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Chapter on Critical Thinking pgs. 31 - 58

Developing strong reading and thinking (reasoning) skills is key to your success on the GED.

6 Focus Points in this chapter:

Knowledge

Comprehension

Application

Analysis

Synthesis

Evaluation

Students begin Chapter 1: Basic English Usage pages 65 through Chapter 4: Organization pgs. 168

Bismillahir Rahmanir Rahim

Assalaamu Alaikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakaatuh

Recently, we covered grammar rules for editing sentences. Here are some additional benefits not listed on the document presented. 

A colon ( : ) is used to introduce lists. The part of the sentence before the colon should be able to stand alone as a independent clause, for example, These are the three most common flavors of ice cream: vanilla, chocolate, and str...

Bismillahir Rahmanir Rahim

Assalaamu Alaikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakaatuh

Here is another story from local news displaying one of the many reasons for why we as parents need to homeschool our children. Read the article to see how the school system pushes this situation under the rug...

“If Frederick got two beatings per day, how many beatings did he get in one week?” A third question dealt with how many pounds of cotton Frederick had picked.

http://news.y...

Bismillahir Rahmanir Rahim

Assalaamu Alaikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakaatuh

For the Language Arts, Writing PreTest Part II, students are asked to write an opinion about an essay and to explain your ideas inshaAllah. It should take on average a time period of about 45 minutes. Write your essay and submit your work by email to fts.homework@gmail.com

Please title the subject line of your email: PreTest Part 2: The Essay

Topic ...

Bismillahir Rahmanir Rahim

Assalaamu Alaikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakaatuh

For the Language Arts, Writing PreTest students are asked to read an answers 13 questions about an essay inshaAllah. It should take on average a time period of about 19 minutes. Choose the best answer and submit your work by email to fts.homework@gmail.com 

Please title the subject line of your email: PreTest Part 1: Editing

May Allah grant you tawfeeq and give you the understanding ...

Read and Write

1. Join not anything in worship With Him

Intro 2: Tawheed ul-Uluhiyyah

Please read page five from the SSCG workbook first before completing this exercise.

Read, write and say the meaning given below. Once you have memorized the meaning, you are ready to answer the questions that fo...

Assalaamu Alaykum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatahu

My beloved sisters, brothers, and families of Islam may the All-Mighty Allah, the Exalted One grant us and you mercy and give us and you the gift and benefit of beneficial knowledge Aameen.

Dear Parents,

Thank you for your interest in THM Sadaqa Group your Standard Salafi Curriculum Guide (SSCG) to online homeschool assistance and tu...

Geography

Assalaamu Alaikum wa Rahmatullah

Recently, students discussed topics on culture, population density and resources. We reviewed questions about the elements that make each culture unique; how crowded a specific area may be per sq. mile according to death rates, birth rates, and famine of the locality and lastly poll...

Understanding the Basic Sentence

If you are not familiar with any of the following terms, look them up in the Guide to Grammar Terminology.

• comma splice
• fragment
• complete sentence
• fused sentence
• run-on sentence

This worksheet will help you understand the most basic concept in writing: the correct punctuation of complete sentences. A complete sentence has the following characteristics:

• It contains both a subject and a ...

Assalaamu Alaikum wa Rahmatullah.

Truly, I hope that your writing assignments are becoming easier and that doing so helps you learn to use vivid, concrete and abstract words for your descriptions in your writings.

Students are to read pages 170-172; The pages that discuss briefly an auto-biography of Emily Dickinson before presenting her poem, A narrow Fellow in the Grass.

After reading the poem:

HW Assignment 6: Suggestions for writing: