Career Clusters

Lesson Purpose

Students will learn the various ways they can interact professionally in the workplace and identify an area that needs improvement.

Lesson Objectives

At the end of this lesson, students will be able to show the correct use of the key vocabulary, answer questions from a reading passage, supporting those answers with evidence from the text or passage, create a resume and cover letter, and then demonstrate professionalism in a mock interview.

Student Target

I can develop a resume and cover letter to use in a mock interview.

CCR Standards

Reading

• Reading Anchor 1

  Read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence when writing or speaking to support conclusions drawn from the text. (Apply this standard to texts of appropriate complexity as outlined by Standard 10.)

Writing

• Writing Anchor 4

  Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.
  

Lead CCR Level Specific Standards

Reading Anchor 1: Level D

• RI/RL.7.1

  Cite several pieces of textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text. 

Writing Anchor 4: Level D

• W/WHST.6-8.4

  Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.

Supporting CCR Level Specific Standards

KYAE Employability Standards

• E.1

  E.1 Effectively contribute to a team through cooperation, leadership, and giving and accepting critical feedback to work toward a common goal.

• E.8

  E.8 Interact with others in a professional manner.

• E.9

  E.9 Analyze self-performance to better understand strengths and areas for improvement.