Tuesday, April 25, 2017

Wednesday, April 26th- 8th Grade- Create a Cover Letter

Archdale-Trinity Middle School
Lesson Plan
Date: 04-26-2016


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 create a cover letter.


Literacy/Vocabulary Strategies (Word Wall)
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. Complete Exit Activity 1
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
Your address needs to be in right corner
Date may be under your address or to the left above their address
Their address must be in the left column


1.  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 a cover letter for your character resume or for a job you would like in the future

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 Tuesday, Create a resume for yourself
1. What are your skills? 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmtdE3bO04Y&feature=related
You should have at least:
Academic
Sports/Club
Part-time job
Other Talent/Skills

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.
-Repaired an engine.
-Earned Auto Certification in Brakes.

Softball Team
-Demonstrated to team members the correct way to hold a bat.
-Mentored newer players on game strategies
-Won 2nd place for the 2011-2012 season through team work and dedication to
practice.


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:


Exit Activity 1- Parts of a Resume https://www.quia.com/rd/277327.html?AP_rand=5466997


 
Exit Activity 2- Resume- hangmanhttps://www.quia.com/hm/453291.html

 Exit Activity 3 https://www.quia.com/rr/1099635.html 

          refer to your character resume if needed

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