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As the International Teacher for Miina Härma Gumnaasium in Tartu, Estonia, I teach classes in English that include children from Estonia, Romania, Latvia, Lithuania, and even Pakistan besides Britain and the United States. Lesson Planet helps me find many worksheets and lessons that feature hands-on activities, good graphic organizers, clear, simple language and diagrams, step-by-step math explanations. It is basically very useful for helping a teacher with a largely ESL population. Moreover, I must develop my own teaching materials since I follow the Estonian national curriculum PLUS the national standards of the students, which can be difficult to reconcile together -- never mind, trying to find a textbook that suits (and, I might add, English-language texts are not easily obtainable here).
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- 04-06-12
College Preparation Lesson Plans
Find teacher approved College Preparation lesson plan ideas and activities
Students discuss where everyday aliments could be treated. After reading an article, they discuss the life of a traveling nurse and how it differs from a hospital nurse. Using the internet, they research the requirements for taking care of a person in their home and in the hospital. They write a paper about how the industry can be improved.
Prepping pupils for the real world is a vital part of our job. This activity focuses on getting upper graders ready for their first post-collegiate job interview. They will prepare a resume, research a potential company to work for, and then engage in a mock interview which their peers will rate. Script, procedure, and worksheets are included. This lesson really offers a glimpse of what it takes to land a good job!
Students investigate the different hormone contaminants in the water supply. In this math lesson, students analyze data tables and graphs. They demonstrate exponential growth and decay using frog populations.
Learners examine the concept of the coordinate plane and the x and y axis of a point. In this algebra activity students examine a scatter plot and a line graph.
Student explore the teachings of Confucius. In this Korean culture lesson, young scholars watch segments of the A and E video "Confucius: Words of Wisdom." Students read handouts regarding the Asian education system and discuss their impressions prior to writing essays on education.
Students create a CD-ROM using iMovie as a way of applying for a college. They develop an electronic portfolio. They reflect on their high school academic career by examining their best work. They investigate the costs of college.
Students review career brochures for schools & colleges and Use the Internet to explore an accounting related career. They plan their own brochure using the Career Brochure Planning Storyboard.
Young scholars select a career and prepare a three panel brochure. They research careers in the financial field and publish the results in their brochure. They evaluate their brochure with a rubric and have another student evaluate it too. They publish their finished brochure.
Students examine the lives of three people from New Haven, Connecticut who have careers in law, politics and entertainment. In groups or individually, they read excerpts of information about the three people and what contributions they have made to society. To end the lesson, they compare maps of the city from the past and today.
Young scholars search the Internet for cultural topics. For this literacy lesson for below level readers, students practice reading fluency by silently reading and calculating their reading rate. Young scholars brainstorm possible cultural topics to research, write their ideas on a whiteboard, and present them to the class. Students discuss the advantages and disadvantages of each topic, then navigate sites such as Wikipedia to locate research information about the chosen topic.
