Adult Education Open Community of Resources

This group provides an opportunity for adult educators and learners to organize materials dedicated to supporting Adult Basic Education (ABE) and Adult English as a Second Language (Adult ESL) teaching and learning. Adult educators and learners are encouraged to join this open community to share high-quality, high-interest materials for adult learners with low literacy levels preparing for the GED, new career opportunities, increased participation in their children’s education, English language learning, and other important skills. We strongly encourage you to tag each resource you use and evaluate as “Adult Basic Education” or “Adult ESL” so others will also be able to find these adult learner-appropriate material.
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Creating Community in the Classroom: Part 1 (Setting Goals )

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This series of lessons is designed to help develop a sense of classroom community. Group goal-setting, brainstorming, peer feedback, group decision-making, positive reinforcement, and positive peer pressure are used to create a safe, supportive environment for learning in the classroom. In Part 1, students are introduced to the goal-setting process. They will practice the first step of the process as they set individual and class behavioral goals.

Material Type: Lesson Plan

Author: Pat Nystrom

Silent Letters

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This light activity deals with "silent letters" of English language which are encountered in a large number of English language words. Students read a fairly simple dialogue with the blanks for words containing silent letters. Silent letters, however, are listed while the rest of the letters are blanked. Students find the missing words and become aware of silent letters. Great activity for a warm-up.

Material Type: Activity/Lab, Interactive

Author: not stated

Funandgames.org

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The website is a repository of games and activities for children that can also be used with adults. Features hundreds of games listed covering virtually all occasions: day or night, indoor and outdoor, from small quiet games through to large boisterous games and wide games for when you have acres of space to play in.

Material Type: Game

Author: Kit Logan

English Language Centre Study Zone

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Study Zone is made up of levels. Each level has language topics (grammar,reading vocabulary, puzzles). Each topic has lessons. Lessons include exercises to help adult students improve their English. There are five levels available: Upper Beginner, Lower Intermediate, Intermediate, Upper Intermediate, and Advanced.

Material Type: Interactive

Author: ELC teachers

10g. The Declaration of Independence

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The moment had finally come. Far too much bad blood existed between the colonial leaders and the crown to consider a return to the past. More and more colonists felt deprived by the British not only of their money and their civil liberties, but their lives as well. Bloodshed had begun over a year ago and there seemed little chance of a ceasefire. The radical wing of the Continental Congress was gaining strength with each passing day. It was time for a formal break with mother England. It was time to declare independence.

Material Type: Diagram/Illustration, Reading

Verbs at Work

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This is a PowerPoint of common verbs used in the workplace and at home. It can be used for beginning level English language learners. Part 1 uses clip art of 16 verbs and part 2 uses Brendan Tuttle’s artistic illustrations of 28 verbs. The additional PowerPoint is a handout for students to write the verb under the picture and there is also a list of suggested activities for the teacher.

Material Type: Diagram/Illustration

Author: Angy Folkes

Traveling Circuits Lesson 3: My Robotic Friends

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Using a predefined “Robot Vocabulary” your students will figure out how to guide one another to accomplish specific tasks without discussing them first. This segment teaches students the connection between symbols and actions, as well as the valuable skill of debugging. If time allows, there is an option to introduce functions at the end of the lesson. Objectives: • Learn to convert real-world activities into instructions • Gain practice coding instructions with symbols • Gain understanding of the need for precision in coding • Gain practice debugging malfunctioning code • Understand the usefulness of functions and parameters (grades 7+)

Material Type: Lesson Plan

Author: Thinkersmith

Compare and Contrast: Learning through Pictures, Graphs, and Charts

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This presentation is a stAIR Design. It is like an interactive PowerPoint Presentation that reviews the language and concepts of comparison and contrast in order to help students understand those vocabulary words. The presentation was helpful for beginning and intermediate ESOL students and includes keyword Vocabulary: (and), (both..and),(not only...but also), and (but). Part 2 is more advanced and contains keyword vocabulary: (equally), (just like), (similar), (the same as), (although), (different), (unlike), (whereas), and (while).

Material Type: Activity/Lab, Interactive

Author: Mary Ewald

Comma Use StAIR (Stand Alone Instructional Resource)

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This interactive power point presentation is good for intermediate and advanced English Language Learners. The presentation is used to help students learn how to integrate commas into writing. The presentation includes an introduction, comma rules, and application/practice exercises. Integrates simple technology skills along the way. The Person using this presentation will need to choose "Comma Use StAIR " from the menu after following the URL Pointer. Also, I had to download and save the ppt., before I could open it.

Material Type: Activity/Lab, Assessment, Interactive

Author: Joshua Vander Meulen

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