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ADULT ESOL LESSON PLAN--Level 3--Obtaining Employment
Students, while reviewing an extensive list of vocabulary terms on the board, examine various resources (family, friends, colleagues, etc.) to identify job opportunities/simply acquiring about a job. In addition, they review common job...
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Careers and Employment Expo/Careers Market - Student Questionnaire
In this career investigation worksheet, students complete a questionnaire to be used when visiting a career fair. They list two occupations and compare them using 20 questions about personal qualities, education needed, and physical...
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Cruise the News
Students utilize newspapers as a resource to complete various tasks. They read articles, write summaries, investigate the classified section, write commercials, and circle spelling words.
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I Need Money...I Need a Job
Students discover how to use a phone book and the want ads to find a job, how to fill out a job application, and how to write/type a resume. They participate in a mock job interview.
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Large & In Charge
In this career worksheet, students create a checklist of skills or traits that they want each of their new employees to have. Then they identify which traits are the most important and if they have those particular skills or traits.
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The New Entrepreneurs: Americans Over 50
Students explore the concept of entrepreneurship. In this entrepreneurship lesson, students read an article about how Americans over 50 make up a majority of entrepreneurs. Students discuss why there is an increase in self-employment for...
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Who Works for Nonprofits?
Students identify jobs in the nonprofit sector. In this career education lesson, students use the Internet to research nonprofit jobs in their community. Students complete a resume for employment at a nonprofit organization.
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Where There's Smoke, There's Fire
Students explore impact of smoking in workplaces. In this health awareness lesson, students act as owners and managers of different types of business locations. They develop smoking policies and defend them by responding to students...
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Open for Business: Get Ready for HS Internships
Twelfth graders at the Institute for Collaborative Education, a small 6-12th grade NYC public school go on internships during their final 2 cycles (February - June) in High School. The Senior Interns work four days a week in real world...
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Helping the Adolescent Cope with Family Life
Students are introduced to the proper ways to deal with conflict at home. In groups, they define family based on what it means to them and identify factors that lead to a breakdown in communications. They participate in role-playing...
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Industrialization of the American Landscape
Students summarize the three sectors of industry and how these sectors applied to the Industrial Revolution. Students apply their skills in research and note-taking, as well as vocabulary building through web organizers. Students...
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WWI and Twenties & Thirties
Students study economics and timelines of events to understand changes in America. In this Twenties and Thirties lesson, students navigate Internet sites to research famous reformers. Students recognize the economic changes through...
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Employer - Employee Expectations
Students role play for job expectations. In this job planning lesson plan, students work in groups to write a help wanted ad. They discuss the expectations of the employer and the employee.
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Hire the Best
Students study how education increases earning power. They examine resumes and applications and use them to select an appropriate job candidate.
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Breaking News English: Hangover Cures Do Not Work
In this English worksheet, students read "Hangover Cures Do Not Work," and then respond to 1 graphic organizer, 47 fill in the blank, 7 short answer, 20 matching, and 8 true or false questions about the selection.
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What I Want to Be
Students draw pictures of what they might like to be when they grow up. They discuss their reasons for choosing that career and what they might need to do that job.
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To Be or Not to Be...Employed
Twelfth graders brainstorm barriers to employment and role-play examples of them. They search the classified sections of newspapers for jobs that could have barriers to employment. They discuss how to overcome these barriers.
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Who Works for Nonprofits?
Learners explore career opportunities in the nonprofit sector. In this character development and career lesson plan, students identify job opportunities in a nonprofit organization and research the necessary skills needed for these...
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Workers and the Work They Do
Students view various work-related magazine pictures, choose picture randomly from stack, pantomime worker shown in picture, and answer yes or no to questions asked by classmates as they try to identify type of worker student is...
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Thinking About the World of Work
Young scholars explore the laws and protections afforded to adolescent workers. They analyze two case studies, create KWL charts, participate in class discussions and write entries in a thinking log to record their reflections.
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My Favorite Birthday
Students collect and organize data from classmates, display data on simple chart, and plan class birthday party.
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Semicolons
In this semicolons worksheet, students practice their punctuation skills by completing 3 activities that use semicolons. Students complete 9 sentences.
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Reading: Job Opening- Legal Assistant
For this reading comprehension worksheet, students practice their reading skills. Students read a passage and answer eleven questions about what they just read.
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Job Fair
Students develop job interviewing skills by using role play.They practice interviewing in English. The instructional activity targets second language learners. The activity is ideal because the role playing allows for scaffolding and...