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The Tennessee Division of Adult Education includes lesson plans in many subject areas on its website. Direct links to the following topics are listed here:
This list of lesson plans is taken from
LINCS
Teacher/Tutor Resources
ABLE Net Online Lesson Plans
Master Trainers created the lesson
plans. They could be used for Literacy, ABE, or GED training. Each major
title is linked to several lessons. Lesson plans contain step-by-step
instructions and Internet links assigned to the lesson.(9/28/01)
Blue Web'N
Provides links to online resources and
lesson plans. Site enables search on content area, application type, and
audience. Site provides bibliographic references to online resources
meeting search criteria, including content information and site ratings.
To search for links, lesson plans, tutorials and web-based activities that
specifically deal with technology, select Technology as the content area.
(2/22/01)
Captured Wisdom
Captured Wisdom on Adult Literacy is an
interactive multimedia resource designed to help inform educators of
successful technology integration practices in adult education
environments. Captured Wisdom shows innovative, replicable activities
which are discussed by front-line classroom educators and learners so that
other teachers can feel they have had an opportunity to actually visit the
classes and chat directly with the learners and teachers about their work.
Captured Wisdom on Adult Literacy was co-developed by the North Central
Regional Technology in Education Consortium (NCRTEC) at NCREL and the
National Center on Adult Literacy (NCAL).
(2/27/01)
English Literacy Civics
The Socorro Independent School
District's Border Civics project's Web site offers adult education
practitioners the opportunity to download exemplary project lessons and
activities in Word or PowerPoint. Technology enhanced projects include the
use of digital cameras, video, music and computers in a family literacy
setting. Select the Tools link from the menu to access downloadable lesson
plans, templates, tips and PowerPoint presentations.
(3/16/05)
ESL Computer Literacy
The purpose of this course is to equip
ABE/ESL students with the computer skills needed to make a successful
transition from ABE to higher academic studies at the community college
level. This course will impart a foundational knowledge of the computer
and its usage. It will instruct students in how to type, navigate the
Windows environment, compose basic word processing documents, and use an
Internet browser. It will increase a student's confidence in working with
computers and boost their ability to perform well on computer-based tests.
ESL subjects are integrated into most of the lessons to promote improved
language competency in reading, writing or listening.
(9/24/02)
Filamentality
Filamentality is a fill-in-the-blank
interactive Web site that guides you through picking a topic, searching
the Web, gathering Internet sites, and turning Web resources into learning
activities. This site will help create and post learning sites for easy
access by your students. (4/11/03)
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
This helpful site instructs students in
the evaluation of web sites for accuracy, authority, objectivity, currency
and coverage. Suggestions for successful Internet assignments are part of
this site. (9/4/02)
Harnessing Technology to Serve Adult Literacy
The Harnessing Technology Web Page
helps adult literacy education (ABE/GED/ESL/ESOL) teachers and learners
use electronic media to solve learning and instructional problems. It
gives examples of teaching and learning challenges as well as solutions
submitted by adult literacy education teachers and learners.
(1/17/01)
Hot Potatoes Half-Baked Software
The Hot Potatoes suite includes six
applications, enabling teachers to create interactive multiple-choice,
short-answer, jumbled-sentence, crossword, matching/ordering and gap-fill
exercises for the World Wide Web. (4/11/03)
Internet Basics for ESL Students
A 14-lesson introduction to using
computers and the Internet for students of English as a second language.
Includes email, searching, newsgroups, and creating a Web page.
(4/3/02)
Introducing the Internet and World Wide Web to Basic ABE Students
This lesson is designed for use with
very basic ABE students (reading levels 2 to 4) who will need a lot of
support and guidance throughout their introduction to the Internet so that
they will not get frustrated by materials that they cannot read.
(9/17/01)
Introduction to the Personal Computer: This is the ON Button
This curriculum was designed to teach
basic computer literacy skills and as a pre-requisite to the future
publication Internet for the Absolute Beginner. Student handbooks and
worksheets are available online but the Instructor Manual must be
requested from the West Virginia Adult Basic Education Program.
