Featured Lesson Plans, Instructional Units, & Curricula
Curriculum: Academic Reading & Writing
Target Students: Adults in an intensive English language program at a university; advanced level
Language Focus: Academic reading and writing skills development-- read, analyze, and respond to variety of text types which correspond to a series of genre-specific writing assignments
Student Learning Objectives (SLO): By the end of this course, students will be able to efficiently apply both reading and writing strategies in relation to given sets of text types and purposes of reading and writing.
Language Focus: Academic reading and writing skills development-- read, analyze, and respond to variety of text types which correspond to a series of genre-specific writing assignments
Student Learning Objectives (SLO): By the end of this course, students will be able to efficiently apply both reading and writing strategies in relation to given sets of text types and purposes of reading and writing.
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Unit: Video Games in the Future of Education
Target Students: Adults in a community college ESL program; advanced level
Language Focus: Academic reading and vocabulary development—read and respond to an article on a current issue in education
Student Learning Objectives (SLO): By the end of this unit, students will be able to:
1. Interact with texts by utilizing pre-, during-, and post-reading strategies and keeping track of their
strategy use with a learning strategy inventory
2. Develop and expand academic vocabulary by using vocabulary recognition and learning strategies and
keeping track of their vocabulary strategy use with a learning strategy inventory
3. Critically respond to a given text in ways that are balanced, objective, and grounded in a thorough and
accurate understanding of a the text
Language Focus: Academic reading and vocabulary development—read and respond to an article on a current issue in education
Student Learning Objectives (SLO): By the end of this unit, students will be able to:
1. Interact with texts by utilizing pre-, during-, and post-reading strategies and keeping track of their
strategy use with a learning strategy inventory
2. Develop and expand academic vocabulary by using vocabulary recognition and learning strategies and
keeping track of their vocabulary strategy use with a learning strategy inventory
3. Critically respond to a given text in ways that are balanced, objective, and grounded in a thorough and
accurate understanding of a the text
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Lesson: Going to the Gas Station
Target Students: Adults in an ESL program; beginning level
Language Focus: Vocabulary practice-- students will learn/use some basic terms associated with going to the gas station
Student Learning Objectives (SLO): By the end of the lesson, students will be able to:
1. Recognize the terms by matching them with associated images
2. Demonstrate their comprehension of the different octane ratings of gasoline by associating the prices
with the ratings
Language Focus: Vocabulary practice-- students will learn/use some basic terms associated with going to the gas station
Student Learning Objectives (SLO): By the end of the lesson, students will be able to:
1. Recognize the terms by matching them with associated images
2. Demonstrate their comprehension of the different octane ratings of gasoline by associating the prices
with the ratings
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Lesson: How to Fill up a Gas Tank
Target Students: Adults in a community-based ESL program; intermediate level
Language Focus: Listening-- students will listen for the main ideas in Howcast's “How to Fill Up a Gas Tank”
Student Learning Objectives (SLO): By the end of the lesson, students will be able to:
1. Recognize the target vocabulary by matching them with corresponding images
2. Demonstrate their comprehension of the order of the listening passage by piecing together each of
the steps (in both written and visual formats) in the order that they hear them
Language Focus: Listening-- students will listen for the main ideas in Howcast's “How to Fill Up a Gas Tank”
Student Learning Objectives (SLO): By the end of the lesson, students will be able to:
1. Recognize the target vocabulary by matching them with corresponding images
2. Demonstrate their comprehension of the order of the listening passage by piecing together each of
the steps (in both written and visual formats) in the order that they hear them
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Lesson: Writing a Letter of Complaint
Target Students: Adults in an ESL program; high-intermediate level
Language Focus: Writing-- Formal letter of complaint; appealing to a landlord for repairs
Student Learning Objectives (SLO): By the end of the lesson, students will be able to ask a landlord for repairs by writing a letter of complaint in which they must specify whom they are addressing [name of landlord], describe when/where/what happened, explain how it should be fixed, state what will happen if it is not fixed, and provide a signed salutation line with their contact information.
Language Focus: Writing-- Formal letter of complaint; appealing to a landlord for repairs
Student Learning Objectives (SLO): By the end of the lesson, students will be able to ask a landlord for repairs by writing a letter of complaint in which they must specify whom they are addressing [name of landlord], describe when/where/what happened, explain how it should be fixed, state what will happen if it is not fixed, and provide a signed salutation line with their contact information.
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