RLA Lessons

Lesson Purpose

The ability to read and assess job descriptions is essential in pursuing a career pathway.  Explicitly communicate to students that knowledge of a job/career informs the choices that will impact their futures.

Lesson Objectives

Students will read about career opportunities in IT to determine key details relating to educational requirements and available resources to pursue their chosen pathways.

Student Target

“I can determine my IT career path and any educational needs I will require in order to pursue it.”

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 2

  Write informative/explanatory texts to examine and convey complex ideas and information clearly and accurately through the effective selection, organization, and analysis of content.
  

Lead CCR Level Specific Standards

Reading Anchor 1: Level C

• RI/RL.4.1

  Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.

• RI/RL.5.1

  Quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.

Writing Anchor 2: Level C

• W.4.2

  Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly. 

   a. Introduce a topic clearly and group related information in paragraphs and sections; include formatting (e.g., headings), illustrations, and multimedia when useful to aiding comprehension.

  b. Develop the topic with facts, definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples related to the topic.
  

  c. Link ideas within categories of information using words and phrases (e.g., another, for example, also, because).
  

  d. Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic.
  

  e. Provide a concluding statement or section related to the information or explanation presented.

Supporting CCR Level Specific Standards

KYAE Employability Standards