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26. Enchanted Learning: Inventors and Inventions

Activity Description

Intermediate and advanced students learn about inventions and inventors through jigsaw reading and follow up by writing a paragraph and/or making an oral presentation about an important invention or inventor.

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Program Areas

ESL: English as a Second Language

Levels

Intermediate High, Advanced
27. Environmental Conservation Project

Activity Description

Pollution
Source: Pixabay by Sergei Tokmakov (License: CC0/Public Domain)
 

Students engage in conversation about the environment, practice listening comprehension by watching a video and answering questions, read an article about the harm of plastics on the environment, brainstorm ways to preserve the natural environment, write a paragraph, and create an inforgraphic based on their ideas.

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Program Areas

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

Levels

Intermediate, High, Intermediate High, Advanced
28. Fantastic Places in the Golden State

Activity Description

Hollywood Sign
Source: Pixabay by David Mark (License: CC0/Public Domain)
 
Students have conversations, learn trivia about California, practice passive voice, and research and present on an interesting place to visit in California.

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Program Areas

ESL: English as a Second Language

Levels

Intermediate Low, Intermediate High, Advanced
29. Fast Food Nutrition: Should Fast Food Have Warning Labels?

Activity Description

Burger
Source: Pixabay by Patricia Maine Degrave (License: CC0/Public Domain)
 
In this project, students discuss and evaluate their eating habits and the positives and negatives of fast food, search the internet for information about ingredients and food labels, evaluate a menu item they purchase at fast food restaurants and present an alternative healthier option, and finally compose a paragraph about their opinion on the topic of warning labels for fast food.

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Program Areas

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

Levels

Intermediate Low, Intermediate High, Advanced, Low, Intermediate, High
30. FutureMe: Goal Setting and Documentation

Activity Description

FutureMe Screenshot
Source: FutureMe by Unknown (License: Protected by Copyright (c) [i.e. screenshot])
 
In this activity, students set goals for themselves for a particular point in time in the future (end of a school session, in a month, six months, a year, etc.) and write letters to their future selves (and/or to others) about their goals. The letters are posted on the site, which e-mails the letters to recipients on the future date chosen. This works well as an introduction at the beginning of the school term.
 

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Program Areas

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

Levels

Beginning High, Intermediate Low, Intermediate High, Advanced, Low, Intermediate, 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.