ASE AM

Class Description

The Adult Student Education (ASE) program at the Worcester Adult Learning Center will prepare you to take the Hi-SET or GED test. Students will have the opportunity to work collaboratively in groups, as well as challenge themselves with independent study. Subjects include:

 

  • Reading
  • Writing
  • Math
  • Science
  • Social Studies
  • Digital Literacy

Book 1:1 Meeting: https://walc-ase-am.appointlet.com/b/donna-roberson

Teacher
Donna Roberson
Teacher Email
droberson0913@gmail.com
Teacher Bio

Donna Roberson has been a journalist at various New England media outlets for 15 years. She has worked as an editor, writer and web producer. She enjoys teaching adult education classes and challenging students to improve their writing and math skills, pass the high-school equivalency exam and move on to the next phase of their lives. 

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Thursday, May 15 - Maps, Graphs & Charts - Reading Maps
  1. ASSIGNMENT: Maps vs. Globes
  2. GET TO KNOW: TODALSIG Worksheet
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Wednesday, May 14 - Algebra - Solving Inequalities
  1. ASSIGNMENT: Inequality Worksheet
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Tuesday, May 13- Graphs, Maps & Charts - Graphs and Charts view
Thursday May 8 - Matter - Final Project view
Wednesday, May 7 - Algebra Word Problems
  1. Basic Algebra Word Problems Worksheet 1
  2. Basic Algebra Word Problems Worksheet 2
  3. Basic Algebra Word Problems Answers
  4. Intermediate Algebra Word Problems Worksheet 1
  5. Intermediate Algebra Word Problems Worksheet 2
  6. Intermediate Algebra Word Problems Worksheet 3
  7. Intermediate Algebra Word Problems Answers
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Tuesday, May 6 - Matter- Chemical Reactions view
Thursday, May 1 - More Integer Jeopardy view
Thursday, May 1 - Matter - Physical and Chemical Properties of Matter
  1. Assignment: Chemical and Physical Properties
  2. Check Yourself: Properties Answers
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Wednesday, April 30 - Matter - The Periodic Table of Elements
  1. Assignment: Elemental Symbols
  2. Check Yourself: Elemental Symbols Answers
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Tuesday, April 29- Matter - Introduction to Matter, Elements and Atoms
  1. ASSIGNMENT: Everyday Compound Or Poison?
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Thursday, April 17 - Multiplying and Dividing Integers
  1. ASSIGNMENT: Multiplication and Division of Integers
  2. ANSWERS: Multiplication and Division of Integers
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Wednesday, April 16 - Adding and Subtracting Integers REVIEW
  1. ASSIGNMENT: Adding and Subtracting Integers
  2. ASSIGNMENT: More Adding and Subtracting Integers
  3. ANSWERS: Adding and Subtracting Integers
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Tuesday, April 15 - Earth - Climate Change view
Thursday, April 10 - Earth - Natural Resources view
Wednesday, April 9 - What is a Coordinate Plane? view
Wednesday, April 9- Earth - Interaction Between the Earth's Systems view
Tuesday, April 8 - Earth - Plate Tectonics view
Thursday, April 3 - Earth Unit -- Earth's Composition view
Wednesday, April 2 - Earth Unit - The Oceans view
Tuesday, April 1 - Earth Unit - The Atmosphere view
Thursday, March 27 - War Stories - The Civil War - Gettysburg And The End Of The War view
Wednesday, March 26 - War Stories - The Civil War view
Wednesday, March 26 - Algebra - One-Step Equations
  1. ASSIGNMENT: Write a Sentence As An Equation #1
  2. ASSIGNMENT: Write a Sentence As An Equation #2
  3. ANSWERS: Write a Sentence As An Equation
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Tuesday, March 25- War Stories - World War II - The End of the War
  1. SLIDESHOW: Beginning of the Cold War
  2. ASSIGNMENT: Atomic Bomb Lesson
  3. ASSIGNMENT: Atomic Bomb Worksheet
  4. ASSIGNMENT: Atomic Bomb Answers
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Thursday, March 20- War Stories - World War II - The Helpers
  1. ASSIGNMENT: The Tuskagee Airmen
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Wednesday, March 19 - Functions
  1. Functions - Class Notes
  2. Function Lesson
  3. Function Worksheet 1
  4. Function Worksheet 2
  5. Function Answer Key
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Wednesday, March 18 - War Stories - World War II - The Home Front view
