Adult ESL learners may not know the American measurement system. The United States is one of only five countries still using Fahrenheit to measure temperatures (see list below). Simplifying the conversion can help our learners make sense of local temperatures. The method below is “a reasonable approximation”, not an exact calculation.

This material contains 5 incomplete tongue twisters.Student will complete each line by adding the same letter. Students practice saying the tongue twisters in pairs and/or with the instructor. Second activity has fishing vocabulary with missing first and last letters and matching definitions.

This lesson concentrates on how to format an existing Microsoft Word document.
The focus is on meeting the Northstar Digital Literacy skills standards for the formatting of a document (font, font size, line spacing, creating lists, review).
The functions required in Microsoft Word are covered and additional functions, such as Save As, Save can also be shown.

Lesson to introduce Drive and Google Docs to advanced level adult ESL students. Students create their own bio using a template. They will center and left justify, explore different fonts, sizes and colors, use bold and italicize, and insert an image to produce a bio with one-paragraph text.

This is a lesson plan, student worksheet, and teacher answer key to introduce identifying text structures and using appropriate graphic organizers (GO) for each text structure. There is an introduction with a video lecture from which students can get basic information and examples on 6 text structures. There is a link to more guided and independent work in this area. The author used this lesson in a pre-GED Adult Basic Education class with non-native English speakers who read at a 5.0 - 8.0 GLE.

This is a lesson plan, student worksheet, and teacher answer key to introduce identifying text structures and using appropriate graphic organizers (GO) for each text structure. There is an introduction with a video lecture from which students can get basic information and examples on 6 text structures. There is a link to more guided and independent work in this area.

This is designed to take a student 45 minutes to complete.

I created a series of lessons that culminate in a student created document of themselves to post in the classroom (mini poster). The lessons focus on student interaction, dictation, grammar, writing, editing, typing and other digital literacy skills. This is more like a project that is broken down into lessons.

Many GED/ESL students have a lapse in education.  As a result, the concept of fractions is a difficult task to teach to the adult learner. This OER will give the student the basic introduction to the concept of fractions.  Gaining confidence the student can move on to higher level mathematics.

LearnEnglishFeelGood.com has been offering free resources for both students and teachers since 2006. All of the resources on the site (excluding the downloadable exercise packages) are free.

At the moment, users can find about 250 English grammar exercises, 200 exercise to learn & practice English vocabulary, 200 downloadable worksheets, a collection of video-based and audio-based listening comprehension exercises, English pronunciation practice tests, exercises to build writing & literacy skills, and much more.

This activity deals with the concept of rhyming. This concept is not immediately understood by most students and needs to be explained first with ample examples. The activity consists of groups of 3 words two of which rhyme and one doesn't. Students read the words or listen to the instructor and select the word that doesn't rhyme. They are then directed to pick a specific letter from the "wrong" word and write it in a separate column. After completing the assignment students unscramble the letters trying to form a meaningful expression related to listening which in this case is "I'm all ears".

This website allows students to explore many common logical fallacies. There are some accompanying handouts to help students take notes and organize their ideas.

This chart can be used by students to record what they learn about the logical fallacies that are explained on the website yourlogicalfallacyis.com

This chart can be altered by users to focus on any logical fallacies that are relevant to the lesson.

The column headings can also be changed to create a new chart that students can use to identify and track examples of logical fallacies that appear in any text.

The Minnesota Literacy Council provides a wide variety of professionally written curriculum for adult ESL, adult literacy, and GED classes.
The ESL Curriculum includes six months of comprehensive, life-skills based curriculum for pre-beginning and beginning level classes. The units in these curricula are based on themes that are applicable to adult ESL learners, aligned with the CASAS standards, and incorporate the ACES Transitions Skills Framework. Each unit includes explicit teacher instructions, a grammar focus, and printable handouts.
GED Science and Mathematical Reasoning curricula are also available, as well as curriculum for employment readiness, technology mini-grants, and citizenship instruction.
The site also includes curriculum units that were created in partnership with ECHO Minnesota. Topics covered are: voting, domestic violence, community resilience, tornado safety, and health.

This lesson employs the use of a quiz created on Google Forms. When these forms are linked to a website (such as a classroom website) students can access them without needing a username or password. The primary purpose of this lesson to give students experience taking an online quiz, while simultaneously reinforcing academic content. The content of this quiz is Counting Money, although the numeracy goals are secondary to the digital literacy goals.

This lesson uses Google Docs. Students write WH questions and answer them, based on a newspaper article.

This powerpoint explains 7 nouns types; possessive, common, proper, singular, plural, concrete and abstract.

An integral component of the adult ESL literacy and low-beginning level course outlines is an introduction to the parts of the body. The author addresses this content area, suggesting a variety of classroom activities and instructional strategies which promote student success in the development of this competency

A Path To Success Learning Object Design Document   Literacy: A Path to Success  Target Audience Young women ranging in age from 15 to 24 years old  Digital Learning Object Foundation of English Alphabetics  Lesson Overview The lesson provides interactive instruction on the foundation of alphabetics to build upon novice level literacy skills.   Learning Objectives  Upon completion of this module, learners will demonstrate the ability to:  Recite the letters of the alphabet in order.Identify each vowel (capital and lower case) of the alphabet visually. Recognize the sound that corresponds with a vowel of the alphabet.  Content Organization         Introduction               Welcome Reciting the Alphabet > Interactive Exercise > Interactive Assessment Reciting the Alphabet: ABC's song with melody and lyrics Interactive Exercise: ABC's song with melody and without lyrics Interactive Assessment: Place the alphabet letters in order Visual Identification > Interactive Exercise > Interactive Assessment Visual Identification: Upper and lowercase A-G with image  Interactive Exercise: Match letter with image Interactive Assessment: Match image with letter Auditory Identification > Interactive Exercise > Interactive Assessment Auditory Identification: Upper and Lowercase A-G and their sounds Interactive Exercise: Match letter sounds to letters Interactive Assessment: Match image that starts with letter and sound Conclusion  Creative Treatment (A pre-production document that summarizes multimedia concepts defines creative direction of the final product)  Embedded Audio (including ABCs song, additional pronunciation of letters and adaptability components for learners with disabilities)) Video (introduction and at various stages throughout)Basic layout with streamlined navigation White background/black sans serif font/text) Full spectrum of colors will be included in images of letters, graphics and animations      

The purpose of this lesson is for High Intermediate to Advanced adult ESOL students to learn new vocabulary, practice reading, and hone their conversation skills while learning about the use of the penny in the United States.

This computer-based project was developed for my ESL Computer Lab. Students who attend this lab learn the basics of using a computer and complete mini-projects in English to build English Proficiency. This lesson coincides with Presidents's Day so students can learn about the previous and current US Presidents and their contribution to America. Students share their research with each other in Google Drive. The culminating activity is a group game that only included information the students have provided.