Focus/Career is a tool used by the Kentucky Career center to match employers with qualified potential employees. By completing the resume creation process using this technology, students will learn the importance of “selling themselves” by highlighting skills and strengths.
At the end of this lesson, students will be able to:
Apply their understanding of language to the formation of a resume via Focus/Career. This technology assists them with resume-building and matches them with jobs in their area comparable to their skills and interests. They must also closely follow instructions in text in order to correctly complete each required field of the tool.
I will know that my lesson has been effective when my students can answer the following questions via discussion:
How do you log on to Focus/Career?
Why is it important to create a resume?
What is the importance of using synonyms in your resume?
Student Target
Student says, “I can use Focus/Career to build a resume to match my skills with jobs in my area.”
CCR Standards
Reading
Integrate and evaluate content presented in diverse media and formats, including visually and quantitatively, as well as in words. (Apply this standard to texts of appropriate complexity as outline by Standard 10.)
Speaking and Listening
Make strategic use of digital media and visual displays of data to express information and enhance understanding of presentations.
Lead CCR Level Specific Standards
Supporting CCR Level Specific Standards
Ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
With guidance and support, demonstrate understanding of word relationships and nuances in word meanings. a. Sort words into categories (e.g., colors, clothing) to gain a sense of the concepts the categories represent. b. Define words by category and by one or more key attributes (e.g., a duck is a bird that swims; a tiger is a large cat with stripes). c. Identify real-life connections between words and their use (e.g., note places at home that are cozy). d. Distinguish shades of meaning among verbs differing in manner (e.g., look, peek, glance, stare, glare, scowl) and adjectives differing in intensity (e.g., large, gigantic) by defining or choosing them or by acting out the meanings.
Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings. a. Interpret figurative language, including similes and metaphors, in context. b. Recognize and explain the meaning of common idioms, adages, and proverbs. c. Use the relationship between particular words (e.g., synonyms, antonyms, homographs) to better understand each of the words.
KYAE Employability Standards
E.2 Utilize workplace tools and technologies to communicate effectively (e.g., memos/e-mails, basic computer programs, phone systems).
E.5 Utilize resources responsibly.
E.9 Analyze self-performance to better understand strengths and areas for improvement.
