Community English Worksheets - Minnesota Literacy Council,2012 Page 15
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26Family Unit: Week 1, Wednesday
Objectives
Materials
Learners will be able to…
Life skill: describe one’s own family
Make Student Copies
Handout: Hurt at School (from yesterday)
Literacy: Read and understand family member words such
Handout: Reading Test Practice
as brother, sister, mother, cousin
Handout: What’s your brother like (2 pages)
Listening/speaking: Ask and respond to basic questions
about family members
Listening/speaking: Ask and respond to questions about
Make Single Copies or Reference
emergency contact information sections of school and/or
ESL Volunteer Tutor Manual, 2012, p.119
work forms (ex. “What is the teacher’s name? What grade is
she in?”)
Props, Technology, or Other Resources
Grammar: Describe people using simple present verbs (ex.
Make and cut apart story sentence strips (see activity
My brother is hardworking.
1)
Lesson Plan
Warm up and Review of Previous Lessons
Description: learners pretend to be part of one extended family and practice introducing each other to the
teacher
Materials/Prep: see instructions on next page
Activity 1:
Life skill, Literacy, Listening and Speaking
Description: review the story from yesterday and sequence story events
Materials/Prep: copies of Hurt at School (from yesterday), ESL Volunteer Tutor Manual, 2012, Sentence
Strips, p. 119.
Activity 2:
Literacy
Description: practice reading test taking skills needed for CASAS Life and Work Reading tests
Materials/Prep: copies of Reading Test Practice
Activity 3:
Grammar, Literacy, Listening & Speaking
Description: introduce personality trait vocabulary and practice describing self and family
Materials/Prep: copies of What’s your brother like? handout
Activity 4:
Checking for Understanding
Description: Ask each person to name someone they know who is “talkative”, “friendly,” or “funny.” For
added challenge, ask “why?”
Materials/Prep: (none)
Jessica Grace Jones, Minnesota Literacy Council, 2012
p. 15
Beginning Family Unit
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