HS & MS ESOL 1
Unit 9 Semester 1
INSIDE THE U.S.A.
Unit 9: Around Town
ESOL 1
Unit 9 (Semester 1)
Unit Title
Duration of Unit:
2-2.5 weeks
Around Town
Unit Description:
In this unit, students learn basic vocabulary for community places, workers and products, location words and vehicles. Students learn
to ask for and give directions, express intentions and describe actions. Students learn to correctly use the prepositions “at”, “on” and
“in”, to make nouns plural by adding an -s, the possessive adjective “their” and to place adjectives before nouns. In this unit,
students will write short narratives or informational texts as well as give short presentations and oral exchanges to express their
plans and intentions and to describe how people go places and their community.
Standards:
ELP.9-12.S1.L1- Students use a very limited set of strategies to identify a few key words and phrases in oral communications and
simple oral and written texts.
ELP.9-12.S2.L1- Students participate in short conversational and written exchanges on familiar topics, presenting information and
responding to simple yes/no questions and some wh- questions.
ELP.9-12.S3.L1- Students communicate information about familiar texts, topics, and experiences.
ELP.9-12.S7.L1- Students recognize the meaning of some words learned through conversations, reading, and being read to.
ELP.9-12.S8.L1- Students recognize the meaning of a few frequently occurring words, simple phrases and formulaic expressions in
texts about familiar topics, experiences or events, relying heavily on context, visual aids, and knowledge of morphology in their
native language.
ELP.9-12.S9.L1- Students communicate basic information about an event or topic, with support (including context and visual aids)
using non-verbal communication and, with limited control, a narrow range of vocabulary and syntactically simple sentences.
ELP.9-12.S10.L1- Students recognize and use a small number of frequently occurring nouns, noun phrases, verbs, conjunctions (but,
or, and), and prepositions, and understand and respond to simple questions.
Vocabulary
Language Functions
Writing & Speaking
Conventions
Reading
Goals:
Students will be able to
use and understand
vocabulary for community
places, workers and
products, vehicles,
location words and words
for people.
Students will be able to
give directions, express
intentions and describe
actions.
Students will be able to
write short narratives or
informational texts and
give short oral
presentations or
exchanges to give
directions, express
intentions and describe
how people go places and
their community.
Students will be able to
correctly use the
prepositions “at” and
“on.” Students will be
able to make nouns
plural by adding an -s.
Students will be able to
use the possessive
adjective “their.”
Students will be able to
correctly use the
prepositions “in” and
“on”. Students will be
able to correctly put
adjectives before nouns.
Students will be able to
read and understand
short narrative or
informational texts
about familiar topics.
Students will be able to
retell a story using key
words and phrases.
Learning
Targets:
I can use words for
community places and
workers.
I can ask for and give
directions.
I can write short narratives
or informational texts and
give short presentations or
oral exchanges to give
directions, express
intentions and describe
how people go places and
their community.
I can correctly use “at”
and “on.”
I can accurately retell the
book Getting from Here
to There including
relevant details,
appropriate vocabulary
and mostly accurate
language patterns and
pronunciation.
I can use location words.
I can tell what I plan to do
by using expressions like: I
am going to….., I will…..
I can make nouns plural
by adding an -s.
I can use words for
community places and
I can tell how people go to
places by using expressions
I can use the possessive
adjective “their.”
products.
I can use words for
vehicles.
like: They ride (on/in).....,
They take…..
I can correctly use “in”
and “on.”
I can put adjectives
before nouns.
Unit of Study Assessment Checklist
Student
Name
Learning
Target
Notes
E = Exceeds
M = Meets
A = Approaching
D= Doesn’t Meet
“Around Town” Assessment Rubric
Unit 9: Semester 1
(To reach the next level, a student must master the previous level’s task.)
Exceeds
Meets
Doesn’t Meet
Students will be able to use
and understand vocabulary
for community places,
workers and products,
vehicles, location words and
words for people.
I can use words for
community places and
products.
Students will be able to give
directions, express
intentions and describe
actions.
I can ask for and give directions.
Students will be able to
write short narratives or
informational texts and give
short oral presentations or
exchanges to give
directions, express
intentions and describe how
people go places and their
community.
I can write short narratives or informational texts and give short presentations or oral exchanges to give directions, express
intentions and describe how people go places and their community.
Students will be able to
correctly use the
prepositions “at” and “on.”
Students will be able to
make nouns plural by
adding an -s. Students will
be able to use the
possessive adjective “their.”
Students will be able to
correctly use the
I can correctly use “at” and
“on.”
I can correctly use “in” and
“on.”
I can use words for
community places and
workers.
Approaching
I can put adjectives before
nouns.
I can use location words.
I can use words for vehicles.
I can tell how people go to
places by using expressions
like: They ride (on/in).....,
They take…..
I can tell what I plan to do by
using expressions like: I am
going to….., I will…..
I can use the possessive
adjective “their.”
I can make nouns plural by
adding an -s.
prepositions “in” and “on”.
Students will be able to
correctly put adjectives
before nouns.
Students will be able to read
and understand short
narrative or informational
texts about familiar topics.
Students will be able to
retell a story using key
words and phrases.
I can accurately retell the book Getting from Here to There including relevant details, appropriate vocabulary and mostly
accurate language patterns and pronunciation.