Tuesday, March 18 - War Stories- World War II - Pearl Harbor, Dunkirk and War view
Thursday, March 13 - War Stories - World War II - The Holocaust view
Wednesday, March 12 - War Stories- Causes of World War II
  1. ASSIGNMENT: Causes of World War II
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Tuesday, March 11 - War Stories - Life During World War I view
Thursday, March 6 - War Stories - Introduction to World War I view
Wednesday, March 5- Probability
  1. EXPLORE: Probability
  2. ASSIGNMENT: Probability Worksheet 1
  3. ASSIGNMENT: Probability Worksheet 2
  4. ANSWERS: Probability Worksheets
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Thursday, Feb. 27 - Circles Jeopardy view
Wednesday, Feb. 26 - War Stories - Vietnam view
Tuesday, Feb. 25 - Writing the Essay
  1. ASSIGNMENT: GED Extended Response
  2. TIDE Chart
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Thursday, Feb. 13 - More Circles view
Wednesday, February 12 - Geometry - Circles view
Tuesday, Feb. 11 - Cells - Cellular Respiration
  1. ASSIGNMENT: Mitosis and Meiosis
  2. ANSWERS: Mitosis and Meiosis
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Thursday, Feb. 6 - Cells - Plant Structure view
Wednesday, Feb. 5 - Algebra Word Problems
  1. ASSIGNMENT: One Step Word Problems With Answers
  2. ASSIGNMENT: Two-Step Word Problems With Answers
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Wednesday, February 5 - Cells - Distinguishing Between Cells
  1. Animals vs. Plants
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Tuesday, February 4 - Cells - Cell Structure and Function view
Thursday, Jan.30 - Geometry - Pythagorean Theorem
  1. LESSON A: Pythagorean Theorem
  2. LESSON B: Pythagorean Theorem
  3. ASSIGNMENT: Pythagorean Theorem Worksheet 1
  4. ASSIGNMENT: Pythagorean Theorem Worksheet 2
  5. ASSIGNMENT: Pythagorean Theorem Worksheet 3
  6. ANSWERS: Pythagorean Theorem
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Thursday, Jan. 30- FICTION/STORYTELLING - Skills to Improve Storytelling view
Wednesday, Jan. 29 - FICTION/STORYTELLING - How to Tell a Story II view
Tuesday, Jan. 28 - FICTION/STORYTELLING - How to Tell a Story I view
Wednesday, Jan. 22 - FICTION/STORYTELLING - Close Reading of a Text view
Tuesday, Jan. 21 - FICTION/STORYTELLING - Elements of Fiction view
Thursday, Jan 16 - Economics - Productivity and Interdependence
  1. ASSIGNMENT: Things I Have Done
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Wednesday, Jan. 16 - Economics - Monopoly, Competition and Profit
  1. ASSIGNMENT: Things I Like
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Wednesday, Jan. 15- Economics - The Government's Role
  1. READ: Why Goal Setting Works
  2. ASSIGNMENT: Why Goal Setting Works Worksheet
  3. READ: About Setting Goals
  4. READ: Setting SMART Goals
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Wednesday, Jan. 15 - Shapes Jeopardy view
Tuesday, Jan 14 - Economics - The Labor Market
  1. ASSIGNMENT: Today's Labor Market
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Thursday, Jan. 9 - Economics - Industrialization and Imperialism view
Wednesday, Jan. 8 - Angles and Triangles
  1. GUIDE: Basic Geometric Terms
  2. LESSON: Angles
  3. WORKSHEET: Angles
  4. ANSWERS: Angles
  5. LESSON: Angle Relationships
  6. WORKSHEET: Angle Relationships
  7. ANSWERS: Angle Relationships
  8. LESSON: Triangles
  9. WORKSHEET: Triangles
  10. ANSWERS: Triangles
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Wednesday, Jan. 8 - Economics - Economic History
  1. ASSIGNMENT: Elevator Pitch Worksheet
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Tuesday, Jan. 7 - Introduction to Economics
  1. READ: Supply and Demand Worksheet
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Thursday, Dec. 19 - Work and Motion - Machines
  1. ASSIGNMENT: Simple Machines
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Wednesday, Dec. 18 - Multiplying and Dividing Integers
  1. ASSIGNMENT: Multiplication and Division of Integers
  2. ANSWERS: Multiplication and Division of Integers
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Wednesday, Dec. 18 - Work and Motion - Work and Power view
Thursday, Dec. 12 - Subtracting Integers
  1. QUIZ: Adding and Subtracting Integers
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Thursday, Dec. 12 - Motion & Work - Gravity view
Wednesday, Dec. 11 - Motion & Work - Newton's Laws Of Motion view
Wednesday, Dec. 11 - Adding Integers
  1. How to Add Integers
  2. Integers Worksheet 1
  3. Integers Worksheet 2
