LEARN – DAY 8Construction Foundation Course

Week Two: Day 8 (Wednesday)First and Second Hours (7:30 – 9:30) - 1

• Check-in: Shake hands. Remind students: binders, seating. Start class.

• Review the day: Review the day’s activities from the list on the board or chart paper.

• Binder check: This can be done at any time during the day.

Week Two: Day 8 (Wednesday)First and Second Hours (7:30 – 9:30) - 2

120 minutes

• These are your last two hours on applications, resume, and cover letter. By the end, students need to have final, edited, good-as-possible copies of all 3 items completed in their Foundation Course binder. Plan a stretch break, as needed.

• Circulate, monitor, assist students, refer them to the rubric, and remind them of the time.

Job Search Skills 2

Week Two: Day 8 (Wednesday)Third and Fourth Hours (9:40 – 11:30) - 1

60 minutes

• In this hour, you’ll cover Job Skills 3: job survival, workers’ rights and responsibilities, and apprenticeships. Adjust your normal materials/approaches for this section to fit in the allotted time. For apprenticeships, you need to mention how apprenticeships work in the construction industry.

• Since workers’ rights and responsibilities is not always the most exciting topic for students, you might want to try covering this through a learning strategy called Jigsaw.

• Link to the Jigsaw strategy to learn how to effectively conduct a Jigsaw activity.

Job Search Skills 3

Week Two: Day 8 (Wednesday)Third and Fourth Hours (9:40 – 11:30) - 2

•  Jigsaw is an approach to learning material that allows for students to become experts and teachers of one part or sub-topic of the material and listeners/learners for the rest. See the full explanation in Appendix A.

• Print a class set, and divide the “Workers’ Rights and Responsibilities” document available in Part II – Chapter 5 Resources into equal parts so that each Work Team has one part. Give the Work Teams 15-20 minutes (depending on length) to read their section, agree on the main points, and write on the white board or chart paper the 3-4 most important ideas or facts in their section. Then, in order, the spokesperson for each Work Team explains those items while students complete an AO.

• Stretch Break

Job Search Skills 3, continued.

Week Two: Day 8 (Wednesday)Third and Fourth Hours (9:40 – 11:30) - 3

60 minutes

• Today, students begin with a review of their preparation to date and then write their thank-you letter. They will practice for their interview tomorrow.

• Reviewing preparation to date: Have students meet in Work Teams to review each other’s checklist answers, particularly the answers to the questions in items #5-9. The idea is to have everyone help get each person’s answers as clear and relevant as possible.

Interview Assignment

Week Two: Day 8 (Wednesday)Third and Fourth Hours (9:40 – 11:30) - 5

• Writing the thank-you letter:

1. Explain the purpose of the thank-you letter.

2. Give students a copy of the thank-you letter rubric and review each part of the rubric with the whole group.

3. Have students meet with their Pair-Share partners to write their thank-you letter draft and edit it for grammar, organization, and clarity, using the rubric.

4. Have students meet as Work Teams to review each other’s drafts and make suggestions.

5. Then each student writes the final draft of their thank-you letter and places it in the binder.

Interview Thank You Letter

Week Two: Day 8 (Wednesday)Third and Fourth Hours (9:40 – 11:30) - 6

5 minutes

• Reflection

• Out the door. Model Notes, Reflection, binders on the shelf, shake hands.

• Questions for Week 2 Quiz: Choose two areas from today’s presentations and activities. Create 3 multiple choice questions, like those shown for Day 1, that focus on the most important information in those areas.

Week Two: Day 8 (Wednesday)AFTER HOURS

• Work Team assignment (approximately 1 hour). Teams will carry out their work plan for the CSS assignment. They also will review for the Week 2 quiz tomorrow.

• Open Computer Lab

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