Lesson Plan:Career Portfolio

Subject : English-Language Arts
Grade : Eleventh & Twelfth
Strand : Writing
Substrand 1.0 : Writing Strategies

Students write coherent and focused texts that convey a well-defined perspective and tightly reasoned argument. The writing demonstrates students’ awareness of the audience and purpose and progression through the stages of the writing process.

Concept : Research and Technology

Standard:

1.6

Develop presentations by using clear research questions and creative and critical research strategies (e.g., field studies, oral histories, interviews, experiments, electronic sources).

Concept : Evaluation and Revision

Standard:

1.9

Revise text to highlight the individual voice, improve sentence variety and style, and enhance subtlety of meaning and tone in ways that are consistent with the purpose, audience, and genre.

Substrand 2.0 : Writing Applications (Genres and Their Characteristics)

Students combine the rhetorical strategies of narration, exposition, persuasion, and description to produce texts of at least 1,500 words each. Student writing demonstrates a command of standard American English and the research, organizational, and drafting strategies outlined in Writing Standard 1.0.

Standard:

2.5a

Write job applications and resumés that provide clear and purposeful information and address the intended audience appropriately.

Standard:

2.6b

Deliver multimedia presentations that select an appropriate medium for each element of the presentation.

Standard:

2.6c

Deliver multimedia presentations that use the selected media skillfully, editing appropriately and monitoring for quality.

Strand : Written & Oral Conventions
Substrand 1.0 : Written and Oral English Language Conventions

Students write and speak with a command of standard English conventions.

Standard:

1.1

Demonstrate control of grammar, diction, and paragraph and sentence structure and an understanding of English usage.

Standard:

1.2

Produce legible work that shows accurate spelling and correct punctuation and capitalization.

Standard:

1.3

Reflect appropriate manuscript requirements in writing.

Strand : Listening and Speaking
Substrand 2.0 : Speaking Applications (Genres and Their Characteristics)

Students deliver polished formal and extemporaneous presentations that combine traditional rhetorical strategies of narration, exposition, persuasion, and description. Student speaking demonstrates a command of standard American English and the organizational and delivery strategies outlined in Listening and Speaking Standard 1.0.

Standard:

2.4b

Deliver multimedia presentations that select an appropriate medium for each element of the presentation.

Other Standard

Career Preparation

Challenge Standards
Career Preparation

Standard 1: The World of Work

Students understand the variety of opportunities available in the world of work: the workplace environment, the benefits, the employment opportunities, and the educational skills and knowledge required for various career groups related to specific industries. They will explore careers within at least two career groups and report on the one that they find most interesting.

Standard 4: Skills, Abilities and Interests, and Career Connections

Students understand that each career has skills, abilities, and interests peculiar to that career group, such as working alone or in a group, with people, paper, equipment or machinery, or in high stress or low stress environments. They will match their own skills, abilities, and interests to a variety of careers and determine several that interest them the most.

Web Resources
The Career Key (www.careerkey.org)

Are you a team player? (content.monster.com)

Introvert or Extrovert--Your Perfect Career Type (content.monster.com)

Kingdomality (www.cmi-lmi.com)

Pathways to the World of Careers (www.stc-clearinghouse.com)

Work Interest* (www.myfuture.com)

Choosing a Career (www.careersonline.com.au)

Careers Online (www.careersonline.com.au)

America's Career Infonet (www.acinet.org)

Resume Builder (www.myfuture.com)

Career Choices WebQuest (www.dwbcenter.org)

Chico High School Career Webpage (dewey.chs.chico.k12.ca.us)