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46. NPR "This I Believe": Careers - "Do What you Love"

Activity Description

Tony Hawk
Source: This I Believe: Do What You Love by NPR (License: Protected by Copyright (c) [i.e. screenshot])
 

Use the essays from the NPR Radio program to create speaking/conversation activities, vocabulary learning exercises, listening (main ideas, cloze, details, etc.) activities, and follow up with extension activities in which students speak or write about themselves.

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Program Areas

ESL: English as a Second Language, ABE: Adult Basic Education, ASE: High School Diploma

Levels

Intermediate High, Advanced, Low, Intermediate, High, All Levels
47. NPR's "This I Believe" and a TED Talk: Springboard for Writing about a Valuable Lesson

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NPR This I Believe
Source: NPR This I Believe (License: Protected by Copyright (c) [i.e. screenshot])
 
Students listen to an NPR's "This I Believe" essay, "Do Talk to Strangers," and answer questions about the essay/recording, and then watch a TED Talk and answer questions, followed by an assignment in which they write their own personal narratives about a valuable life lesson.

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Program Areas

ESL: English as a Second Language, ASE: High School Equivalency Preparation, ABE: Adult Basic Education, ASE: High School Diploma

Levels

Intermediate High, Advanced, Low, Intermediate, High
48. Online Classified Ads: Relocation Project

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In this activity, students will use online classified ads to investigate job openings and find housing where they live for someone they know who is hypothetically relocating to their city. Students create a PowerPoint slideshow about the job and salary, the housing and cost, and create a monthly budget.

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Program Areas

ESL: English as a Second Language, ABE: Adult Basic Education, ASE: High School Diploma

Levels

Intermediate High, Advanced, Intermediate, High, All Levels
49. Personal Logo: Learn, Create, Write, and Present about Logos

Activity Description

Jack of Spade Playing Card
Source: Unsplash by Slidebean (License: Protected by Copyright (c) [i.e. screenshot])
 
In this lesson, students learn about logo types and some background behind logos of well-known companies through videos and the Famous Logos website, select one to research and briefly present about using a shared Google Slides slideshow, create a personal logo using their choice of a variety of tools, and write and present about their personal logo to the class.

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Program Areas

ESL: English as a Second Language, ASE: High School Equivalency Preparation, ABE: Adult Basic Education, ASE: High School Diploma

Levels

Intermediate High, Advanced, Low, Intermediate, High
50. Pre Beginner Story Bank

Activity Description

Wakelet: Mr. White is Sick
Source: Wakelet: Man grabbing his shoulder (License: Protected by Copyright (c) [i.e. screenshot])
 

Students can choose different stories to read. Each story has 4 activities plus a typing practice.

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Program Areas

ESL: English as a Second Language, ABE: Adult Basic Education

Levels

Beginning Literacy, Beginning Low, Beginning High
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OTAN activities are funded by contract CN220124 from the Adult Education Office, in the Career & College Transition Division, California Department of Education, with funds provided through Federal P.L., 105-220, Section 223. However, OTAN content does not necessarily reflect the position of that department or the U.S. Department of Education.