Writing

 

 

This activity teaches AI literacy through Content. Any content can be used, but the focus of this lesson is on Dolores Huerta and follows the reading of Dolores Huerta .

Source: OpenClipart by OpenClipart (License: CC0/Public Domain)

This activity offers a lesson about Martin Luther King. There is a handout that can be downloaded and an answer key.

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.

Source: Kellogg Foundation (License: Creative Commons 2.0)

 

Students will read about Dolores Huerta and learn how to develop vocabulary by using Visuwords

 

Students will be able to introduce themselves to the class by creating a fun and engaging animated video, with their own synced dialogue, which can include an avatar of themselves.

(Note: The free version of Animaker allows students to create and download up to 3 videos per month.)

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.

Source: Pixabay by parveender (License: CC0/Public Domain)

 

In this lesson, students discuss heroes, listen to and summarize a podcast episode from NPR's My Unsung Hero for sharing with classmates, write their own personal narrative, and record their scripts, sharing their personal stories with classmates. Students build vocabulary, listening comprehension, writing skills, and oral fluency (prosody) and accuracy with feedback from the teacher.

Source: https://www.storyboardthat.com by storyboard that (License: Protected by Copyright (c) [i.e. screenshot])

 

Students use a comic strip site for dialog writing, in order to practice target grammar structures, vocabulary, or idioms. The site offers 325 characters, 225 scenes, and over 45,000 images, and the option to upload images. Comic strips can be viewed online or downloaded and printed. The Free version limits you to 2 storyboards per week with a 3 cell option. Students will need to make an account to use the site.

Source: http://themoonlitroad.com/the-black-dog/ (License: CC0/Public Domain)

 

Although there are many stories on the main website, this lesson focuses on the one titled, The Black Dog.

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).

Source: https://votesmart.org/education/classroom by https://votesmart.org/education/classroom (License: Protected by Copyright (c) [i.e. screenshot])

 

Students learn about the legislative branch of government in this activity. They learn the number of the House and Senate district where they live, the names of the senator and representative who represent their district, the votes of a senator or representative on current issues in the state legislature, and become familiar with the Vote Smart Web Site and how it can be used to obtain information.

Source: Wonderopolis (License: CC0/Public Domain)

 

Use this online mini-lesson—which contains reading, vocabulary, listening, conversation, and more—with intermediate or advanced students when teaching about the topics of health, injuries, accidents, health care, and medical emergencies.