Texas
Adult Education Standards and Benchmarks
for ABE ASE and ESL Learners
Lesson Plan Bank
ABE/ASE LESSON PLANS
Texas Adult Education Standards
Lesson Plan
Before you begin
Title: My New Living Room Carpet
Setting: ABE/ASE
NRS Level(s): Level 4: High Intermediate Basic Education
Open entry/exit: Yes
Context: Workplace
Standard(s): Use Math to Solve Problems and Communicate
Benchmark(s): 6.4, 7.4
Objective: To learn how to specify an order for carpet of an irregularly shaped room
Materials: Measuring tape; graph paper; rulers; textbook with mathematical references (formulas)
Estimated time needed to prepare for this lesson plan: 30 minutes
Estimated time needed to complete this lesson plan: 2 hours
The Lesson Plan
Introduce the lesson:
Discuss how carpet is sold. Ask various questions about carpet installation.
Teach the lesson:
Review key terms with students. Use textbook to introduce formulas (esp. “area”)
Practice the lesson:
Learner groups will measure the “living room” (classroom). They
should give measurements in square feet and square yards.
Assess the lesson:
Compare measurements with other groups to ascertain accuracy.
Apply the lesson to the real world:
Get a newspaper and find out the price of installing carpet based on
advertisements.
Submitted by: Group 2 at Houston Literacy Consortium
