Family Unit: Week 1, Tuesday
Objectives
Materials
Learners will be able to…
Life skill: write family information in emergency contact
Make Student Copies
Textbook: Stand Out Basic, 2
nd
forms.
Ed. P. 10, 14
Handout: Where is Your Family?
Literacy: read a short story about family; ask and respond to
simple written wh- questions.
Handout: Emergency Contact for a Child
Listening/speaking: describe one’s own family
Handout: Hurt at School
Transition & Critical Thinking: understand the purpose of an
emergency contact, identify situations where an emergency
Make Single Copies or Reference
contact might be called, and identify an emergency contact
ESL Volunteer Tutor Manual, 2012, p. 57, p. 113
name and phone number from one’s own family.
Grammar: construct simple wh- questions.
Props, Technology, or Other Resources
Colored pencils or thin highlighters
World map
U.S. map
Lesson Plan
Warm up for today’s Lesson
Description: learners talk about their families in a “circle drill”
Materials/Prep: ESL Volunteer Tutor Manual, 2012, Circle Drill, p. 57. –question: “Tell me about your family?”
Review of Previous Lessons
Description: learners make a list of family members and where they live now
Materials/Prep: copies of Where is Your Family? handout
Activity 1:
Life skill & Transitions
Description: class discusses the meaning and purpose of “Emergency Contacts”
Materials/Prep: copies of Emergency Contact for a Child
Activity 2:
Literacy, Transitions & Critical Thinking, Grammar
Description: read a story in which an emergency contact is called
Materials/Prep: copies of Hurt at School (2 pgs.), ESL Volunteer Tutor Manual, 2012, Letter/Sound Drill, p.
113
Activity 3:
Life skill, Transitions & Critical Thinking
Description: learners fill out an authentic emergency contact form for a child.
Materials/Prep: copies of Emergency Contact for a Child
Activity 4:
Life Skill, Literacy
Description: review personal information and writing dates
nd
Materials/Prep: copies of Stand Out Basic, 2
Ed. P. 10, 14
Jessica Grace Jones, Minnesota Literacy Council, 2012
p. 7
Beginning Family Unit