There are seven different categories of passages tested in the GED Language Arts, Reading Test: Drama, Fiction before 1920, Fiction from 1920 – 1960, Fiction since 1960, Business Documents, Critical or Personal Reviews, and Poetry. Each of the Reading Learning Projects focuses on the reading strategies most suitable for the individual genres.

The integrated approach to learning so strongly advocated throughout GED as Project is central to the reading volume. Reading is fundamental to all of the other content areas. Also, it is important for learners to be aware of the reading process itself. Finally, reading is a thinking skill, and thinking skills are strongly emphasized on the GED 2002.

The Learning Projects begin with an inquiry into the kinds of questions asked on the GED. Learning Projects 2 through 8 focus on a specific genre and introduce reading strategies best suited to that kind of text.

Good readers are often unaware of the strategies they use to make sense out of text. It is our purpose to help learners know these strategies, practice them, use them to pass the GED, and extend their use into their personal lives to achieve greater success.

The four pre-reading strategies are presented in each Inquiry Activity, so that learners will become accustomed to performing them as they begin to read. This sort of repetition is an important part of the metacognitive process.

During reading strategies vary according to the passage. After reading strategies are incorporated in step 5, Reflecting, Extending and Evaluating. Answering the multiple-choice questions is, in fact, an after reading strategy.

GED 2002 is a practical test, which can make use of the extensive prior knowledge adults bring with them. The reading strategies presented as preparation for the test provides material for learners to build reading strategies for their continued use in their lives at home and at work.

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