Handout for workshop at "Achieving Credentials for Success" Conference in Appleton, Wisconsin, October 16, 2013.

1. Meagen Farrell
@farrellink
farrellink.com
Interdisciplinary Adult Literacy Lesson Plan
Instructor(s):
Date:
Focusing Theme:
(Optional) Common Core State Standard(s) or GED Test Assessment Target(s):
Set Expectations:
Vocabulary/Content Preview or Review:
1.
2.
3.
Text on the Theme to Interpret:
Data on the Theme to Interpret:
Directions for Student Activity to Engage Content: Examples: Make a prediction. Practice Vocabulary.
Compute with data. Reader’s Theater. Write a summary. Make an argument. Identify main idea.
Writing or Graphic Organizer Used: Examples: Venn Diagram. Pros and Cons. Sequence.
Formative Assessment:
Technology for Student Use:
© 2013 New Readers Press, Teaching Adults: A 2014 GED® Test Resource Book

2. Meagen Farrell
@farrellink
farrellink.com
Sample: Adult Literacy Lesson Plan
Instructor(s): Meagen Farrell
Date: October 16, 2013
Focusing Theme: Measuring Fruit
(Optional) GED Test Assessment Target(s):
Q.5.e When given geometric formulas, compute volume and surface area of spheres.
Q.2.e Solve multi-step arithmetic, real world problems involving the four operations with
rational numbers.
Set Expectations: Preparation: What is your task today?
Vocabulary/Content Preview or Review:
1. How to read a ruler.
2. Sphere, surface area SA& volume V
3. Radius r, pi π, diameter d
Text on the Theme to Interpret:
2014 GED® Test Formula Sheet
Word problem created using students’ names and measurements.
Data on the Theme to Interpret:
Measurements of an orange using a ruler.
Directions for Student Activity to Engage Content: Examples: Make a prediction. Practice Vocabulary.
Compute with data. Reader’s Theater. Write a summary. Make an argument. Identify main idea.
Measure the diameter of a half orange using a ruler.
Use the measurement to calculate the volume and surface area of the orange.
Number the steps to calculate the answer.
Write a word problem of the scenario using the measurements.
Writing or Graphic Organizer Used: Examples: Venn Diagram. Pros and Cons. Sequence.
Sequence to write steps of the equation.
Formative Assessment: Sequence with steps
Technology for Student Use: Enter formula into the calculator
© 2013 New Readers Press, Teaching Adults: A 2014 GED® Test Resource Book