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: Building on Ideas
Setting: ESL
NRS Level(s): Level 3: High Beginning
Open entry/exit: Yes
Context: Family and Community
Standard(s): ESL Convey Ideas in Writing
Benchmark(s): 1.3, 2.3, 3.3, 4.3, 5.3
Objective: To convey ideas in writing for a specific purpose.
Materials: Examples of different formats of invitations letters, book on Etiquette, paper, and pencil, overhead projector.
Estimated time needed to prepare for this lesson plan: 45 minutes
Estimated time needed to complete this lesson plan: 1.25 hours
The Lesson Plan
Introduce the lesson:
Have students look at different examples of invitation letters.
Teach the lesson:
Use the overhead to demonstrate constructing a proper letter. Review
sentence structure.
Practice the lesson:
In small groups, the students should establish a scenario and establish
a purpose for the invitation letters, beginning with an introductory
sentence, the students should construct an invitation letter by stringing
individual sentences together.
Assess the lesson:
Students should compare the format with sample letters and try to use
a good variety of sentences for writing.
Apply the lesson to the real world:
Applies to real work situations for writing letters, invitation to dinner
or party.
Submitted by: Gloria Diaz de Vargas , Nathan Zingleman, Lorenzo Morrer, Elsa Narvaez, and Juan Narvaez