(4/11/03)
Literacy Assistance Center: Instructional Technology
LAC's Instructional Technology site
offers resources for practitioners in the following categories:
project-based learning, using the Internet in instruction, program design
and assessment, media literacy, computer basics, and instructional
technology and media literacy skills. (6/23/05)
Literacy Assistance Center: Lessons Plans and Curricula
This site provides online lesson plans
for adult and youth literacy covering ESOL, workforce preparation and
more. (1/17/01)
Online Practice Modules
Online Practice modules for
instructors' technology professional development. Areas covered include
PowerPoint, Word, Excel, Macintosh, Windows/PC, WebQuests and many other
popular education applications. (4/10/03)
OTAN for Teachers
The purpose of the OTAN for Teachers
Web site is to support adult education instructors in effective
implementation of technology to enhance and improve instruction. Site
includes lesson plans, classroom activities, assessment, technical
support, distance learning. Free registration required.
(3/19/01)
PBS Teacher Source, Technology & Training
2,500+ Lesson Plans and Activities: Art
& Literature, Health & Fitness, Math, Science & Technology, Social
Studies, and Early Childhood. Tutorials for Technology: Connecting Your
Computer to the Web, Getting Online Step-By-Step, E-Mail, Web Basics,
Plug-Ins, Downloading Files or Applications from the Web, Creating a Web
Site in HTML, Graphics, PowerPoint Presentations, Hypercard/Hyperstudio
Presentations, Multimedia Tutorials, Multimedia Copyright, and Video
Teleconferencing. (9/28/01)
The Splendid ESOL Web
This site is intended to help ESL
teachers integrate technology into instruction. It contains activities
that align to Arizona Adult Education Standards.
(7/16/03)
Teaching ESOL using Word Processing: A Communicative Approach
This article discusses the issues
involved in integrating technology into ESOL class. The article focuses on
the need to consider the learners' computer and language skills
simultaneously in introducing technology as a learning tool. Specific
exercises are included. (2/27/01)
Thirteen Ed Online Adult Ed
This site contains 24 ready-to-use
lesson plans in subjects that are integral to adult education, such as
reading, writing, and math. (4/10/03)
TV411 Online
TV411 Online features interactive
lessons and articles addressing themes of money, parenting, people, and
health. Lessons improve reading, writing, vocabulary, math, and learning
skills. In addition the site has a bulletin board to provide users with
personalized support and a forum to share their writing and ideas.
(3/18/03)
Using Flexible Technology to Meet the Needs of Diverse Learners: What
Teachers Can Do
The Knowledge Brief explains how some
standard technology resources already available at most K-12
schools - talking text, web resources, graphic organizing software, and word
processors - can be used to support tailored, differentiated instruction.
Although the intended audience is K-12 classroom teachers, adult educators
will find some of the information applicable to their learners. Download
the pdf for the free version of the Knowledge Brief.
(6/23/05)
Using PowerPoint for ESL Teaching
This article is a basic introduction to
the use of PowerPoint in the classroom. It discusses where to find
teacher-created presentations, how to find resources such as tutorials,
and how to use PowerPoint in different settings. There is a short section
on the equipment needed to use PowerPoint.
(7/16/03)
Using the Internet in Instruction Projects
The focus here is very specific: these
materials concern teaching students how to use the computer itself, or how
get around the Internet. Strategies for integrating the computer and the
Internet into other subject areas are scattered throughout the site.
(9/17/01)
Adult Education Marketplace
"Where adult educators go for exemplary materials
and training." This site is provides by Florida Tech Net. It offers a
variety of lesson plans, curriculum framework, curricula and course
syllabi.
Lesson
Plans from the Literacy List
This site provides links to over thirty sites with
good collections of lesson plans for adult learners, including lessons
for: basic literacy, adult basic education, adult secondary education, and
English language learning. There is also a link to more curriculum and
lesson plan Web sites which focus on integrating basic and work-related
skills.
Connecting
Practice, Policy and Research: Teaching Materials
This NCSALL link provides many guides and materials
to enhance the learning in your class. "Designed for teachers, these
materials are guides for classroom activities that can be used to develop
adult students' literacy skills and knowledge of particular content."
The following resources (along with their abstracts)
are provided by the
National Institute for Literacy . To locate more lesson
plans simply click on the above NIFL link and enter "lesson plans" in the
search box.
Promoting the Success of Multilevel ESL Classes: What Teachers and
Administrators Can Do
This brief discusses instructional strategies for
teachers of multilevel classes, including needs assessment, lesson
planning, grouping strategies, using native languages, project-based
learning and thematic instruction, and using self-access materials. It
also outlines strategies for program administrators to help teachers, who
need support from administrators in order to successfully serve the
learners in their classes.
