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Shopping for Vegetables for English Language Learners

This webpage is one of several developed for English Language Learners.  The pages will be most useful for teachers who can have someone help the language learner.  Each section on the web page includes a photo and then a sentence describing that photo.  Students should be assisted with understanding each sentence.  To the right of each written sentence is a link that will allow the learner to hear the sentence spoken.  The learner can listen to the sentence as many times as desired.  Teachers or their assistants are encouraged to help the language learner.  Eventually, the learner can then work alone for repetition as desired.

These lesson plans are not grade specific.  They can be used at any grade level for beginning English Language Learners.

The vegetable prices also provide a good opportunity to develop life skills math lessons.  For example, "Anna bought a bunch of radishes and five ears of corn.  How did she spend?"   or "Boris bought one pound of tomatoes, two pounds of white onions and one golden bell pepper.  He has five dollars.  How much more money will he need?"

Note:  The statements beside each photo have been simplified for ELL instructional purposes.  For example, a true horticulturalist may argue that a tomato is really a fruit.  We realize that, but at this point in the language learning process, we are attempting to avoid confusion.

TESOL's website provides the National ESL Standards as well as good lessons for teaching the ESL Standards.

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