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Texas Adult Education Standards and Benchmarks
for ABE ASE and ESL Learners

esl LESSON PLANS

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Texas Adult Education Standards
Lesson Plan

Before you begin

Title: Technology and the Advanced ESL

Setting: ESL

NRS Level(s): Level 6: Advanced

Open entry/exit: No

Context: Academic

Standard(s): ESL Read with Understanding

Benchmark(s): 4.6

Objective: To research health related topics using technology.

Materials: Computers, internet access, printers

Estimated time needed to prepare for this lesson plan: 15 minutes

Estimated time needed to complete this lesson plan: 2 hours

The Lesson Plan

Introduce the lesson:
As a class discuss ways that are used to acquire information about health issues. As students brainstorm this topic emphasize technology as a medium for learning about health topics.

Discuss how context clues or keywords are used as a beginning point to research information.

Teach the lesson:
Have the students research information about diabetes using Google. Give students a few context or keywords to use such as “diabetes, treatment, diet, care.” After about 30 minutes, as a class students should report back on the information they discovered.

Practice the lesson:
Each student should research health topics that are of interest to them. After printing out information, a whole class discussion can be used to compare findings.

Assess the lesson:
Peer feedback and instructor feedback on individual findings from the research activity.

Apply the lesson to the real world:
Students should be able to research information as needed that relates to their personal health or family health care.

Submitted by: Roberto Renaud

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