Tuesday, April 24th- Start Your Resume and Cover Letter

Archdale-Trinity Middle School Lesson Plan
Date: 04-25-2017

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 create a cover letter.

Literacy/Vocabulary Strategies (Word Wall)

Cover Letter  https://go.sdsu.edu/student_affairs/career/images/coverletter.jpg

Bell-Ringer/Connecting Strategy

1.  Go to wclassroom.blogspot.com  2. Go to Computer- Student Docs- Witkowski folder- Exploring Business folder-     Employment folder- open 6.02 Job Application Process 3. Open your character resume

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

Guided Lesson:  Miss W will show sample cover letter 1. What are your skills?  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmtdE3bO04Y&feature=related Create a RESUME for you- You should have the following sections: Personal Data (use school address if you like) Education- Archdale-Trinity Middle School Work Experience Academic (stress classes that work toward your career goal) -Studied diligently and have a 3.5 GPA -Excelled in Honors Biology class. Earned an "A" and developed an understanding of anatomy. -Assembled a carburetor in Auto Class 1. Part-time job- mow grass, babysit, etc. Special Skills and Abilities -Repairs engines. - Good communication skills - Played football  -Demonstrated to team members correct way to hold a bat during baseball practice. -Mentored newer players on game strategies Honors and Activities -Earned Auto Certification in Brakes. -Softball Team -Won 2nd place for the 2011-2012 season through team work and dedication to practice. References -List 1 teacher - Do NOT include your name 2.  Review cover letters at this site and start your cover letter  We are going to watch http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0suKZ-oU8s    http://jobsearch.about.com/od/samplestudentletters/a/studentcoverletters.htm Independent Exercise: Create your resume Create a cover letter for your character resume OR for yourself Make sure you use action verbs, complete sentences, correct spelling and grammar. -You should have an introduction paragraph. -A middle paragraph explaining how your skills match job requirements -A conclusion paragraph requesting a job interview. -Save to your lunch number as "cover letter" If you were absent on Thursday: Review of Resume Assignment: @ Students will create a character resume for a fictional character from a book, movie,      tv show or video game. Do NOT use my Harry Potter example.   https://www.quia.com/files/quia/users/egrahamj1/Character-Resume-  Personal Data Harry Potter             Capitalize first letter of first and last name 1265 Owl Street       Capitalize first letter of street name and word street London, NY 23487   Capitalize first letter of city and all of state abbreviation Job Objective: What type of job, policeman, singer, etc. Work Experience: @ Use action verbs http://www.mtworld.com/career/resumeactionwords.html

Exit Activity 1- Parts of a Resume https://www.quia.com/rd/277327.html?AP_rand=5466997   Exit Activity 2- Resume- hangman- https://www.quia.com/hm/453291.html  Exit Activity 3-  https://www.quia.com/rr/1099635.html   Exit Activity 4-  https://www.quia.com/rr/556835.html           refer to your character resume if needed  Exit Activity 5-  https://www.quia.com/rr/1058377.html?AP_rand=681164521