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: Writing a Letter to the Teacher
Setting: ESL
NRS Level(s): Level 4: Low Intermediate
Open entry/exit: Yes
Context: Family
Standard (s): ESL Convey Ideas in Writing
Benchmark(s): 1.4, 2.4, 3.4, 4.4
Objective: To write a note to a teacher asking questions about a school project.
Materials: Paper, pencils, pens
Estimated time needed to prepare for this lesson plan: 10 minutes
Estimated time needed to complete this lesson plan: 1 hour in 2 classesThe Lesson Plan
Introduce the lesson:
Ask the learners how many have received an assignment your child’s school
and have questions for the teachers.
Teach the lesson:
Go to the board. Ask the learners about the format of a letter: where
do the return address, date, salutation, content, and signature go.
Practice the lesson:
The learners will write a letter and share with a partner.
Assess the lesson:
Review and edit letters.
Apply the lesson to the real world:
Begin to gather information to prepare a real letter to send to the children’s
teachers: teacher’s name, class, assignment, and clarifying
questions.
Submitted by: Laura Davis, Lucrecia Medina-Garcia
