Wednesday, November 2, 2016

Thursday, November 3rd- 8th Grade Business Resources


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Archdale-Trinity Middle School
Lesson Plan

Date: 011-03-2016


Teacher:
Witkowski

Lesson/Unit Topic:
Understand requirements for seeking, gaining, and maintaining employment

Standards:
6.02 Understand procedures for gaining employment



“I Can…” Statement

I can use research, networking and work-based learning opportunities to gain employment.




Literacy/Vocabulary Strategies (Word Wall)
You can research job openings on websites like Monster.com or through employment agencies (they charge you or the business a fee) or through newspaper classified ads.



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 new 409 entrance and exit process
@ Test on Monday, November 7th on Unit 6.01 Employability 
@ All assignments due by Monday, Nov 7th 
@ Miss W will explain how to use research, networking and work-based learning opportunities to gain employment.
 
Research

a. Internet  http://www.monster.com/ 
    search for a job you researched yesterday or search for a new job

b. Employment Agencies http://www.grahamjobs.com/staffing_agency_programs_index.html
   They show job positions but not the employer's name until you pay them. 

c. Classifieds http://www.greensboro.com/triad_careers/
   While newspapers still list job positions in their papers many also list them online.

Work-based Learning
Apprenticeships- registered programs that provide hands on training
 
https://www.mynextmove.org/find/apprenticeship
  

Independent Exercise: 

If absent on Tuesday: 
-  Fill in your worksheet for the following categories:

Occupation
Minimum
Education
Growth
Outlook
Current
Workers
Salary
Entry
Job Description
  You only need to write the first sentence in the job description blank.
 


If absent on Wednesday:
 Choose one of the 16 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 need at least 1 animation and 1 transition per slide
      You may copy and paste job description sentences.
  # The first six slides will follow the order of Tuesday's worksheet.
       slide 1, job title, your name, and picture
       slide 2, education needed
       slide 3, growth outlook (if star- look on google)
       slide 4  current workers (if star- look on google)
       slide 5  entry salary
       slide 6  job description from web site
       slide 7  Why do you want this job?
       slide 8  What are you going to do to be ready for this job? 
  #  Find interesting pictures about that occupation and have one picture per slide with
      the proper citations unless you use clip aret.
  #  Save to your lunch number.

Today's Work:

1. We talked about personal qualities and employability skills: 
 •Displays responsibility
•  Self-esteem and self confidence
•  Self-management
•  Integrity and Honesty
•  Cooperation
•  Follows directions
•  Initiative and self-motivation
Do you have self-motivation?   http://www.glencoe.com/qe/qe75.php?qi=1937
__________________________________________________________________
 
2. On a sheet of paper put your name.
 
Go to http://www.simplyhired.com/ and find 2 job positions for the same job as your PowerPoint
 Write down the name of the company and three skills the position requires.
__________________________________________________________________
3. Students will complete the Job Search Terms Activity worksheet.
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-Classifying Job Search Vocabulary
   
https://www.quia.com/rr/583195.html?AP_rand=391284118
 
Exit Activity 3- Matching   https://www.quia.com/mc/2718631.html
 
Exit Activity 4- Play "scatter"  https://quizlet.com/78599346/job-skills-flash-cards/

Tuesday, November 1, 2016

Wednesday, November 2nd Short Cut Links

Click here if you are a 8th Grade   http://wclassroom.blogspot.com/2016/11/wednesday-november-2nd-8th-grade-career.html

Click here if you are a 7th Grade Student   http://wclassroom.blogspot.com/2016/11/wednesday-november-2nd-7th-grade-10.html

Wednesday, November 2nd- 7th Grade- 10 Presentation Steps

Archdale-Trinity Middle School
Lesson Plan
 
Date: 
11-02-2016



Teacher:
Witkowski

Lesson/Unit Topic:
PowerPoint Presentation- Steps 5 through 10

Standards:
PB-2 Procedure for developing a presentation



“I Can…” Statement
Criteria for Success-Formative/Summative Assessments
I can explain the 10 steps of a PowerPoint presentation.
Students know the 10 steps of a PowerPoint presentation.


Literacy/Vocabulary Strategies (Word Wall)
Review of 10 steps:
Step 1 Why? What is the purpose? (Educational, Narrative, Persuasive)
Step 2 Who? Target Audience?
Step 3 Rough draft Storyboard.

