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Texas Adult Education Standards and Benchmarks
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esl LESSON PLANS

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Texas Adult Education Standards
Lesson Plan

Before you begin

Title: Time Management

Setting: ESL

NRS Level(s):

Level 4: Low Intermediate
Level 5: High Intermediate
Level 6: Advanced

Open entry/exit: Yes

Context: Academic

Standard(s): ESL Read with Understanding

Benchmark(s): 1.6, 2.4, 4.5, 5.5

Objective: To become more effective at time management.

Materials: Computer, internet access, handouts of K-W-L-H chart, paper, pencils

Estimated time needed to prepare for this lesson plan: 30 minutes

Estimated time needed to complete this lesson plan: 3-4 hours

The Lesson Plan

Introduce the lesson:
As a group students will brainstorm and discuss what they Know about time management, and how time management will help them in their lives. Student will make a list of things they Want to know about time management.

Teach the lesson:
Explain to students how to usetechnique by having them locate the reading: Personal Goal setting Exercise. Setting and Achieving Life Goals with Mind Tools. (http://mindtools.com/page6.html). Students individually locate unfamiliar vocabulary words and look these words up in the dictionary.

Practice the lesson:
Students will individually locate an article on the internet relating to time management. Students will scan the reading, predict what the article is about, and state the main idea. Students will use links within the content of the article (if available) to find meanings of unfamiliar words. After determining the meaning of an unknown word, students write the word in a personal vocabulary journal. Students individually, write 3-5 statements about what they Learned from reading the article and share with rest of the class. As a class, students brainstorm on How they can learn more.

Assess the lesson:
Using the computer, students individually read and complete a K-W-L-H chart. If computers are not available, teacher can distribute handouts of a K-W-L-H chart for students to complete (available from the following link): http://www.ncsu.edu/midlink/KWL.chart.html

Apply the lesson to the real world:
By using effective time management, students are able to be more successful in achieving goals.

Submitted by: Flor Elena Garcia-Urias

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