All resources in Adult Learning Zone: A Designers for Learning Project

Tackling Basic Computer and Word-processing Skills for the GED and Career Development - Remix

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This is a competency-based performance lesson in using basic computer and word-processing skills for GED preparation or Adult Education at Level B. Learners are expected to gain valuable skills in either GED online testing to navigate the screen interface or continued development of workplace skills to enhance job prospects or performance. Through engaging in tasks involving opening word-processing applications and using features in the home tab to manipulate text, use of a mouse and scroll bar, and keyboard features, the learner will gain valuable skills. The learner will observe demonstrations by the instructor, practice skills with the support of videos, and finally be assessed based upon a performance checklist evaluation.

Material Type: Activity/Lab, Assessment, Lesson, Lesson Plan

Author: Donald Jones

Analyze and evaluate the arguments which matter to the adult learner

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The purpose of this interactive lesson is for students to analyze the evidence in support of a claim in an argument, and to evaluate whether the argument is supported. Adult students preparing for the GED extended response and who place at least at a Grade 8 reading / writing level will find this tool useful. This lesson can also be a stand alone primer for those wanting to evaluate / present better arguments at work and in life. This lesson is designed for a face-to-face, instructor-led classroom setting.

Material Type: Activity/Lab, Assessment, Lesson Plan, Module, Teaching/Learning Strategy

Author: Tharshi Kumaran

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Gaining

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The intended audience includes adult learners (Grade Level D) seeking basic reading skill development. Learners will imagine that they are entering a new field of employment. They are given written information that contain new terminology specific to their occupation. Using a range of strategies, learners will determine or clarify the meaning of specific words as they are used in a specific technical context. This lesson will help learners to gain vocabulary related to an occupation of interest in order to build knowledge to prepare for a career.

Material Type: Homework/Assignment, Lesson

Author: Emily Keener

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How To Win At Job Interviews

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Being at job interviews is an exciting moment itself; it is often comprised of excitement and nervousness both. Everyone at a job interview faces the same situation, though its only you who can turn it from a golden opportunity into a prospective career. This lesson is focused on the primary attributes you should possess during an interview to make a successful impact.

Material Type: Lesson Plan

Author: NISHANT MISRA

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Learning about Homophones and Homographs: To or Too?

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This lesson focuses on learning about words that look or sound the same. Adult learners at Low Intermediate Basic Education level (grade grouping C/grades 4-5) are introduced to homographs and homophones. Learners complete a resource to learn about what these words are and work with some of the most common words. This lesson will help prepare learners to be able to distinguish among similar looking or sounding words and spell them appropriately.

Material Type: Activity/Lab, Lesson Plan, Primary Source

Author: Irina Mylona

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Reading

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The purpose of this lesson is build on a previous lesson that teaches how to take out a farm loan. This lesson is designed for adult learners who are pursuing a career in farming. It focuses on reading scientific and technical texts (Grade 6) related to farming business plans. It will help learners identify the resources necessary to develop a simple farm business plan. The learners will have the opportunity to apply their acquired knowledge in class activities such as discussion to analyze case studies and develop the basic outline of their resource sheet.

Material Type: Activity/Lab, Lecture Notes, Lesson, Primary Source

Author: John Carter

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Internet

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Whether information is needed for study or daily life, the Internet has developed into an essential source of knowledge. Collecting information from the Internet may seem simple, however, at times one may get an overwhelmingly large number of results for simple queries, some of which may not be relevant or reliable. This lesson teaches learners a step-wise approach to defining keywords, using search parameters to refine a search, and evaluating the appropriateness of sources. It prepares learners to conduct Internet searches effectively, and collect relevant information in the least amount of time.