  4. Integers Worksheet 3
  5. Integers Worksheet Answers
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Tuesday, Dec. 10 - Motion & Work - What is Motion? view
Thursday, Nov. 21 - Scientific Method - A Closer Look view
Thursday, Dec. 21 - Line Graphs
  1. ASSIGNMENT: Line Graph Worksheet
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Wednesday, Nov. 20 - Bar Graphs
  1. ASSIGNMENT: Bar Graph Worksheet
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Wednesday, Nov. 20 - Scientific Method - Experimental Design
  1. ASSIGNMENT: Controlled Experiments
  2. ANSWERS: Controlled Experiment
  3. ASSIGNMENT: Variables
  4. ANSWERS: Variables
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Tuesday, Nov. 19- The Scientific Method - Creating a Hypothesis view
Tuesday, Nov. 19 - When To Use Commas
  1. ASSIGNMENT: Comma Exercises
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Wednesday, Nov. 13 - Real World Percents
  1. LESSON: Percent of Change
  2. ASSIGNMENT: Percent of Change
  3. ANSWERS: Percent of Change
  4. ASSIGNMENT: Simple Interest (Answers Included)
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Wednesday, November 13- The Steps of the Scientific Method
  1. ASSIGNMENT: The Scientific Method
  2. ANSWERS: The Scientific Method
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Tuesday , Nov. 12 - Introduction to the Scientific Method view
Thursday, Nov. 7 - Solving Percents
  1. ASSIGNMENT: Percent Word Problems
  2. ANSWERS: Percent Word Problems
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Wednesday, Nov. 6 - Argument Writing
  1. READ: Argument Writing Guide
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Thursday, Oct. 31 - Imperialism - Final Project view
Wednesday, Oct. 30 - Introduction to Percents
  1. ASSIGNMENT: Decimals and Percents
  2. ANSWERS: Decimals and Percents
  3. ASSIGNMENT: Fractions and Percents
  4. ANSWERS: Fractions and Percents
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Tuesday, Oct. 29 - Imperialism - Latin America view
Thursday, Oct. 24 - Imperialism - Japan view
Thursday, Oct. 24 - Estimating Fractions Jeopardy view
Wednesday, Oct 23 - Introduction to Fractions
  1. ASSIGNMENT: Comparing Fractions
  2. ANSWERS: Comparing Fractions
  3. ASSIGNMENT: Reducing Fractions
  4. ANSWERS: Reducing Fractions
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Wednesday, Oct. 23 - Imperialism - Africa view
Thursday, Oct. 17 - Imperialism - China view
Wednesday, Oct. 16 - Ratio/Proportion Jeopardy view
Wednesday, Oct. 16 - Imperialism - India view
Tuesday, Oct. 15 - Imperialism - Causes of Imperialism view
Wednesday, Oct. 9 - Ratio and Proportion
  1. LESSON: Ratios
  2. LESSON: Proportions
  3. LESSON: Ratios and Proportions Working Together
  4. ASSIGNMENT: Ratio/Proportion Worksheet 1
  5. ASSIGNMENT: Ratio/Proportion Worksheet 2
  6. ANSWERS: Ratio/Proportion Worksheets
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Tuesday Oct. 8 - Genetics - Natural Selection view
Thursday, Oct. 3 Genetics - Genetic Variations
  1. ASSIGNMENT: DNA Worksheet
  2. ANSWERS: DNA Worksheet
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Wednesday, Oct. 2 - AREA & PERIMETER
  1. Area of Rectangles
  2. Rectangle Answers
  3. Area of Triangle 1
  4. Area of Triangle 2
  5. Triangle Answers
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Wednesday, Oct. 2 - Genetics -Darwin and Evolution view
Wednesday, Sept. 25 - Genetics - Probability of Traits
  1. Punnet Square Worksheet
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Tuesday, Sept. 24 - Genetics - Basic Principles view
Thursday, Sept. 19 - Civics - Final Project view
Wednesday, Sept. 18 - Civics- Public Policy view
Tuesday, Sept.17 - Civics - Individual Rights And Responsibilities view
Thursday, Sept.12 - Civics - The Three Branches of Government view
Wednesday, Sept. 11 - Multiplication/Division Jeopardy view
Wednesday, Sept. 11 - Civics - US Government view
Tuesday, Sept. 10 - Civics - Types of Government view
Thursday, Sept. 5 - Adding and Subtracting Fractions
  1. ASSIGNMENT: Adding and Subtracting Fractions
  2. ANSWERS: Adding and Subtracting Fractions
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Thursday, Sept. 5 - Reading Comprehension - Chunking view
Wednesday, Sept. 4 - Reading Comprehension view
Tuesday, Sept. 2 - Welcome to Class view
EXTRA: Suggested Reading view
EXTRA: MULTIPLICATION CHARTS
  1. Multiplication Chart
  2. Multiplication List
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