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Details of the ESL Intermediate Skills Pack

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Covers the key problem areas on the GED exam

The ESL Intermediate Skills Pack consists of a group of Merit Software programs bundled together, selected to cover the mid-level competencies necessary to improve students' skills. The software is self-paced and self-monitored. Students advance as they demonstrate readiness. Scores are tracked in a record management system that allows teachers to view and print detailed reports. The questions, answers and explanations of the programs can be spoken aloud by using the Merit Text Talker. Designed for students in grades 5 through 8 (ages 10 and up), the program can also be used by older students.

    The ESL Intermediate Skills Pack consists of the following areas and packages:

  • Reading / Vocabulary Intermediate Skills Curriculum
  • Concepts covered:
    Determine main idea
    Identify sequence of details
    Draw inferences from text
    Draw conclusions
    Understand vocabulary from context
    Use contextual clues
    Increase word recognition
    Differentiate fact from opinion
    Recall facts and details
    Packages included:
    • Developing Critical Thinking Skills For Effective Reading, Sets 1 and 2
      Helps students improve reading comprehension.
    • Reading Shape-Up, Set 2
      Teaches students basic reading skills.
    • Vocabulary Fitness, Set 1
      Builds students understanding of commonly misused words.

  • Writing / Grammar Intermediate Skills Curriculum
  • Concepts covered:
    Recognize common errors in word usage
    Identify parts of speech in context sentences
    Identify common writing problems
    Use pre-writing strategies
    Correct faulty sentence structure
    Review basic punctuation
    Write clear, descriptive sentences
    Organize ideas
    Develop a paragraph
    Practice proofreading
    Packages included:
    • Grammar Fitness, Set 2
      Helps students master troublesome points of grammar
    • Grammar Shape-Up
      Students learn to master the parts of speech.
    • Paragraph Punch
      Helps students learn different ways to write a paragraph.

  • Mathematics Intermediate Skills Curriculum
  • Concepts covered:
    Practice using addition, subtraction, multiplication, division Identify areas of weakness with whole numbers, fractions, decimals, percents Break down word problems into steps Use key words to analyze how to choose operations
    Packages included:
    • Pre-Algebra Shape-Up
      Step-by-step tutorials covering ratios, graphs, tables, and more.
    • Word Problem Shape-Up, Sets 1 and 2
      Teaches students how to solve whole number, fraction, decimal, and percent word problems.