Texas
Adult Education Standards and Benchmarks
for ABE ASE and ESL Learners
Lesson Plan Bank
esl LESSON PLANS
Texas Adult Education Standards
Lesson Plan
Before you begin
Title: Home Remedies
Setting: ESL
NRS Level(s):
Level 2: Low Beginning
Level 3: High Beginning;
Level 4: Low Intermediate
Open entry/exit: Yes
Context: Family
Standard(s):
Speak So Others Can Understand
Listen Actively
Benchmark(s):
Speak So Others Can Understand: 1.2, 1.3
Listen Actively: 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4
Objective: To use communicating skills to attend to family health needs.
Materials: Template, pens
Estimated time needed to prepare for this lesson plan: 5 minutes
Estimated time needed to complete this lesson plan: 35 minutes
The Lesson Plan
Introduce the lesson:
Invite the school nurse to speak to the class about her/his role and
services provided to the students.
Teach the lesson:
As a class, discuss situations in which it might be important to recognize
and convey information related to medical or health emergencies at
home. Students might be willing to share their experiences in situations
of this nature.
Practice the lesson:
Using the template provided, each students will interview 4 other students
in the class and document health remedies these individual have used
at home. Each student will report back to the class the information
obtained during the interview.
Illnesses
What do you do when someone
in your family has a: |
Student 1 | Student 2 | Student 3 | Student 4 |
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Sore throat
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Sunburn
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Insomnia
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Upset stomach
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Hiccups
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Assess the lesson: N/A
Apply the lesson to the real world:
Students should be able to apply this lesson in communicating information
regarding family health situations.
Submitted by: Karen Mauer
