. In one exercise, the student listens to each word and then keys in the spelling of that word. In the next exercise, the student matches synonyms.
Confusing Words--Past, Passed
The student reviews definitions of past/passed and completes a practice exercise.
Group Discussion
In this learning object you'll review various types of groups as well as the concepts of rules and norms in groups.