Competencies 2.4, 2.5, 2.6, 2.7
2.4.1 Address letters and envelopes
North Carolina Curriculum Guide
"Sending and Receiving Mail"
Reading For Life
click on "Addressing Envelopes"
2.5 Use community agencies and services
2.5.1 Locate and utilize services of agencies that provide emergency help
California Literacy's PEACE Curriculum
Click on 7 - Emergencies and Disasters.pdf
North Carolina Curriculum Guide
"Community Helpers"
Reading For Life
click on "Finding Community Services"
Fall 2006 Civic Participation Manuals
Click on "Using Emergency Services
REEP ESL Curriculum for Adults
in Community Lesson Plans, click on "Community and Library Resources"
Talking With the Police and Teacher's Guide for Talking With the Police
click on "Lesson 7: Domestic Violence
2.5.2 Identify how and when to obtain social and governmental services (e.g. low-income, Social Security, Medicare, and how to interact with service providers
2.5.3 Locate medical and health facilities in the community
North Carolina Curriculum Guide
"Visiting the Hospital"
2.5.4 Read, interpret, and follow directions found on public signs and building directories
GCFLearnFree.org
click on "Grocery List", or "Prescription"
2.5.5 Locate and use educational services in the community, including interpreting and writing school-related communications
California Literacy's PEACE Curriculum
Click on 2 - The American School System.pdf
ESL/CBET & Citizenship Technology Guide
go to page 124 - "So Many Forms for School"
Family Literacy Lesson Plans
click on Lesson 2 "Parents as First Teachers-A Parent Teacher Conference
North Carolina Curriculum Guide
"Enrolling Your Child in Public School"
North Carolina Curriculum Guide
"Communicating With Your Child's School"
2.5.6 Use library services
ESL Lesson Plan Resource Library
go to page 83 "Using the Library"
North Carolina Curriculum Guide
"Your Public Library"
2.5.7 Interpret permit and license requirements
North Carolina Curriculum Guide
"Department of Motor Vehicles"
2.5.9 Identify child care services in the community
Family Literacy Lesson Plans
click on Lesson 8 "Finding Childcare"
2.6 Interpret and order from restaurant and fast food menus, and compute related costs
2.6.1 Interpret information about recreational and entertainment facilities and activities
California Literacy's PEACE Curriculum
click on 3 - Communities and Resources.pdf
Tennessee Adult ESOL Curriculum Resource Book
go to page 90 "Using the Newspaper to Study Restaurant Ads"
2.6.3 Interpret information in order to plan for outings and vacations
California LIteracy's PEACE Curriculum
click on 3 - Communities and Resources.pdf
North Carolina Curriculum Guide
"Planning a Vacation"
2.6.4 Interpret and order from restaurant and fast food menus, and compute related costs
Reading For Life
click on "Menu Categories
The Internet TESL Journal
Click on Unit 3
Bogglesworldesl.com
click on "Going to a Restaurant: Ordering Food"
ESL Lesson Plan Resource Library
go to page 13 "Ordering in a Restaurant"
North Carolina Curriculum Guide
"Going to a Restaurant"
North Carolina Curriculum Guide
"Fast Foods and Vending Machines"
Tennessee Adult ESOL Curriculum Resource Book
go to page 224 "A Trip to McDonald's"
2.7 Understand aspects of society and culture
2.7.1 Interpret information about holidays
ESL Lesson Plan Resource Library
go to page 97 "President's Day"
go to page 126 "Two Permanent Colonies, Thanksgiving"
Tennessee Adult ESOL Curriculum Resource Book
go to page 93 "Christmas Customs"
go to page 99 "Martin Luther King"
go to page 148 "Thanksgiving"
go to page 196 "Columbus Day/Traveling"
go to page 200 "Halloween"
Thanksgiving Lessons
click on "Planning a Thanksgiving Meal" or "The Thanksgiving Meal"
2.7.2 Interpret information about ethnic groups, cultural groups, language groups
ESL Lesson Plan Resource Library
go to page 73 "Simple Past Tense"
Family Literacy Lesson Plans
click on Lesson 4 "Teaching Family History and Traditions"
2.7.3 Interpret information about religion
2.7.5 Interpret literary materials such as poetry and literature