Friday, May 1, 2015

Dear Class:

 Thursday/ A day~


Presentation on how to dress and present yourself at the Mock Interview.

Continuation of finalizing resume draft and working on Final Project. 
The presentation will be 1/2 hour for dress.   Work on the below MyRoad.  Review your interview questions from 10 A and B you did earlier in FreeWrite!

See Monday/Tuesday's  agenda and follow the Final Resume Draft instructions.
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 Friday/ B  day~


Presentation on how to dress and present yourself at the Mock Interview.
FREEWRITE: not assigned. Instead work on--My Road Link
 MyRoad "Majors" Tree Worksheet (use Adobe Acrobat to fill in and upload!)

• PD 1: Complete page 1-2 of handout
• PD 2 & 4 Complete pages 2 & 4 of handout

Thursday, April 29, 2015

Dear Class:

 If your final resume draft is done and turned in or will be at the end of the class period, work on your freewrite and then final project slides (Link) - for Part 1: Who Am I?

Continuation of finalizing resume draft and working on Final Project

FREEWRITE:

•  Create a document called "Resume Definitions"
• List the 5 parts to a resume. 
•  Explain the importance of each part and what it shows the interviewer.
•  Explain "business language".  Share your answers with your partner.

      
ACTIVITIES: 







>>>>>     Practice Interview Introductions: smile, eye contact, introduce yourself (first and last name), give a firm hand shake; Closing: repeat S/EC/Thank you for seeing me today. I appreciated your ........

>>>>>     WORKING ON FINAL PROJECT-

• Read and follow the slide tutorial- extra credit is given to those using the storyboards for complex data and arrangement.
• Build your slides first with content. Add images at the end after you have finished adding content to all of the slides. 
• You should be able to create 2-4 slides per class period if you have done the work and do not seek images to add.     
• Use ONLY approved websites and sources for images when you add them. 

• MOCK INTERVIEWS- May 7 & 8. 
  You will need to have a passing resume to meet with a Business Partner. There are no scheduled make-ups for this assignment. If you miss the experience, you will need to request, schedule and complete  a make-up interview with one of our DD Administrators- Mr. Florez, Mr. Talley, Ms. Webster, Mr. Haner, Ms. Vancil by May 31.
• If you need clothing for the Mock Interview: 
  GO TO THE COUNSELING OFFICE NOW TO ACCESS THE SCHOOLS CELTIC HEART CLOSE CLOSET. It is a FREE service. 
• NEW!!!   DRESS FOR SUCCESS presentation- presented by Mrs. Brewer and Sanford of the College and Career Center-------- April 30th & May 1st.
• NEW!!!  
  Resume activities grading policy- Each assignment will be graded no more than twice- when it is due for the first grading and once after it has been revised/edited/completed and turned in for a final regrade.
•  Tuesday- Special Schedule- Dress Code
• Learning Target- #3  
  1. Students will explain each of the key parts to a resume,  their purpose and function.
   
• TBD   Quiz on Learning target #3 
  NOTE: If you achieve an A on this quiz and produce an A resume, you will be excused from this portion of the final quiz. 

Monday & Tuesday, April 27 & 28, 2015

Dear Class:

 If your final resume draft is done and turned in or will be at the end of the class period, work on your freewrite and then final project slides (Link) - for Part 1: Who Am I?

Continuation of finalizing resume draft and working on Final Project

FREEWRITE:

•  Create a document called "Resume Definitions"
• List the 5 parts to a resume. 
•  Explain the importance of each part and what it shows the interviewer.
•  Explain "business language".  Share your answers with your partner.

      
ACTIVITIES: 








>>>>>     Practice Interview Introductions: smile, eye contact, introduce yourself (first and last name), give a firm hand shake; Closing: repeat S/EC/Thank you for seeing me today. I appreciated your ........

