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GED Writing: Practicing Good Writing

6th April 2010

GED Writing: Practicing Good Writing

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Hey everyone, Liz here. Life sure can get hectic sometimes, can’t it? I been so busy at work lately. We’ve been understaffed, so I been working overtime. It’s nice to have the extra money, but I don’t know if it’s worth it, workin’ up to 60 hour weeks sometimes.

Writing’s a good way to let off steam. I been keeping a journal so I can get some things off my chest when I get outta work. Sometimes, I just wanna write how I wanna write, like not care about good grammar and spelling and all that. But I know that if I do that, it’ll effect my regular writing too. It’s all about how you practice. If you practice writin’ bad, then when it comes time for the GED, you’re just gonna write bad. You can even know all the rules and stuff, but it’s how you write everyday that makes the difference.

I been gettin’ some comments on my blog that are a good example. Like, people will say, “hey liz can u help me wit riting?” and the first thing I have to say is that they need to practice good writing all the time! Even when they’re just commenting on an internet blog, or forum, or a youtube post or something. It really matters. Make sure to capitalize, use periods and commas, and spell words correctly. Then when it comes time for the GED test, you won’t end up missing anything simply ’cause you’re in the habit of writing slang, or not worrying about caps and periods.

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  1. 1 On April 7th, 2010, Sally Mckenzie said:

    Yes, I am studying to get my GED and I have tooken the test in 2005, and the only two tests that I did not pass is the writting and the science part. I know what part i didn’t pass on the writting part was the essay. will you please send me some essays that are a score 4. Thanks,
    Sally Mckenzie

    posted on April 7th, 2010 at 4:51 pm

  2. 2 On April 8th, 2010, Liz said:

    Sally,

    Here’s a link to some good examples. I noticed that there were some words you misspelled in your message, such as “taken” and “writing.” That can dock you down points too. What would help you to learn how to spell things better is to pay attention to the red dotted lines that appear under words when you spell them wrong in many different applications. This blog does it, and a lot of forums and other internet commentary sites do too. When you see the red dotted line, try to figure out yourself the correct way of spelling it. That’s the best way I’ve found to remember all those little spelling rules.

    posted on April 8th, 2010 at 7:15 am

  3. 3 On April 14th, 2010, michon pegues said:

    i haven’t taken my test yet. i’ve put it off long enough. i think that i need a few good pointers and some good tips that could help me pass this test. thanks

    posted on April 14th, 2010 at 11:04 am

  4. 4 On May 13th, 2010, Mindy said:

    Hello guys, I took my GED exams last year 2009. I took it twice, though. I didn’t pass the first try. About the essay I thought that I wouldn’t able to pass it and I’m worried about it. But it ended up essay was the highest score among all the subjects. But still I want to continue to learn English for me to get better in writing and in communicating. Still working on it.

    posted on May 13th, 2010 at 11:37 pm

  5. 5 On June 18th, 2010, NANCY HAMBY said:

    HI EVERYONE I AM TRYING TO GET MY GED THIS YEAR 2010 SO NEED SOME ON MY EASSY.I HAVE BEEN OUT SCHOOL FOR A WHILE SO HELP ME PLEASE.

    posted on June 18th, 2010 at 1:09 pm

  6. 6 On June 20th, 2010, connie klanke said:

    I’m taken my GED in july 2010 30 and im relly having problems on my reading and writting

    posted on June 20th, 2010 at 2:26 pm

  7. 7 On February 27th, 2011, Claudette said:

    I’m taking the Ged, Reading and Writing test on Tuesday and Wednesday. My problem is i’m having a menthol block putting words on a paper. I can’t come up with any Idea for any essay topic..I was told since I made a 480 on my pretest, I shouldn’t worry,but I’m really scared of failing the test..Do you have any suggestion for me to try?

    posted on February 27th, 2011 at 8:32 pm

  8. 8 On February 28th, 2011, Liz said:

    Hi Claudette,

    I wrote a blog about this. Check it out here: http://www.passged.com/student_blogs/elizabeth/2008/12/09/ged-essay-brain-freeze-on-essay-topics/

    The biggest thing is to not stress out about it. If you got a good score on your practice test, then that should be encouragement! Read my previous post to see if that helps.

    posted on February 28th, 2011 at 2:46 am

  9. 9 On March 1st, 2011, Claudette said:

    Thanks Liz, Today is my test, I’ll let you know how it went.

    posted on March 1st, 2011 at 3:40 am

  10. 10 On March 1st, 2011, Liz said:

    I can’t wait to hear how it went!

    posted on March 1st, 2011 at 9:11 am

  11. 11 On March 1st, 2011, Claudette said:

    The essay topic was on a problem you have and how you solve it. In my introduction I talked about me not able to learn when i was in school. My body topic was on the three things I list in my thesis ,which is I went back to school to get my ged, second I apply myself, third I studied and how I was able to learn conclusion rephrase the thesis.

    posted on March 1st, 2011 at 12:59 pm

  12. 12 On March 1st, 2011, Liz said:

    It sounds like you did good job coming up with ideas for the essay! Though for the conclusion, did you just rephrase the thesis, or did you add new information? It’s important to have something new in the conclusion, like something you discovered as a result of writing the body.

    Otherwise, it sounds like you did pretty well. Keep us updated when you get your score!

    posted on March 1st, 2011 at 3:16 pm

  13. 13 On March 1st, 2011, Claudette said:

    I talk about discovering my leaning style, and because of it I’m taking my ged test today, that was part of my ending, also about how smart I’ve become..

    posted on March 1st, 2011 at 6:50 pm

  14. 14 On March 1st, 2011, Claudette said:

    I forgot to mention, I’m also a student here on your site the virtual class room have helped me a lot.. so thanks to you guys too.

    posted on March 1st, 2011 at 6:53 pm

  15. 15 On March 1st, 2011, Liz said:

    That sounds like a good conclusion! I’m so glad that our classes were able to help you!

    posted on March 1st, 2011 at 11:44 pm

  16. 16 On March 9th, 2011, claudette said:

    Hi Liz, Just wanted you to know I got 600 on the reading test…I’m now waiting on the writing part,which won’t be back unitl 4 weeks. On March 22nd and 23rd I’m taking science and social study..

    posted on March 9th, 2011 at 2:08 pm

  17. 17 On March 9th, 2011, Liz said:

    600, that’s great! Great job!

    posted on March 9th, 2011 at 3:54 pm

  18. 18 On April 28th, 2011, Claudette said:

    Hi Liz,
    Its been a while since I post anything here, so here we go as promise these are my latest GED scores reading 600, writing 580,science 480, social study 460..all i have left is math so I’m using this web site once again to help me past thanks for all you help..

    posted on April 28th, 2011 at 6:12 pm

  19. 19 On August 25th, 2011, Kathy Yau said:

    I don’t pass the writing part too. Liz, I need help. My essay is 2.0, could you send some GED essay is score 4^^

    posted on August 25th, 2011 at 6:31 am

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