A Collection of ESL Lesson Plans
Assembled by the North Carolina Community College System, Division of Academic and Student Services, Basic Skills Section
Unit 1: Community
A Visit to the Post Office
Daniel Albert, Pitt Community College
Getting
to Know Greensboro
Linda Anderson, Guilford Technical Community College
American
Holidays
Carol Raisch, Isothermal Community College
Unit 2: Environment
Let’s
Talk About the Weather
Lucy Horton, Martin Community College
Map Skills
Jenny Outlaw, Richmond Community College
Unit 3: Health
Your
Health and How to Talk to the Doctor
Margaret Bradshaw, Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College
Unit 4: Housing
Apartment
Hunting
Judy Ingle, Forsyth Technical Community College
Communicating
with the Landlord
Rebecca Cook, Lenoir Community College
Unit 5: Parenting
Packing
a School Lunch Project
Gilda Rubio-Festa, Central Piedmont Community College
School
Readiness for Parents
Sarah Loudermelk, Catawba Valley Community College
Laura de la Riva, Catawba Valley Community College
Unit 6: Personal Identification
Tell
Me About You
Kathryn Garrou, Burke County Literacy Council/ Western Piedmont Community
College
What
is Your Name?
Dorothy Shattuck, Central Piedmont Community College
What’s
Your Name and Where Are You From?
Ellen Cobb, Wake Technical Community College
Unit 7: Social
Eating
Out
Debbie Saine, Catawba Valley Community College
How
to Make a Kite
Maureen Bahr, Randolph Community College
“The
Miracle Worker”
Leslie Foster-Davidson, Mitchell Community College
Wordly
Advice
Michol Hammack, Forsyth Technical Community College
Unit 8: The English Language
Oral
Pronunciation of the English Alphabet
Evelyn Woods, Isothermal Community College
Unit 9: Transportation & Work
Basic
Auto Parts
John Terrell, Cape Fear Community College
Daily
Work Words
Joan Richard, Catawba Valley Community College
Appendix
99
Ways to Say "Very Good"