>>>>>     WORKING ON FINAL PROJECT-

• Read and follow the slide tutorial- extra credit is given to those using the storyboards for complex data and arrangement.
• Build your slides first with content. Add images at the end after you have finished adding content to all of the slides. 
• You should be able to create 2-4 slides per class period if you have done the work and do not seek images to add.     
• Use ONLY approved websites and sources for images when you add them. 

• MOCK INTERVIEWS- May 7 & 8. 
  You will need to have a passing resume to meet with a Business Partner. There are no scheduled make-ups for this assignment. If you miss the experience, you will need to request, schedule and complete  a make-up interview with one of our DD Administrators- Mr. Florez, Mr. Talley, Ms. Webster, Mr. Haner, Ms. Vancil by May 31.
  
• If you need clothing for the Mock Interview: 
  GO TO THE COUNSELING OFFICE NOW TO ACCESS THE SCHOOLS CELTIC HEART CLOSE CLOSET. It is a FREE service. 
  
• NEW!!!   DRESS FOR SUCCESS presentation- presented by Mrs. Brewer and Sanford of the College and Career Center-------- April 30th & May 1st.
  
• NEW!!!  
  Resume activities grading policy- Each assignment will be graded no more than twice- when it is due for the first grading and once after it has been revised/edited/completed and turned in for a final regrade.
•  Tuesday- Special Schedule- Dress Code
• Learning Target- #3  
  1. Students will explain each of the key parts to a resume,  their purpose and function.
   
• TBD   Quiz on Learning target #3 
  NOTE: If you achieve an A on this quiz and produce an A resume, you will be excused from this portion of the final quiz. 

Thursday & Friday, April 23 & 24, 2015

Dear Class:

• MOCK INTERVIEWS- May 7 & 8. 
  You will need to have a passing resume to meet with a Business Partner. There are no scheduled make-ups for this assignment. If you miss the experience, you will need to request, schedule and complete  a make-up interview with one of our DD Administrators- Mr. Florez, Mr. Talley, Ms. Webster, Mr. Haner, Ms. Vancil by May 31.
• If you need clothing for the Mock Interview: 
  GO TO THE COUNSELING OFFICE NOW TO ACCESS THE SCHOOLS CELTIC HEART CLOSE CLOSET. It is a FREE service. 
• NEW!!!   DRESS FOR SUCCESS presentation- presented by Mrs. Brewer and Sanford of the College and Career Center-------- April 30th & May 1st.
• NEW!!!  
  Resume activities grading policy- Each assignment will be graded twice only- when it is due for the first grading and once after it has been revised/edited/completed and turned in for a final regrade. 
• Registering for CollegeNow credit for class.  Friday is the deadline!  If you had problems with registering, you need to get a hold of Mt. Hood Community College:  
    For those who wish to receive credit at Mt. Hood Community College, I will have about 10 minutes to sign up for the class.  The class is "HD110" and section "80".  For grade, use "LT".  You need to use an email address that is different than the schools since outside emails do not go to you.
  You will have to go to the Mt. Hood Community College to start the process.
  
  You will be pulled out of class on Tuesday and Wednesday, April 28th and April 29th.  You will be shaking hands, establish eye contact, introduce yourself, and smile!!!!!  I would like you to take a clean copy of a finished resume with you....

FREEWRITE:    Interview Questions 10a & b from freewrite continued for those who have not finished. 10 minutes.
ACTIVITIES: 

1. Download your resume from your Google Drive; copy the information from the Resume handouts using the Resume tutorial at the bottom of the site. 
2. When you think you are finished with the typing of your first resume draft, do the following:
   > Save the draft in the documents folder.
   >Reread each line and look for errors in spelling, capitalization, and punctuation.
   > Reread each line for clarity and verify the phrases make sense and are complete thoughts.
   > Run Spell and Grammar checker on the document.
   > Compare your resume to the resume example on slide 29 line for line. You are to follow the formatting of the template and example. 
3. Print a one-page copy of your resume and score it using the scoring guide. Ask your partner to score it after you make revisions. You can also do this on the computer.
4. > Partner assessment: Switch papers with your partner sitting next to you and correct each other's papers- check for spelling, capitalization, punctuation and following instructions. Fix errors your partner finds. 
5. SEE INSTRUCTIONS FOR FINAL PROJECT IN MONDAY'S AGENDA.

