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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: Going to the Grocery Store

Setting: ESL

NRS Level(s):

Level 1: Beginning Literacy
Level 2: Low Beginning

Open entry/exit: Yes

Context: Family

Standard(s): ESL Convey Ideas in Writing

Benchmark(s): 1.1, 1.2

Objective: To write a list of items to purchase at the grocery store.

Materials: Grocery store flyers, pencils, paper, overhead projector, vis-à-vis marker, damp paper towel(s).

Estimated time needed to prepare for this lesson plan: 10 minutes

Estimated time needed to complete this lesson plan: 35 minutes

The Lesson Plan

Introduce the lesson:
Using the overhead projector and a flyer form the grocery store, model making a small list of items to purchase at the grocery store and how much they will cost.

Teach the lesson:
In complete sentences, have students talk about the things they are going to buy at the grocery stores. Have available flyers for each student.

Practice the lesson:
Have students make a list on paper of things from the grocery store flyers they need to buy and how much the items will cost.

Assess the lesson:
Teacher observation and feedback of students assessing complete sentence usage. .

Apply the lesson to the real world:
Have students understand that making a grocery list helps to organize thoughts helping them not to forget the items they needed to buy. Encourage them to practice making lists at home.

Submitted by: Dana Saylor

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