ASE: High School Equivalency Preparation

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In this activity, students use an interactive quiz to correctly put the steps of how a bill becomes a law in order. They must be careful to consider ALL the steps, even those that take place when the bill doesn't go smoothly.

A screenshot of How a Bill Becomes a Law Activity.

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Quizlet Live is a collaborative, high-energy review game. It's based on Quizlet, the online flashcards platform that's been around for years. Students are sorted into groups and work together to answer all 12 questions correctly in a row to win.

In this activity, students use the Essay Map online tool as a pre-writing activity to help structure and organize their writing. The tool helps students understand the relationship between the introduction, main ideas, supporting details for the main ideas, and the conclusion and allows them to move back and forth through the map changing and adjusting their essay outline as needed.

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In this activity, students are assigned a reading passage and shown the different tools they can use during the reading. They are then introduced to a Question Set and asked to complete the activity. When the students finish the activity, it is projected so they can see the article and as a class, responses are reviewed.

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