Wednesday, April 22, 2015

Dear Class:

• MOCK INTERVIEWS- May 7 & 8. 
  You will need to have a passing resume to meet with a Business Partner. There are no scheduled make-ups for this assignment. If you miss the experience, you will need to request, schedule and complete  a make-up interview with one of our DD Administrators- Mr. Florez, Mr. Talley, Ms. Webster, Mr. Haner, Ms. Vancil by May 31.
• If you need clothing for the Mock Interview: 
  GO TO THE COUNSELING OFFICE NOW TO ACCESS THE SCHOOLS CELTIC HEART CLOSE CLOSET. It is a FREE service. 
• NEW!!!   DRESS FOR SUCCESS presentation- presented by Mrs. Brewer and Sanford of the College and Career Center-------- April 30th & May 1st.
• NEW!!!  
  Resume activities grading policy- Each assignment will be graded twice only- when it is due for the first grading and once after it has been revised/edited/completed and turned in for a final regrade. 
• Registering for CollegeNow credit for class.  Friday is the deadline!  If you had problems with registering, you need to get a hold of Mt. Hood Community College:  
    For those who wish to receive credit at Mt. Hood Community College, I will have about 10 minutes to sign up for the class.  The class is "HD110" and section "80".  For grade, use "LT".  You need to use an email address that is different than the schools since outside emails do not go to you.
  You will have to go to the Mt. Hood Community College to start the process.
   

We have an opportunity today to have Mt. Hood Community College speaker come here and talk to you about College Possible.  Please have your monitors turned off and give them your full and undivided attention.  You represent DDHS...

Tuesday & Wednesday, April 21 & 22, 2015

Dear Class:

• MOCK INTERVIEWS- May 7 & 8. 
  You will need to have a passing resume to meet with a Business Partner. There are no scheduled make-ups for this assignment. If you miss the experience, you will need to request, schedule and complete  a make-up interview with one of our DD Administrators- Mr. Florez, Mr. Talley, Ms. Webster, Mr. Haner, Ms. Vancil by May 31.
  
• If you need clothing for the Mock Interview: 
  GO TO THE COUNSELING OFFICE NOW TO ACCESS THE SCHOOLS CELTIC HEART CLOSE CLOSET. It is a FREE service. 
  
• NEW!!!   DRESS FOR SUCCESS presentation- presented by Mrs. Brewer and Sanford of the College and Career Center-------- April 30th & May 1st.
  
• NEW!!!  
  Resume activities grading policy- Each assignment will be graded twice only- when it is due for the first grading and once after it has been revised/edited/completed and turned in for a final regrade.

We have an opportunity today to have Mt. Hood Community College speaker come here and talk to you about College Possible.  Please have your monitors turned off and give them your full and undivided attention.  You represent DDHS...

For the Freewrite today, please do Freewrite 10a.  Thanks!  We are moving into the interview portion of the class using our Resumes.   This will be the first 15 minutes of the class.

After that, I will handed out the "Resume Scoring Guide" and we went over the "Resume Scoring Guide".  You will finish your resume in the this class since the rough draft of it should be done by now.  You will put your name on the top of the "Resume Scoring Guide" and rate your resume according to the instructions on the guide as you complete a near final resume.   That resume must be uploaded by the end of the class for me to look at.  If not, I will dock a lot of points for failure to do so.

We will have a peer look at your resume next class to further "refine" your resume.  Without a near perfect resume, I will not allow you to interview.  We will be printing out your final rough draft so I can mark it up.

As stated before, you represent yourself, your teacher, your school, your community, and your parents at the mock interviews on May 7th and 8th.

