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I love this website!  There are many titles with audio to listen to as you read.  If you need a suggestion, let me know.  A few of my favorite books on this site are:The Handmaid's Tale, How the Garcia Girls Lost their Accents, Lord of the Flies, Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

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Listen & Read Audiobooks for English Language Learners

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Water for Elephants
by Sara Gruen

Jacob Janowski's luck had run out--orphaned and penniless, he had no direction until he landed on a rickety train that was home to the Benzini Brothers Most Spectacular Show on Earth. A veterinary student just shy of a degree, he was put in charge of caring for the circus menagerie. It was the Great Depression and for Jacob the circus was both his salvation and a living hell. There he met Marlena, the beautiful equestrian star married to August, the charismatic but brutal animal trainer. And he met Rosie, an untrainable elephant who was the great hope for this third-rate traveling show. The bond that grew among this group of misfits was one of love and trust, and ultimately, it was their only hope for survival.

#1 New York Times Bestseller * A Los Angeles Times, Wall Street Journal, & USA Today Bestseller

A Major Motion Picture starring Reese Witherspoon, Robert Pattinson, and Christoph Waltz

"This colorful headlong tale of a Depression-era circus simply can't be beat." -Stephen King

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"ESL English Listening and Reading Audiobooks"

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Listen & Read Audiobooks for English Language Learners MORE Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen Jacob Janowski's luck had run out--orphaned and penniless, he had no direction until he landed on a rickety train that was home to the Benzini Brothers Most Spectacular Show on Earth.

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compassionate people doing amazing things for each other every day -- small good deeds and life-changing actions

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Kind World is a show about how a single act of kindness can change someone's life. In each episode, hosts and reporters Yasmin Amer and Andrea Asuaje search the world for good news stories that will restore your faith in humanity. A production of WBUR.

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Practice some of these important grammar skills: Comma Splices & Fused Sentences • Fragments • Irregular Verbs
Parallel Structure • Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers
Apostrophes • Commas • Pronoun Agreement • Pronoun Case
Pronoun Reference • Subject-Verb Agreement • Word Choice

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Comma Splices & Fused Sentences

Fragments

Irregular Verbs

Parallel Structure

Misplaced & Dangling Modifiers

Apostrophes

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Commas

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Pronoun Agreement

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Pronoun Case

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Pronoun Reference

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Subject-Verb Agreement

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Word Choice

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Exercise 1 :: Their, There, They're

Exercise 2 :: Their, There, They're

Exercise 3 :: Lose, Loose

Exercise 4 :: Lose, Loose

Exercise 5 :: Loss, Lost

Exercise 6 :: Who, Whom

Exercise 7 :: Who, Whom

Exercise 8 :: Whoever, Whomever

Exercise 9 :: Whose, Who's

Exercise 10 :: Whose, Who's

Exercise 11 :: To, Too, Two

Exercise 12 :: To, Too, Two

Exercise 13 :: Its, It's

Exercise 14 :: Its, It's

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Test your grammar knowledge here. Fun interactive exercises await!

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Language Arts and Social Studies: Visual Literacy

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Understanding how to make sense of visual text like graphs, charts, and maps will help you prepare for all of the GED tests, especially Social Studies and Science

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Graphs, maps and charts from The Times — and an invitation to students to discuss them live.

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Language Arts Social Studies: Visual Literacy

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Reading: Language Arts and Social Studies

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US History told through stories of every day people rising up to fight for justice and their "place at the table." 

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"Tomorrow, I'll be at the table

When company comes."

In this module, students explore diverse groups who have been pushed to the margins of American society. Despite the pain caused by exclusion, hatred and injustice in our nation's history, the men and women who, when told by the larger society to "stay in their place," insisted that "their place" was at the American table. This learning module was adapted from materials provided by Teaching Tolerance

In his poem "I, Too," Langston Hughes described how it felt to be a Black man living in the United States during the first part of the 20th century. But his words speak to the experience of all groups who have been pushed to the margins of American society. They also give voice to a sustaining conviction - that true equality will come. Out of all the pain caused by exclusion, hatred and injustice in our nation's history, there has emerged another, more hopeful narrative. This narrative has been composed by the men and women who, when told by the larger society to "stay in their place," insisted that "their place" was at the American "table." As Americans, we are justly proud of the ideals of freedom, democracy and equality that are enshrined in our nation's founding documents - the Declaration of Independence, Constitution and Bill of Rights. Our challenge is to make them more than promises on paper. The stories you are about to read show how some ordinary Americans made those promises come alive, not just for themselves but for us all.

Units of Study

Students in groups of 3-5 are assigned one of the following units. Each student should read the main essay and related primary documents (linked below). Then the students work together to answer the study questions and complete a project (optional). Each student should select one of the writing assignments.

1 - Apostles of Liberty (1768) Virginia Baptists challenge the state church in the name of religious freedom.
Other Primary Documents: Assignments:
2 - Who Claims Me? (1851) Anti-slavery activists in Boston take a stand against the Fugitive Slave Law.
Other Primary Documents: Assignments:
3 - Freedom's Main Line (1870) Black citizens of Louisville, Ky. use civil disobedience to protest segregation on public streetcars.
Other Primary Documents: Assignments:
4 - This Land Is Ours (1877) A leader of the Ponca tribe in Nebraska champions his people's right to their ancestral home.
Other Primary Documents: Assignments: Other Primary Documents: Assignments:
6 - Road Trip for Suffrage (1915) Three activists embark on a daring cross-country journey, in support of women's voting rights.

Main Essay: Road Trip for Suffrageby Harriet Sigerman
Other Primary Documents: Assignments:
Main Essay: The House on Lemon Streetby Maria Fleming
Other Primary Documents: Assignments:
Main Essay: A Tale of Two Schoolsby Maria Fleming
Other Primary Documents: Assignments:
Main Essay: Against the Currentby Beth Hege Piatote
Other Primary Documents: Assignments: Other Primary Documents: Assignments:
Main Essay: Going to Bat for Girlsby Lisa Bennett
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Main Essay: The Battle of Spanish Forkby Lisa Bennett
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Conclusion

Read the essay Becoming America by Maria Fleming

Final Writing Assignment - Pick one:

1. History books leave out the stories of many groups. What individuals or groups in your community would you invite to the table, and why?

2. Each generation must carry the torch of freedom forward. What speciual challenges will you and your peers face in championing liberty and equality for everyone, and how will you meet those challenges?

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"Tomorrow, I'll be at the table When company comes." In this module, students explore diverse groups who have been pushed to the margins of American society. Despite the pain caused by exclusion, hatred and injustice in our nation's history, the men and women who, when told by the larger society to "stay in their place," insisted that "their place" was at the American table.

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Reading: Language Arts and Social Studies

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Increase your background knowledge on United States History 

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HISPANIC HISTORY 21st CENTURY GREAT DEPRESSION ASIAN HISTORY WORLD WAR I WORLD WAR II COLD WAR IMMIGRATION

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Learn how the 4 GED Tests are formatted.  This will help you to prepare for GED Ready Practice tests 

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Try some free practice tests to help you prepare for the official GED Ready Practice Tests 

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GED Practice Questions | Free GED Practice Tests

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