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Developed for use with the PATHWAYS ABE (Adult Basic Education) and Pre-GED (General Educational Development) Curriculum, a scope and sequence of reading and writing skills, or continuum, was designed with tasks of both educator and Indian Adult learner in mind. The continuum introduces individual skills at students' entry proficiency levels and reinforces skills at subsequent levels. A student who displays competency in all the skills listed will be ready to enter a GED-level preparatory program or to function in an office or other urban setting in which reading and writing skills are needed. Intended for Indian students who have reading and writing skill levels ranging from third through eight grade, the continuum is divided into six levels: ABE Levels I-III and Pre-GED Levels I-III with a listing of skills and objectives of lessons in each unit. Before instruction begins, it is recommended that a thorough, reliable skill-referenced test, such as the McGraw-Hill TABE Test, be administered to students. Individual plans of study are then prepared for students using the PATHWAYS ABE and Pre-GED workbooks or commercial materials. The continuum may also be used as a student tracking system by checking off each skill as it is mastered. (ERB)

1Boy Crusoe

By Allan Eric

Also published as" A Yankee Crusoe" . A 15 year old hard working and studious farm boy finds the lure of adventure on the seas as a merchant seaman more than he can resist. This is his story. " I was born in a little town in the State of Maine, near the close of the Civil War. My boyhood life did not differ materially from that of the average farmer's son in the remote country districts of New England--except, perhaps, that I read more and thought more. Hard work on the rugged soil, two terms each year in the little yellow country schoolhouse, a day's fishing now and then filled the early years of my life full to over-flowing. " What he gets is enough excitement and adventure to overflow his wildest dreams. How he experiences disaster and uses his wits and knowledge to overcome every problem makes for a great read. - Summary by Phil Chenevert