Sincerely,
Mr. Green-Hite

Friday & Monday, April 17, 2015

Dear Class:

For the Freewrite today, please do Freewrite 10a.  Thanks!  We are moving into the interview portion of the class using our Resumes.   This will be the first 15 minutes of the class.

After that, I will hand out the "Resume Scoring Guide" and we go over the "Resume Scoring Guide".  You will finish your resume in the next 25 minutes since the rough draft of it should be done by now.  You will put your name on the top of the "Resume Scoring Guide" and rate your resume according to the instructions on the guide as you complete a near final resume.   That resume must be uploaded by the end of the class for me to look at.  If not, I will dock a lot of points for failure to do so.

We will have a peer look at your resume next class to further "refine" your resume.  Without a near perfect resume, I will not allow you to interview.  We will be printing out your final rough draft so I can mark it up.

As stated before, you represent yourself, your teacher, your school, your community, and your parents at the mock interviews on May 7th and 8th.

Sincerely,
Mr. Green-Hite

Week of April 13 through 16, 2015

Welcome to Week 4 of PR 2, April 13-17

• START EACH CLASS PERIOD ON TIME AND IN YOUR ASSIGNED SEAT.
  Read the new Tardy and Detention Policy
• Please—Go to the class website. Wait quietly for instructions, however...Take a few minutes to read the class agenda below.

                                                    ANNOUNCEMENTS: 

• MOCK INTERVIEWS- May 7 & 8. 
  You will need to have a passing resume to meet with a Business Partner. There are no scheduled make-ups for this assignment. If you miss the experience, you will need to request, schedule and complete  a make-up interview with one of our DD Administrators- Mr. Florez, Mr. Talley, Ms. Webster, Mr. Haner, Ms. Vancil by May 31.
• If you need clothing for the Mock Interview: 
  GO TO THE COUNSELING OFFICE NOW TO ACCESS THE SCHOOLS CELTIC HEART CLOSE CLOSET. It is a FREE service. 
• NEW!!!   DRESS FOR SUCCESS presentation- presented by Mrs. Brewer and Sanford of the College and Career Center-------- April 30th & May 1st.
• NEW!!!  
  Resume activities grading policy- Each assignment will be graded twice only- when it is due for the first grading and once after it has been revised/edited/completed and turned in for a final regrade. 

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Learning Targets:  Students will use personal experiences to generate a resume. Students will use business language to describe their work experience and skills

Vocabulary:  Business language— is wording that is written in the third person, uses action verbs to describe concrete and tangible abilities and accomplishments, and with no abbreviations. One-liners-- a sentence describing how you have already used the skills and abilities you plan to use in the job you chose for your objective.

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Monday/ B day & Tuesday/ A day  FREEWRITE:  #11 Read the article and respond to the questions and statements.      ACTIVITIES:  Generating data for your resume- Step 5: Skills and One-Liners YOU WILL NOT NEED YOUR COMPUTERS FOR THIS LESSON ACTIVITY. INSTRUCTIONS ARE ON THE HANDOUT.  See screen for examples.  Complete the handout with 6-9 one-liners started last class. 30 minutes. Group assessment: Score your one-liners in a small group.  Objective is to verify business language usage. Partner assessment: Switch papers with your partner sitting next to you and correct each other's papers- check for spelling, capitalization, punctuation and following instructions. Fix errors your partner finds.    For those who wish to receive credit at Mt. Hood Community College, I will have about 10 minutes to sign up for the class.  The class is "HD110" and section "80".  For grade, use "LT".  You need to use an email address that is different than the schools since outside emails do not go to you. You will have to go to the Mt. Hood Community College to start the process.     Create a Resume Powerpoint                       ONE-LINER HANDOUTS WILL BE TURNED IN AT THE END OF CLASS

Thursday & Friday, April 9 & 10, 2015

Dear Class:

Learning Targets: 

1. Students will know the key information necessary for an effective resume and why.
2. Students will be able to use personal experiences to generate a resume.

