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Planning a Vacation Online

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Standard: Read with Understanding

Outcomes Students will read and understand driving directions obtained from the Internet in order to better understand how to plan a trip.

Classroom Information

GED Descriptors:
     language arts - reading
Roles:
     Family
Program Type(s)
     ESOL
NRS Learner levels (ESOL)
     4, 5
Time frame:
      2 hours
Technology Integration
Mapquest

Keywords

select any link below for a list of resources which also have that keyword

Geography > maps

Education > reading

Sports/Recreation > travel

Standard: Read with Understanding

Component of Performance	How activity addresses component
Determine the reading purpose	Pairs use Johari Window template to discuss travel destinations.






Select reading strategies appropriate to the purpose	Students reflect on and answer discussion questions to determine a destination to research, and share with the class.






Monitor comprehension and adjust reading strategies	Teacher demonstrates how to use the website, and students write unfamiliar vocabulary on board and identify using a dictionary.






Analyze information and reflect on its underlying meaning	Student practice using the website and analyze website data.






Integrate it with prior knowledge to address reading purpose	Students use the website to find driving directions to their chosen destination, answer questions about it, and then present to class.

Purposeful, Transparent, Building Expertise

Purposeful and Transparent
The lesson has the purpose of helping students use the Internet to find directions. The directions provoke thought and are used to answer questions.

Contextual
Today's world requires a working knowledge of the Internet; in the lesson students practice using the Internet to complete the common, important task of finding directions.

Building Expertise
Students gain useful Internet skills by finding directions using www.mapquest.com.

Lesson Designer
Jennifer Anderson
NE ABLE Resource Center
(216) 261-7076
info@neable.org