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CCR Anchor 3: Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, well-chosen details and well-structured event sequences.

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1. Collaborative Story Writing with Emoji Random Generator

Activity Description

Assorted Emojis
Source: Pixabay by Pixaline (License: Protected by Copyright (c) [i.e. screenshot])
Students work collaboratively to write a descriptive story from randomly-generated emojis. This is a team writing exercise intended for students to add details to their writing. 

Has EEE Lesson Plan

Program Areas

ESL: English as a Second Language, ASE: High School Equivalency Preparation, ASE: High School Diploma

Levels

Intermediate Low, Intermediate High, Beginning Low, Beginning High, Advanced
2. GED Practice Test from 4Tests

Activity Description

4Tests
Source: 4Tests GED Practice Test page (License: Protected by Copyright (c) [i.e. screenshot])
 

A free online practice test site for the 2014 GED test with the 4 sections of the GED provided by Barrons Educational Series. It includes an explanation for the right answer.

 

Has EEE Lesson Plan

Program Areas

ASE: High School Equivalency Preparation, ABE: Adult Basic Education

Levels

High
3. Generate A TED Talk with AI Assistance

Activity Description

TED Talks: Discover ideas worth spreading
Source: TED Talks by TED Talks (License: Protected by Copyright (c) [i.e. screenshot])
 
In this lesson, students learn about the typical structure and organization of TED Talks. They then use AI text generator tools to either assist them in writing TED Talks about issues that concern them, or if the outcome is pronunciation practice and oral presentation skills, to provide them with an original TED Talk script that they can alter. Students practice their talks and deliver them with images on a slideshow.

Has EEE Lesson Plan

Program Areas

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

Levels

High, Advanced
4. Learning Idioms

Activity Description

Rainstorm
Source: Pixabay by OpenClipart-Vectors (License: CC0/Public Domain)
 

Students watch videos and take notes to learn idioms, practice the idioms in conversation and on an online discussion forum (optionally), and then create a "quiz" for their classmates OR select a new idiom from the video channel or other sites,  create a presentation to teach the class the idiom(s) by creating a PowerPoint or Google Slideshow presentation, writing and performing a dialog, using Web sites to create digital films or comic strips based on dialogs, making an infographic, or making videos.

Has EEE Lesson Plan

Program Areas

ESL: English as a Second Language

Levels

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

Activity Description

 

 

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.

Has EEE Lesson Plan

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
6. This I Believe: The Bright Lights of Freedom

Activity Description

This I Believe
Source: NPR's This I Believe (License: CC0/Public Domain)

If you listen to NPR radio, you may hear both famous and unknowns discussing their core values and beliefs on weekly broadcasts of the radio spot “This I Believe,” a take-off on Edward R. Murrow’s original 1950s radio show. The site is an archive of all the modern broadcasts accompanied by the original print essays and contains a searchable database of thousands of other essays on numerous topics ranging from patriotism, to family, to sports. Each short essay that has been broadcast on NPR has a “Listen” link to hear the authors read their essays, which provides a listening component for the ABE student. The audio can be the basis for exercises on note-taking, listening for main ideas, supporting details, and cloze (listening for missing words).

Has EEE Lesson Plan

Program Areas

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

Levels

Low, Intermediate, High, All Levels, Intermediate High, Advanced
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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.