Friday, October 18, 2024

Friday, October 18, 2024

Vocabulary Quiz: Character Development, motif, exposition, dramatic irony 

Reading: 

Circle: What specifically are you listening to right now? Open up your phone.

Activity: Minimum wage is 15hr.  2. How much is your labor worth right now? 4.What are your current skills that make you more valuable than 15hr?   3.Why do people pursue college and careers?

Career and College Fair Tuesday: Go over assignment.  What is a career you are considering and what kind of training would you need?

Activity: Myers-Briggs...Carnac

Truity  Create list of possible careers that interest you from the list.  What kind of education or training would you need to get the job?  You will present at your table and then tables will report out on the most interesting job you heard about and what it takes to get it.

Career Unit: Career Exploration

Learning Target: I can use internet resources to discover career possibilities and a explore specific career option.
1) Got to Truity.com find your MB type, then search career possibilities.
2) Log the Occupational Handbook or Ferguson's Career Center
3) Spend 5 minutes free clicking to see the types of information there is.
4) Explore your career, taking notes. (15 minutes)
5) Report out

College Search

Today we will explore how to search for colleges and understand what you are looking for.

1) Go to Big Futures

2) We will show you how the site works

3) On your own, find a school that might work for you

4) Take notes on that school

5) Report out at your table

6) Cold call report out.

What is college and career fair?  

College/Career Loom Presentation

Learning Target: I can use presentation technology to organize and present information.

1) Create a new Google slide show with four slides: introduction, college selection, career selection, conclusion.

2) The content of the slides is up to you and what you found interesting about the college/career

3) Create a Loom 1-2 minute Loom video to present the slideshow.

     Loom steps: a) log into Loom using google account; b) install Chrome extension (Chromebook) OR download app (Mac); c) record!

For Tuesday: You will be visiting at least 3 different colleges/career and introducing yourself with a handshake. How did you do?  How did the other person do?  For Wednesday you will need to have the name of the organization, the name of the person you spoke to, what the organization is known for, and one fact you learned about it.

Handshake:  How do you do it?

Cast Away and notes