Designing Lesson Plans: Quality Design
Employment Unit
Content Area or Developmental Focus: Study Skills / Transition Skills
Age/Grade of Children: 9th & 10th Grade Students
Length of Lesson: 45 minutes per day / 11-12 Days
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Goal
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Students will gain the knowledge and skills to create documents required to apply for a job |
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Objective |
Students will be able to: Write a cover letter applicable to a specific job Write a resume Fill out a job application Participate properly in a mock interview |
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Standards Included
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CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.WHST.9-10.4 Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.WHST.9-10.6 Use technology, including the Internet, to produce, publish, and update individual or shared writing products, taking advantage of technology's capacity to link to other information and to display information flexibly and dynamically. (Common Core State Standards Initiative, 2021) |
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Materials
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Binder paper / Notebook Pen / Pencil Laptop |
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Introduction
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Introductions will take 4 days 1. Intro day for cover letter 2. Intro day for resume 3. Intro day / workday for job application 4. Intro day for interviews |
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Lesson Development
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Day 1 – Lesson / Lecture with notes and samples of a cover letter, along with instruction on finding cover letter templates in Microsoft Word Day 2 – Students will write rough draft of cover letter (to be proofread/edited by teacher prior to next class period) Day 3 – Students will type final draft of cover letter Day 4 – Lesson / Lecture with notes and samples of a resume, along with instruction on fining an appropriate resume template in Microsoft Word Day 5 – Students will write rough draft of resume (to be proofread/edited by teacher prior to next class period) Day 6 – Students will type final draft of resume Day 7 – Discussion and sample job application filled out as a class, then students will choose from 5 different applications they want to fill out Day 8 – Students will finish filling out application (and can use remaining time to complete cover letter and/or resume if not completed during previous days) Day 9 – Discussion of what to expect during an interview, and do’s and don’ts of an interview, students will be give a little time to work with partners to practice sample interview questions – Reference videos: Days 10-11/12 – Mock interviews will be held during class – questions will be basic and focused based on the application they chose to fill out on day 7 |
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Differentiation/ Accommodations |
Lectures are presented through PowerPoint Presentations – slides printed with blanks for student (Bianca) to fill in during lecture to not have to write down all the notes Template of Cover letter and resume already created and emailed to student (Bianca) to utilize for assignments |
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Assessment (Practice/ Checking for Understanding)
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Completed Cover Letter Completed Resume Sample job application filled out correctly Proper participation in mock interview End of unit assessment |
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Closing
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Assignments graded based on teacher-created rubric that was shared with students when each assignment is assigned Ask for student feedback on an exit ticket: 1. What did they learn the most from this unit? 2. What else would they like to learn about about getting a job? 3. Will they use their cover letter and/or resume when applying to get their first/next job? Teacher self-reflection: 1. What went well? 2. What needs to be added? 3. What needs to be deleted? 4. Additional differentiation? 5. What should be reviewed? 6. Possible extension activities? |