• NEW!!!   DRESS FOR SUCCESS presentation- presented by Mrs. Brewer and Sanford of the College and Career Center-------- April 30th & May 1st. 
• NEW!!!  
  Resume activities grading policy- Each assignment will be graded twice only- when it is due for the first grading and once after it has been revised/edited/completed and turned in for a final regrade.

  ACTIVITIES:

• YOU WILL NOT NEED YOUR COMPUTERS FOR THIS LESSON ACTIVITY.
  INSTRUCTIONS ARE ON THE HANDOUT.

1. DONE--Complete the Job Objective, Step 2 of the resume. They should have finished FW 9 to do this step. They can also catch up on their unfinished classwork- CIS Skills Worksheet, FW #9, and /or the Careers handout. The instructional tutorials are also at the bottom of the web page to follow. They will need to get their work from their folders for this. Folders are located in the bookcase to the left of my desk.
2. DONE--Complete the Education History handout (some of you  may already have this) to complete. 
3. Complete the Work History handout together in class (second handout).  Follow the instructions presented on your handout and as explained on the projected  Resume Tutorial 
4.  One-Liner Handout--Follow the instructions that are are on the sheet and what we go over in class.  I would like you to find an actual job (specifically the job you want to ultimately get) on the internet with a job description.  Copy these and view them as "one-liners".  Create a document entitled "Internet Job Description".
5. Take all of the above, put it in the resume template that you downloaded and then upload it when you complete the resume.
6. Work on any assignment not yet completed- The Venn diagram showing your skills from the CIS Summary, the skills for the job and the skills you have that match the job (See  CIS Skills Activity Instructions), your Careers handout from MyRoad exploration, FW's not completed, etc.  
7. We will be switching papers with your partner sitting next to you and correct each other's papers- check for spelling, capitalization, punctuation and following instructions. Fix errors your partner finds. 
                         HANDOUTS WILL BE TURNED IN AT THE END OF THE PERIOD. 

ACTIVITIES: 

Download the resume template and begin to substitute your data for the template text.
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Resume Packet: My Work History Worksheet
                              My Education Worksheet
                              Resume Template                                          My Skills and One-liners
                              Resume Scoring Guide

Tuesday & Wednesday, April 7 & 8, 2015

Dear Class:

Learning Targets: 

1. Students will know the key information necessary for an effective resume and why.
2. Students will be able to use personal experiences to generate a resume.

  ACTIVITIES:

• YOU WILL NOT NEED YOUR COMPUTERS FOR THIS LESSON ACTIVITY.
  INSTRUCTIONS ARE ON THE HANDOUT.

1. Complete the Job Objective, Step 2 of the resume. They should have finished FW 9 to do this step. They can also catch up on their unfinished classwork- CIS Skills Worksheet, FW #9, and /or the Careers handout. The instructional tutorials are also at the bottom of the web page to follow. They will need to get their work from their folders for this. Folders are located in the bookcase to the left of my desk.
2. Complete the Education History handout (some of you  may already have this) to complete. 
3. Complete the Work History handout together in class (second handout).  Follow the instructions presented on your handout and as explained on the projected  Resume Tutorial
4. Work on any assignment not yet completed- The Venn diagram showing your skills from the CIS Summary, the skills for the job and the skills you have that match the job (See  CIS Skills Activity Instructions), your Careers handout from MyRoad exploration, FW's not completed, etc.  
5. Switch papers with your partner sitting next to you and correct each other's papers- check for spelling, capitalization, punctuation and following instructions. Fix errors your partner finds. 
                         HANDOUTS WILL BE TURNED IN AT THE END OF THE PERIOD. 

ACTIVITIES: 

Download the resume template and begin to substitute your data for the template text.
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Resume Packet: My Work History Worksheet
                              My Education Worksheet
                              Resume Template                                          My Skills and One-liners
                              Resume Scoring Guide