Wednesday, May 11th- 8th Grade- Why Different Skills are Important!

Archdale-Trinity Middle School Lesson Plan
Date: 05-11-2016

Teacher:	Witkowski
Lesson/Unit Topic:	Understand requirements for seeking, gaining, and maintaining employment
Standards:	6.01 Understand skills required for seeking employment

“I Can…” Statement
I can explain the difference between interests, skills, ability and aptitude	@ Test on Friday, May 20th      on Unit 6.01 Employability &; Unit 6.02 Seeking Employment @ Review for End of Course test on May 25th through May 27th @ End of Course Test on Tuesday, May 31st

Literacy/Vocabulary Strategies (Word Wall)

Most interests fall into 3 categories: People, Information, Technology  http://www.personality-and-aptitude-career-tests.com/images/math.gif

Bell-Ringer/Connecting Strategy

1.  Go to wclassroom.blogspot.com  2. Go to Computer- Student Docs- Witkowski folder- Exploring Business folder- Employment folder- open 6.01 Employability skills

Lesson-Instructional Strategies and Procedures for Teacher and Students (Detailed Plans Including Best Practices, Researched Based Strategies)

Guided Lesson: @ Miss W will explain Thursday's lesson  Independent Exercise:

@ Students will review slides 19 through 32      and complete the Classify Job Search Terms Worksheet @ Miss W explain Thursday's lesson Click on http://www.careeroutlook.us/table.php?state=NC&cluster=sci&interest=all     -  Choose 6 careers from the Science, Technology, Engineering and Math page.     -  Fill in your worksheet for the following categories: Occupation Minimum Education Growth  Outlook  Current  Workers Salary Entry Job Description    Aerospace Engineer               Bachelor              0.76                    710                   $58,760             Perform a variety of engineering work in designing,                                                                                                                                                                  constructing, and testing aircraft, missiles, and                                                                                                                                                                             spacecraft. You only need to write the first sentence in the job description blank.    -  Choose one of the 6 careers and create a PowerPoint.       # The first slide should have your name and occupation and a picture with a citation.       #  Look at the ENTIRE job description. Have one or more slide for each sentence.           You may copy and paste job description sentences.       #  You need  6 slides.         #  Find interesting pictures about that occupation and have one picture per slide with           the proper citations.       #  Save to your lunch number. If Time:  @ Why millennials have a tough time landing jobs - CNBC.com http://www.cnbc.com/2014/03/28/why-millennials-have-a-tough-time-landing-jobs.html Read the article. Circle 2 items you find interesting or that you did not know. What is one positive ability that millennials have? What are two negative or bad things that millennials do during a job interview? If you do not finish this worksheet during class, it will be homework.  If you were absent on Tuesday: 1. Students will complete the Interest Assessment at www.careerzone.ny.gov by following the directions in the 6.01 Employability PowerPoint and answer the 6.00 Assess Yourself worksheet questions.   2. Besides each of the job (occupations) you need to write a SHORT definition of the job.You can use the "TASK" descriptions to help you.  3. In front of each job description:  (it may fall into more than one category) Write P if the occupation deals with People Write I if the occupation deals with Information Write T if the occupation deals with Technology If you were absent on Monday: Word Assignment 1.Open a Word document, call it skills and save it. 2.On ONE slide list and complete the following sentences. My interests are... My skills are.... My abilities are.... I have the aptitude for... 3. Add “appropriate” clip art for each item Exit Activity 1- All 5 Entrepreneurial Phases http://www.quia.com/rr/827311.html.   Exit Activity 2- Business Plan Parts http://www.quia.com/rr/578371.html?AP_rand=1112252576