Monday, November 14th- 8th Grade Cover Letters and Action Verbs

Archdale-Trinity Middle School Lesson Plan
Date: 11-14-2016

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)

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 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. 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. 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 a cover letter for your character resume 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  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?

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