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: Explaining Systems to a Doctor
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
Benchmark(s): 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4
Objective: Explain symptoms to doctor.
Materials: Picture dictionary, body diagram
Estimated time needed to prepare for this lesson plan: 30 minutes
Estimated time needed to complete this lesson plan:6 hours
The Lesson Plan
Introduce the lesson:
Use a picture card and ask the students if the individual is sick. Have
the students speak about their last doctor’s visit.
Teach the lesson:
In small groups have the students label body parts and discuss common
ailments. The students should be using simple present tense and focusing
on grammar and vocabulary.
Practice the lesson:
In pairs, have a beginner student pretend to be a patient while an intermediate
student acts as the doctor They should practice discussing different
symptoms of common aliments.
Assess the lesson:
Teacher observation of students’ role play and review of body parts
and common ailments. Also ask for student feedback of the learning activity
Apply the lesson to the real world:
Using this hand-on approach will help the students the next time they
go to the doctor’s office.
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