![]() ![]() The teacher who wrote this lesson plan begins it with an observation about much student writing: students tend to use all-purpose words like “good,” “bad” or “nice” in their writing, instead of specific words that convey more concrete meanings and images. Using Word Webs to Teach Synonyms for Commonly Used Words This process puts everyone in the same boat when it comes to learning new words. ![]() Adult students often feel self-conscious pronouncing new, longer, unfamiliar words. This lesson introduces a wonderfully simple guide to helping students learn and “own” new words. Supporting Vocabulary Instruction with EASE After a mini-lesson on prefixes, students are given cards with prefixes and roots and must find the student holding the card that matches his/her own prefix or root, then write a sentence showing understanding of the new word. ![]() This lesson outlines an activity that is very simple, but will introduce students to the concept of prefixes, suffixes and roots as well as give them practice with word analysis. Vocabulary Lessons You Can’t Spell the Word ‘Prefix’ Without a Prefix The internet has made information available than ever before-the question now becomes, how do we sort through it? And, importantly, how do we help students learn to sort through it? This lesson guides students through the process of scanning for information-a skill that will become more and more important as more information becomes available. Since the ability to summarize effectively is key to reading informational text and to learning in text from general, this would seem to be a promising classroom protocol to try.ĭeveloping Searching, Skimming and Scanning Skills with Internet Bingo Many teachers swear by GIST, a step by step process for helping students write effective summaries. Getting the GIST: a Summarizing Strategy for any Content Area The lesson makes use of a “stop point” technique, whereby the teacher inserts “stop points” into a document at which point students write a question. This lesson plan provides a detailed step-by-step guide that helps you teach students to effectively use the QAR system to improve their own reading. Using QARs to Develop Reading Comprehension and Reflective Reading Habits This lesson guides students to work in groups to write quiz questions for stories they have read, then “administer” the quizzes to other groups of students. The same student then “becomes” a different character and lists traits of the first character from his own, (the second character’s) perspective.Īctive Reading through Self-Assessment: The Student-Made Quiz Students “become” a character in a book or story and list adjectives that would describe him/her. This lesson on the 6-8 grade band sounds extremely promising for helping students both work on vocabulary to describe characters and helping students analyze characters by considering actions, dialogues, and behavior. Reading Lessons Action is Character: Exploring Character Traits with Adjectives Each of the lessons come with handouts, from which you’ll see excerpts below. The teachers who have submitted these lessons have clearly worked extensively with real students and know that a creative approach to foster engagement is very important.īelow are some highlights from the lesson plans, subdivided into the categories of Reading Lessons and Vocabulary Lessons. ![]() While many lesson plans would need adaptation for the adult ed classroom, there are some really wonderful and innovative approaches here. Often lessons link to other internet resources. The site provides both a very large bank of lesson plans searchable by grade and topic, and a set of Strategic Guides on different teaching approaches (Teaching with Technology, Developing Academic Vocabulary, Reading in the Content Areas, etc.) which are helpful as well.Įach lesson plan includes an overview, a detailed instructional plan, downloadable resources and handouts for teaching the lesson, and research articles that support the approach. This behemoth of a site may seem overwhelming at first, but can provide useful resources for adult educators. ![]()
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