Material Type: Lesson

Authors: Deborah Hokien, Justine Samanas

Driving correctly my English as I drive my car

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 Driving my English correctly to drive my carSummary:This is a lesson intended for learners having low conversational English skills as well as low reading and writing skills. In this lesson, the learners will review known vocabulary as well as learn new one using it with a correct grammatical structure. They will practice reading and writing. The learners will learn how to read, write and speak in order to communicate with others using correctly la grammar functions; All this will be taught in a real world-problem context.Educational useCurriculum /instruction College & Career Readiness Standards (CCRS) Alignment • Level: Adult Education • Grade Level: B • Subject: English/Language Arts • Strand: Reading and Writing LanguageEnglish Learning goals:The purpose of this lesson is for learners to be able to:·         Learn the correct use of present tense in verbal communication·         Read and write correctly personal information·         Understand basic driving instructional information. Keywords  Designers for learningAdult educationDriving licensePresent tenseDriving directionsEnglish lesson to drive a car  Time required for the lesson45  to 60 minutes Prior knowledgeBasic English vocabulary to introduce oneselfAbility to understand mains ideas in short conversationAbility to read and write basic English vocabulary to introduce oneself Required resourcesWorksheetsIllustrationsDriving guide Lesson author & LicenseLesson author: Zulema RamirezLicense: Creative Commons CC BY 4.0 license Context summary Learning a new language is certainly a challenge, mostly if we cannot attend to school regularly, As a consequence, being forced to communicate, we learn words and phrases informally, not knowing how to put them together effectively to express our ideas into this new language. In this lesson, we are going to walk the learners through the correct lexical and grammatical use of her/his prior knowledge in  the present tense and at the same time we are going to integrate new content related to a short - term goal: Obtaining a driver license. Targeted skills Presence tenseDriving vocabularyAsking and giving directions formal phrasesDescribe family members. Learning objectivesBy the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:1 Give personal information using grammatically correct professional English.2. Read and write driving directions.3. Ask directions using formal English phrases4. Follow directions given by the driving instructor  Relevant for learning Adult learners planning to complete a professional instruction need to master the required English skills level. This lesson will be focused on the use of the  present tense, having as subject daily activities and driving instructions. This lesson will allow the learner to refresh previous lexical knowledge and to learn the correct grammatical use of present tense. The learner will also practice writing and reading. This practice gives the learner the opportunity to improve his/her English skills. Warm up The teacher will provide the learners an application form to fill out. When filling in the form the learners will be induced to bring out tacit knowledge, like reading personal information questions, writing her/his address. The form could also include  personal development questions in order to prompt  the learners to give the teacher more information  about their daily activities as well as her English level. Once this activity is done, the teacher will use the form’s questions to prompt the learners to introduce herself/himself. IntroductionThe teacher explains the course of the instruction for this lesson Presentation/modeling/demonstration The teacher will introduce herself / himself using new vocabulary in order to complete grammatically correct longer sentences Using a map of the city, the teacher will show the learn a location to explain her way to school.  Here the teacher could use driving directions giving detail on how to get to school form the location she/ he chooses. .The teacher could explain succinctly why having a driver license is important her. The teacher could present all these information in a worksheet form. It could be used to underline verbs in present tense so the learners could have it as a reference for their own presentation. Application After finishing the demonstration phase, the teacher will ask question utilizing the application form filled out previously and the teacher’s demonstration in order to let the learners practice. In this way the learner will be exercising reading while combining known and new vocabulary to use it in present tense properly.Integration  In this phase the learner is going to reproduce a real world situation like giving/ asking personal information, asking address,  identifying driving directions, writing down driving directions. During the activities the learners will integrate all aspects studied in this lesson using formal English.                     

Material Type: Lesson Plan

Author: Zulema Ramirez

Sentence and Sentence Structure

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Sentence Structure is a combination of words that makes a meaningful statement.Tenses of a verb is the form which shows the time of action. The form of verb along with helping verb explains the era of action. There are three Basic eras of tenses Past, Present and Future.

Material Type: Lesson Plan

Author: Sidra Badar

Understanding Ratios

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Ratios are everywhere around us whether we realize it or not. Understanding and applying ratio concepts is a life skill and job skill that will benefit any learner. The goal for this unit is to provide learners with a working knowledge of ratios that they can apply to their everyday lives, education, or occupation.

Material Type: Lesson Plan, Module

Author: Ryan Newland

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Basic Money Management for Adults - Remix

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This lesson focuses on developing basic money management skills for adults. The specific time focus for these skills is on multiple months to years. The intended audience is for adults ages 18 and above.The lesson will include elements of reading and writing and listening, and will focus on authentic texts, videos, facts and figures cited from expert research and reports.This lesson will help learners comprehend different money management skills, and help them to understand how to apply them in a long term timeframe.These skills can be used in both a personal sense as well as for business.

Material Type: Assessment, Case Study, Interactive, Lesson Plan, Reading, Teaching/Learning Strategy

Author: Pauline Muljana

Aiello Powers Settlemyer Adult Learning IDT 773 Spring 2019 DFL FINAL

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This designed instruction looks to provide students with the tools they need to become an active participant in reading and writing. The specific focus of this one-hour OER module will be to aid learners in determining main ideas and supporting details in statements and paragraphs. Learners will be able to understand the main idea of a paragraph and identify the supporting details that promote the main point.

Material Type: Reading

Author: John Settlemyer

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Find What You Need Online: Where to Access the Internet and How to Search for Resources - Mobile Learning Remix

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This lesson is geared toward adult learners who have limited or no experience using the internet to find information. Students will be able to use what they learn in this lesson to find a location in their community to access the internet (if they don't already have access at home or on their own mobile phone) and use search strategies to narrow a search to find relevant resources when researching an issue or topic.

Material Type: Lesson

Author: Amanda McCroskey

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EFFECTIV

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This lesson plan is a remix from Effective Communication Using Past Tense. Its focus is to help English as a Second Language (ESL) learners in Adult Basic Education (ABE), Grade Level B, CCR Anchor 1 (SL.3.1-1d), Speaking and Listening Standards, differentiate past and present verb tenses. The context is communicating symptoms to a healthcare provider, but learners will apply this knowledge to create new knowledge in other contexts. Learners will engage in collaborative discussions (one-on-one, group, and instructor-led) with diverse partners, build on others' ideas, ask questions, and practice verbal and written use of past and present verb tenses.

Material Type: Lesson

Author: jonald fabia

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Travel Planning and Presenting for Tourism

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The learner works for a tour agency providing clients with specialized and unique itinerary. Based on the clients needs, the learner must develop an itinerary and a budget for touring Washington D.C. in 3-4 days while justifying the decisions made. The learner then makes a PowerPoint and a sample brochure for assessment.

Material Type: Activity/Lab, Lesson Plan, Reading

Author: Alron Kevin Arzaga

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Speak Up! It is your life! - Remix

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The lesson informs the learner about different components of "introductory", "demonstrative", and "persuasive" speech and provides suggestions on the context in which some of these speeches should be used. Learners are expected to display their understanding and knowledge of the three types of speeches by playing a board game developed for this purpose.

Material Type: Game, Lesson Plan

Author: Sumaira Dharani