Friday & Monday, April 7 & 10, 2017

Dear Class:

Learning Targets:
​Students will --​

1. Know the five parts to a resume- personal information, job objective, education, work history and skills. 
2. Know how to structure an effective resume.
3. Be able to describe skills and abilities in business language.

​Business Language — formal writing that objective, succinct and specific

Business Language resume writing — describes abilities and accomplishments as specific, measurable and concrete experiences, starts with an action verb, avoids slang and personal wording ( No "I" statements.)

     Activities:
​     Students, you will complete the following today:

1.  DONE!    RESUME BUILDING: Writing One-liners for your skills. See Resume tutorial
2.        Choose 3 skills from your CIS Skills Summary then complete the handout.
3. Swap with another student; have them look at it!
4. Bring it up to me to look at and make suggestions.

2.  Job Objective:  Write it according to the Resume Tutorial  Please include the Career Learning Area and the job position you chose in the "CAREER" document.  Create a doc called "Job Objective" and put it there.  You may have to "dumb it down" if your career to too excelled.  Example:  Registered Nurse would be a Nurses Assistant.

3.  Final Resume Building:  An example is on the Resume Tutorial.  You will be handed back your "My Education", "My Work History", and "One-Liners".  Please go to the link below "Resume Template" and download the Resume.  You will put in the information you have on the above sheets in.  At the end of the class, please save to desktop and then upload to your drive.  Delete the version on the desktop.

• Job Objective — Slides 18-19
• Education —Slides 20-21
• Work History — Slides 22-23
• Skills and One-Liners— Slides 24-28

4.  Continue with the Final Project "Who am I":  When working on the final project, refer to the slide tutorial in the link. LINK: FINAL PROJECT 2016-17
Create slides.. Finish photoshopped picture and insert in first slide.

     Misc:  Work on final project- fix headings, font layout, graphics
     Update Education Plan from last year in Digital Literacy

 Resume Packet: My Work History Worksheet &
                              My Education Worksheet
                              Resume Template   
                              CIS Skills Worksheet Revised
                              My Skills and One-liners/Resume 

​

Wednesday & Thursday, April 5 & 6, 2017

Dear Class:

Learning Targets:
​Students will --​

1. Know the five parts to a resume- personal information, job objective, education, work history and skills. 
2. Know how to structure an effective resume.
3. Be able to describe skills and abilities in business language.

​Business Language — formal writing that objective, succinct and specific

Business Language resume writing — describes abilities and accomplishments as specific, measurable and concrete experiences, starts with an action verb, avoids slang and personal wording ( No "I" statements.)

     Activities:
​     Students, you will complete the following today:

1.        RESUME BUILDING: Writing One-liners for your skills. See Resume tutorial
2.        Choose 3 skills from your CIS Skills Summary then complete the handout.
3. Swap with another student; have them look at it!
4. Bring it up to me to look at and make suggestions.

2.  Job Objective:  Write it according to the Resume Tutorial  Please include the Career Learning Area and the job position you chose in the "CAREER" document.  Create a doc called "Job Objective" and put it there.  You may have to "dumb it down" if your career to too excelled.  Example:  Registered Nurse would be a Nurses Assistant.

3.  Continue with the Final Project "Who am I":  When working on the final project, refer to the slide tutorial in the link. LINK: FINAL PROJECT 2016-17
Create slides.. Finish photoshopped picture and insert in first slide.

     Misc:  Work on final project- fix headings, font layout, graphics
     Update Education Plan from last year in Digital Literacy

 Resume Packet: My Work History Worksheet &
                              My Education Worksheet
                              Resume Template   
                              CIS Skills Worksheet Revised
                              My Skills and One-liners/Resume 

​

Monday & Tuesday, April 3 & 4, 2017

Dear Class:

Learning Targets:
​Students will --​

1. Know the five parts to a resume- personal information, job objective, education, work history and skills. 
2. Know how to structure an effective resume.
3. Be able to describe skills and abilities in business language.

​Business Language — formal writing that objective, succinct and specific

Business Language resume writing — describes abilities and accomplishments as specific, measurable and concrete experiences, starts with an action verb, avoids slang and personal wording ( No "I" statements.)

FreeWrites/Warm-Up

       Read article: Which Type of Resume is Right for You?
        Respond to these statements in complete sentences:

• List and explain the pros and cons of each type of resume.
• In the section about “Essential Parts of Any Resume”, the writer states 3 of the five key elements we learned about last class. Which two were not mentioned in this section? 
• What other (three)  things does the article state should be in your  resume? 
• Which of these statements best describes office work as an accomplishment rather than a daily task?
  a) Filed paperwork in alphabetical order
  b) Organized and prioritized documents to facilitate access and storage.
  c) Established a filing system that prioritized documents and facilitated record keeping. 

     Activities:
​     Students, you will work on the following today:

1.        RESUME BUILDING: Writing One-liners for your skills. See Resume tutorial
2.        Choose 3 skills from your CIS Skills Summary then complete the handout.

1. UP NEXT....  Writing in business language for the resume.

2.  Continue with the Final Project "Who am I":  When working on the final project, refer to the slide tutorial in the link. LINK: FINAL PROJECT 2016-17
Create slides.. Finish photoshopped picture and insert in first slide.

