Academic Esol Reading Lesson Plan

This lesson plan is for an academic ESL reading course in an intensive English language program. The students are young adults representing mixed native languages (Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and Malagasy). Welcome and announcements (5 minutes)

Warm-up (10 minutes)

Fluency practice: combined repeated and timed reading (20 minutes)

Reading Strategy Presentation: Skimming (10 minutes) Practice: Skimming (20 minutes)

1. Welcome students to class and ask how they are doing. 2. Remind students of upcoming assignments and important dates (best accomplished by asking them what is due this week) (Weekly routine): Have students speak with a partner about something interesting they read over the weekend. Ask for volunteers to share with the class. (Weekly routine): 1. Distribute a reading passage (slightly below target reading comprehension level) to students. 2. Instruct students to record a words-perminute reading goal on a tracking sheet (which they use throughout the semester). 3. Display a timer. Instruct students to read the passage as quickly as possible. Have them calculate and record their WPM based on the time it took them to finish the passage. 4. Repeat steps 2-3. 5. Administer a short comprehension quiz on the passage. Have students record their score on the quiz. Finally, conduct a class discussion on the fluency passage reading. Present and discuss: 1. Common reasons to skim a passage 2. Steps of skimming Divide students into four groups. Give each group a different passage with which to complete a skimming activity. Each activity should take about 5 minutes. Rotate activities through each group.