Storyboard- organize thoughts for presentation
File:Story bord.jpg
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Story_bord.jpg
Bell-Ringer/Connecting Strategy
Go to My Computer then Student Docs then Witkowski folder then PowerPoint folder then PowerPoint Part 1 folder then  Open the #4 Presentations Revised
Lesson-Instructional Strategies & Procedures for Teacher and Students
(Detailed Plans Including Best Practices, Researched Based Strategies)
Guided Lesson:

Step 3 Storyboard:
 
Step 4 Select a Design
@ Creating a "section" will allow you to have multiple designs
@ You can put several "shapes" together to create different designs
Step 5 Edit the Master Slide- will be optional on the first project
Step 5 Slide Master- this step creates your own Design that you can reuse.
  • A. Open a new PowerPoint
  • B. Go to the View Tab
  • C. Click on the Slide Master button in the Master View Group
  • D. You will be on the 2nd slide on the LEFT, you MUST click on the 1st slide
  • E. Check your neighbor to make sure they are on the 1st slide on the LEFT
  • F. Anything you do on this slide will be repeated on ALL of the slides
  • G. Go to the Insert Tab and insert any clip art (do not make it too large)
  • H. Move the clip art to one of the corners (you want room to type words on your slide)
  • I. Go to the Design tab
  • J. Click on the Background Style button in the Background Group
  • K. Choose a background
  • L. You will be saving differently- WAIT for teacher
  • M. Go to the File tab
  • N. Choose Save as
  • O. Go to your lunch number
  • P. DIFFERENT PART !!!!! Please pay attention
  • Q. Go to the bottom Save As Type box and change to PowerPoint Template
  • R. Click on Save
  • S. You will see your new Design on your Design Tab
  • Step 6 Enter the Content
  • Step 7 Add and Format Graphics, Audio and Video
    @ All clip art needs to have picture styles or borders
  • Step 8 Add animation and transitions
    @ Animations create movement on the slide
    @ Transitions create movement BETWEEN slides, controls the speed of the presentation
  • Step 9 Practice
    @ Review spelling and grammar
    @ Thesaurus- finding similar words
  • Step 10 Revise as needed
    @ Create comments when working as a team

    Independent Exercise:

    @ Complete 10 Step Worksheet

    @ Candy Challenge 10 Steps

    If time: either worksheet in pairs or go over project rubric

    Closure Strategy
    Exit Activity #1  Purpose of Presentation
    A continuous loop is like our tv messages. It is a broadcast.
    Exit Activity #2:   10 steps of a presentation
    then play activity here http://www.quia.com/mc/2539313.html


    Exit Activity #3:  Ribbon Vocabulary words
    review words and definitions here http://quizlet.com/3089570/flashcards
    then play activity here http://quizlet.com/3089570/scatter

Wednesday, November 2nd- 8th Grade- Career Interest PowerPoint Project

Archdale-Trinity Middle School
Lesson Plan
Date: 11-02-2016


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

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- Employmentfolder- open 6.01 Employability skills
     
Lesson-Instructional Strategies and Procedures for Teacher and Students
(Detailed Plans Including Best Practices, Researched Based Strategies)
Guided Lesson:
@ Test on Friday, November 4th
     on Unit 6.01 Employability 


@ Miss W will explain the Career Interest PowerPoint Project

 Independent Exercise: 



-  Choose one of the 16 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.
  # The first six slides will follow the order of Tuesday's worksheet.
slide 1, job title, your name, and picture
slide 2, education needed
slide 3, growth outlook (if star- look on google)
slide 4 current workers (if star- look on google)
slide 5 entry salary
slide 6 job description from web site
slide 7 Why do you want this job?
slide 8 What are you going to do to be ready for this job?
  #  Find interesting pictures about that occupation and have one picture per slide with
      the proper citations unless you use clip aret.
  #  Save to your lunch number.


We talked about personal qualities and employability skills: 
 •Displays responsibility
•  Self-esteem and self confidence
•  Self-management
•  Integrity and Honesty
•  Cooperation
•  Follows directions
•  Initiative and self-motivation

Do you have self-motivation?   http://www.glencoe.com/qe/qe75.php?qi=1937


 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 absent on Tuesday: 


-  Fill in your worksheet for the following categories:
Occupation
Minimum
Education
Growth
Outlook
Current
Workers
Salary
Entry
Job Description
  You only need to write the first sentence in the job description blank.
  

If absent on Monday- 
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 Friday:
Skills/Interests Poster Assignment
http://wclassroom.blogspot.com/2016/10/friday-october-28-8th-grade.html?_sm_au_=iVVrLFFsDP8V7VZR

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