Reading for Life (RFL) Lessons

Minnesota ABE Supplemental Services, Linda Strand, 2004-2005

and the Minnesota Literacy Council

Focus: Automobile Insurance (Reading for Life volume 2, unit 20: Automobile)

Objectives: Learners will be able to read and interpret information about insurance, including an insurance policy; learners will be able to identify why it is important to have automobile insurance and consequences of not having insurance.

Key Vocabulary: insurance, uninsured, coverage, deductible, liability, collision, agent, premium, policy, no-fault, comprehensive, proof. Emergency Road Service

Topics to Review: other driving/automobile topics

Materials: photocopies of auto insurance policy; overhead transparency of the policy; students may also bring in copies of their policies to compare if they wish

Procedure:

Real-life application:

Show your students a copy of an auto insurance policy. Ask students what it is and if any students know what the law is in Minnesota regarding auto insurance. Let students discuss as they wish.

Vocabulary brainstorm: Write the words automobile insurance on the board.  Give students 5 minutes to think of as many words as they can that are related to automobile insurance. Conduct a feedback session by getting their words and having them help you categorize them. This is a good time to assess the language your students already know about the topic and to teach them any unknown vocabulary.

Put the overhead transparency on the projector and distribute the photocopies to students. Talk about the transparency with your students, and write on the transparency any explanations about different parts of the policy that student find useful. Ask students to explain to you any terms on the policy that you covered in the vocabulary part.

Compare: Students compare their insurance policies.

If your students are comfortable with it, you could check out some insurance quotes online. The sites do ask for a lot of personal information in order to complete the quotes and quotes may not be available for immediate viewing.

Progress to Reading for Life, v.2 competency worksheets: Applicable worksheets: RFL v.2 pages 109, 110, 111, 112 and 113. Choose from worksheets listed according to your learners’ needs. Please see your copy of Reading for Life for additional worksheets and units.

Progress to multiple-choice format activities: Stand alone multiple-choice worksheets related to this lesson plan and bubble answer sheet are attached.         Worksheet 1    Worksheet 2

Extensions:

See Daily Living Activities on page 107 of Reading for Life v. 2

Click on links within text above for attached pages.