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: Excuse Letter to a Child’s Teacher
Setting: ESL
NRS Level(s):
Level 3: High Beginning
Level 4: Low Intermediate
Open entry/exit: No
Context: Community
Standard(s): ESL Convey Ideas in Writing
Benchmark(s): 1.3, 2.3, 3.3, 4.3, 2.4
Objective: To write a letter to a child’s teacher to convey reason for his or her absence.
Materials: Pen, pencil, paper, overhead projector
Estimated time needed to prepare for this lesson plan: 30 minutes
Estimated time needed to complete this lesson plan: 2 hoursThe Lesson Plan
Introduce the lesson:
Discuss with the learners: What do you do when a child misses school? Why do
they miss school? Where do they go if they cannot go to school? Who
does it impact most?
Teach the lesson:
Teach the different parts of the letter: opening, body, close
Practice the lesson:
Pairs write letters together
Assess the lesson:
Instructor reviews letters and edits them, then the learners read their
letters to the class.
Apply the lesson to the real world:
Learners will write a note to their instructor or to their child’s
teacher