Massachusetts adult basic education curriculum framework for English for
speakers of other languages (ESOL) - The purpose of this
framework is to assist ESOL practitioners and programs in developing
curricula grounded in an understanding of Adult ESOL learners' needs and
goals. The framework attempts to answer the question, What do ALL adult ESOL learners need to know and be able to do?"
Creating ESL/EFL
lessons based on news and current events
This article explains the rationale for using
lessons based on current news and explains how teachers can create such
lessons. There is also a ready-made sample lesson that teachers can use
that clearly demonstrates how the author creates such lessons.
Onestop magazine:
the magazine for English language teachers
This is a teacher's resource site organized and run
by Macmillan Education in order to help EFL, ESL and ESOL teachers. Their
aim is to provide practical help and to provide a forum for teachers to
help each other with lesson plans, ideas and solutions to classroom
problems.
Beyond the GED: making conscious choices about the GED and your future
Revised to include new data and information on the
Internet, this guide for GED instructors offers lesson plans and helps
teachers develop as professionals. It also gives adult learners an
opportunity to practice writing, use graphs, read charts, and analyze
research findings on the economic impact of the GED.
GED 2002 teachers' handbook of lesson plans
Collection of GED lesson plans covers reading,
writing, math, science, social studies, and more.
What's inside
Biology is the study of what is going on inside
living things. Approximately forty-five percent (45%) of the GED Science
test will contain questions related to the various characteristics,
structure and functions of living systems. This lesson will help learners
become more familiar with life science in the context of the scientific
method and will help them to become familiar with the various kinds of
life science diagrams they may see on a GED science test.
Comma chameleon
Have you ever thought, "How can I demonstrate the
importance of punctuation to my students?" Punctuation is one of a
writer's most basic tools-when used well it helps readers see ideas more
clearly. Unfortunately, the rules of punctuation are sometimes difficult
for students to remember, especially English language learners - but
fortunately, each punctuation mark has its place. This lesson will build
skills in effective use of punctuation marks like commas, semi-colons,
colons, dashes, and exclamation points. Using video accessed through Unitedstreaming and various Web-based activities, students will build
skills necessary to write using American English conventions of
punctuation.
Ten ways to turn lessons into games
Competition can make even the dullest lesson
exciting for both adults and children. However, motivating and fun
activities can be time consuming for teachers to create. Every teacher
needs to know about the ten generic games that can be adapted to suit
almost any review lesson. These are described in the article.
Learning resources: skateboarding physics
The Learning Resources site offers web-delivered
instruction using current and past CNN San Francisco bureau and CBS 5 - KPIX (CBS Broadcasting) news stories. Each module includes the
full text of each story and interactive activities to test comprehension.
The learner can choose to read the text, listen to the text, and view a
short video clip of the story. The instructor can also incorporate any
story into class activities and lesson plans. This archived story tells
how skateboarding can be used to demonstrate physics. Includes links
related to the story.
Fraction of the possibilities
It is easy to underestimate the importance of
fractions, decimals, percentages (and their intersections) in our everyday
life. Sure, most people can handle simple computations that require use of
fractions like 1/2 , 1/4 or percentages like 100% or 50%, but what happens
when you are asked to use a series of these values or more complicated
numbers instead? Use this lesson to help your students become mathematical
wizards at performing unit conversion calculations.
Education & learning
These lesson plans were designed for classroom use by
adult education teachers. Organized in three modules, they cover study
skills, memoir writing and media literacy concepts.
Lesson plan builder
The Lesson Plan Builder makes it easier for you
to develop quality Lesson Plans that address adult education content
standards in the context of CASAS and SCANS competencies. The Lesson Plan
Builder: provides a template to develop lessons for Adult Educators,
provides sample lessons as models, provides a quick link to CASAS and
SCANS competencies, stores lessons for future use.
Teaching with documents: lesson plans
Teaching with primary documents encourages a varied
learning environment for teachers and students alike. Lectures,
demonstrations, analysis of documents, independent research, and group
work become a gateway for research with historical records in ways that
sharpen students' skills and enthusiasm for history, social studies, and
the humanities. This article includes links to some primary documents that
can be used in teaching.
Writing with style: two useful strategies for students
This lesson plan offers teachers two useful
strategies dealing with word repetition and sentence variety that they can
incorporate into their writing lessons. These two writing strategies can
be administered in any writing class. A major benefit of both of them is
that they are able to flesh out problems with word repetition and sentence
variety quite easily. When these strategies are introduced in classes,
students are usually surprised at the number of times they repeated the
same words at the beginning of their sentences. Further, they are
surprised when they discover their sentences lack variety.