Objective: By the end of class, students will begin resume writing process in order to apply for employment.
DO NOW
Write down every job you have ever had, volunteer positions, academic achievements, hobbies, athletic achievement, special skills..
Direct Instruction
There are several websites you can use as a guide to create a resume, however, the following is a goo one for High School students.
resume builder for HS students
GOOGLE DOCS TEMPLATE
1. Think of at least three positive adjectives that describe you as a person. Write them down.
2. What is your goal and what skills do you have to achieve your goal?
Objective: By the end of class, students will create complete their WORKS CITED page, create in text citations and develop a thesis statement in order to learn rules of how to write a research paper in MLA format.
DO NOW
Write this down:
If your source has an author, write the author's last name and then page number in the in text citation. If no author, just write the title in quotation marks.
Example: Unfortunately, transgenders suffer financially as we. There is discrimination against transgenders in the traditional job market and therefore they have trouble obtaining or holding jobs that pay above cost of living expenses."The National Transgender Discrimination Survey (NTDS) found that 15 percent of respondents were living in severe poverty, making less than $10,000/year" ("Understanding the Transgender Community").
Direct Instruction
Create a thesis statement from your TOPIC. Include three major areas for your thesis.
Example Thesis Statement to my topic which is Transgenders and Social Issues:
Thesis Statement: Transgenders face many obstacles in today's society including job discrimination, bias and violence and barriers to healthcare.
Guided / Independent
Once you have a thesis, take a few minutes to read your sources and see if they contain information that you may use.
Choose one piece of your thesis and write a paragraph about it. Use ONE quote from one of your sources in this paragraph. Be sure to place the IN_TEXT citation by either following the quote with the author's last name in parentheses or the title of the article if there is no author (as I showed you in the "DO NOW" from today).
Check for understanding
Individual student checks during independent work.
Closure
REVIEW STEPS FOR CITING SOURCES.
Objective: By the end of class, students will learn how to research a topic and create a reference page in order to obtain skills necessary for future academic and employment requirements.
DO NOW
Write down these three sites in your notebooks:
To create citations
1. KNIGHT CITE - http://www.calvin.edu/library/knightcite/
2. EASYBIB - http://www.easybib.com/
A full guide to MLA formatting
3. MLA Format - https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/
DIRECT INSTRUCTION
Demonstration of research and how to use Easybib.com.
1. Topic = Transgender social issues
2. Google the topic
3. Read through some information on different sites.
4. Determine REPUTABLE sites which means the information is credible. These sites are often .org or .edu or .gov
5. When you find a good source of information, highlight the URL and open another tab and go to Easybib or Knightcite.
6. Make sure you click on "website" and MLA format.
7. Paste URL.
8. Hit "create citation."
9. Add in any additional information that Easybib asks for if possible. (in knightcite you will have already done that). Then hit create again and cut and paste citation onto a word doc titled "WORKS CITED."
10. Be sure each reference has a "hanging indentation" (when cut and pasting, sometimes the indentation disappears).
Guided / Independent
Your turn. Get your chrome book and give it a try. Choose a topic and find three good sources of information. On google docs, create a "WORKS CITED" page with the three citations that you created by using Knight cite or Easybib. Be sure they are in alphabetical order and have hanging indentations.
THEN:
For those of you working on resumes, think of any work experience you have had, volunteer experience, shop experience, any extracurricular activities in which you are involved, sports, clubs, etc. Write them all down on a google docs page under separate heading. Share with me.
Choose a topic to research.
Objective: By the end of class, students will review elements of various genres and be assessed cumulatively in order to prepare for the Keystone exam.
DO NOW
20 questions - 5 points each. Answers in your notebooks, on the walls or in your brains. We covered every single one of those questions / answers at some point during the semester.
Direct Instruction
Figurative language multiple choice practice.
Objective: By the end of class students will review characterization in order to prepare for the Keystone exam.
Do Now
What is the difference between DIRECT and INDIRECT characterization?
If you didn't complete the random multiple choice Keystone questions I handed out yesterday - do so now and turn in
Direct Instruction
Characterization
Guided / Independent
Baseball story (FICTION) - answer all questions on back
Practice elements of fiction handout
Check for Understanding
Review random multiple choice questions / answers and WHY.
Closure
Review figurative language and point of view.
Objective: By the end of class, students will review characterization and author's style in order to prepare for the Keystone exam.
DO NOW
Keystone book - page 239-241 - this is a quiz. 7 multiple choice questions - 5 points each. You do not have to do the constructed response.
Direct Instruction
Author's Style
Guided / Independent
Read directions to Style worksheet. Read carefully and answer questions on the back. Be sure to annotate each passage.
Complete random multiple choice questions on handout. You should be able to answer most of them without reading the passages. Only # 2 and # 12 are not possible without the passage.
Check for Understanding
Individual Student checks during independent work.
Closure
Review style and answers to classwork.
Characterization