     Misc:  Work on final project- fix headings, font layout, graphics
     Update Education Plan from last year in Digital Literacy

 Resume Packet: My Work History Worksheet &
                              My Education Worksheet
                              Resume Template   
                              CIS Skills Worksheet Revised
                              My Skills and One-liners/Resume 

​

Friday, March 24, 2017

Dear Class:

Learning Targets:
​Students will --​

1.       Identify work and education experience that is related to work world.

2.       ​Identify one strong career potential as your resume objective based upon your research.

3.       Know the five parts to a resume- personal information, job objective, education, work history and skills. 

Know career terms: job, occupation, cluster career, career learning areas

Career Vocabulary:

​JOB — A unique work situation or position, paid or unpaid. Activities performed on a regular basis in exchange for payment.

OCCUPATION — A group of related jobs that have similar duties, levels of responsibility, skills, knowledge, and physical demands. CIS uses about 600 occupational titles to describe the labor market.

CLUSTER — A way to group occupations by some common feature. Oregon uses 23 clusters to group occupations into five broad categories called Career Learning Areas.
​Career Learning Areas can help you focus on skills and knowledge related to your career goals and education plans.

CAREER — The combination of learning and work that a person pursues during his or her life.

1.  Catch up--

2.  Start the Final Project "Who am I":  When working on the final project, refer to the slide tutorial in the link. LINK: FINAL PROJECT 2016-17
Create slides.. Finish photoshopped picture and insert in first slide.

Wednesday & Thursday, March 22 & 23, 2017

Dear Class:

Learning Targets:
​Students will --​

1.       Identify work and education experience that is related to work world.

2.       ​Identify one strong career potential as your resume objective based upon your research.

3.       Know the five parts to a resume- personal information, job objective, education, work history and skills. 

Know career terms: job, occupation, cluster career, career learning areas

Career Vocabulary:

​JOB — A unique work situation or position, paid or unpaid. Activities performed on a regular basis in exchange for payment.

OCCUPATION — A group of related jobs that have similar duties, levels of responsibility, skills, knowledge, and physical demands. CIS uses about 600 occupational titles to describe the labor market.

CLUSTER — A way to group occupations by some common feature. Oregon uses 23 clusters to group occupations into five broad categories called Career Learning Areas.
​Career Learning Areas can help you focus on skills and knowledge related to your career goals and education plans.

CAREER — The combination of learning and work that a person pursues during his or her life.

1.  Freewrite #12  "How to Write A Resume"  LINK


2.  Start the Final Project "Who am I":  When working on the final project, refer to the slide tutorial in the link. LINK: FINAL PROJECT 2016-17
Create slides.. Finish photoshopped picture and insert in first slide.

Monday & Tuesday, March 20 & 21, 2017

Dear Class:

Learning Targets:
​Students will --​

1.       Identify work and education experience that is related to work world.

2.       ​Identify one strong career potential as your resume objective based upon your research.

3.       Know the five parts to a resume- personal information, job objective, education, work history and skills. 

Know career terms: job, occupation, cluster career, career learning areas

Career Vocabulary:

​JOB — A unique work situation or position, paid or unpaid. Activities performed on a regular basis in exchange for payment.

OCCUPATION — A group of related jobs that have similar duties, levels of responsibility, skills, knowledge, and physical demands. CIS uses about 600 occupational titles to describe the labor market.

CLUSTER — A way to group occupations by some common feature. Oregon uses 23 clusters to group occupations into five broad categories called Career Learning Areas.
​Career Learning Areas can help you focus on skills and knowledge related to your career goals and education plans.

CAREER — The combination of learning and work that a person pursues during his or her life.

1.  Freewrite #11  Resume Writing for Teens:  Link

2.   Watch "10 Commandments of Resumes"  35 minutes.  Create a document called "10 Commandments of Resumes.  What are the 10 commandments and are they easy to understand?

3.  Fun type of Resume:  Resume
     Don't be cute resumes Resume

4.  Resume Bloopers

5.  Start the Final Project "Who am I":  When working on the final project, refer to the slide tutorial in the link. LINK: FINAL PROJECT 2016-17

Thursday & Friday, March 16 & 17, 2017

Dear Class:

Learning Targets:
​Students will --​

1.       Identify work and education experience that is related to work world.

2.       ​Identify one strong career potential as your resume objective based upon your research.

3.       Know the five parts to a resume- personal information, job objective, education, work history and skills. 

Know career terms: job, occupation, cluster career, career learning areas

Career Vocabulary:

​JOB — A unique work situation or position, paid or unpaid. Activities performed on a regular basis in exchange for payment.

OCCUPATION — A group of related jobs that have similar duties, levels of responsibility, skills, knowledge, and physical demands. CIS uses about 600 occupational titles to describe the labor market.

CLUSTER — A way to group occupations by some common feature. Oregon uses 23 clusters to group occupations into five broad categories called Career Learning Areas.
​Career Learning Areas can help you focus on skills and knowledge related to your career goals and education plans.

CAREER — The combination of learning and work that a person pursues during his or her life.

1.  Freewrite #10 on your own at the following link:  Thoughts for the day

     Put the Assignment in your Freewrite document  12 minutes


2.   Watch "10 Commandments of Resumes"  35 minutes
 
3..  You will finish the part of  Resume Workbook below that you worked on last class
     You will answer:  Pages 3-6  "Uncover Your Skills, Abilities, and Special Talents"

4.  DO THIS IF YOU FINISH EARLY:  work on any incomplete work first, then your final project. When working on the final project, refer to the slide tutorial in the link. LINK: FINAL PROJECT 2016-17