Class Curriculum from Other Adult Schools

Here are some great, pre-made lesson plans per level made from other adult schools! 

• Miracosta Employ Adv 33.0615_2009
• Miracosta Employ Beg.33.0615_2009
• Miracosta Employ Int.33.0615_2009
• San Diego Community Colege int_low_-adv
• San Diego Community College beginning_high
• San Diego Community College beginning_low
• San Diego Community College intermediate_high-advanced
• San Diego Community College intermediate_low

Here are some links to other adult school materials on this unit, but be forewarned some are overwhelming:

• Catalina Adult School: http://www.tinkerbellchime.com/
• Fremont Adult School: http://www.fremont.k12.ca.us/Page/18391
• Mount San Antonio College:  http://elcivics33.pbworks.com/w/page/15820076/FrontPage (refer to the navigator on the right hand side of page)

PRACTICE MATERIALS: RESUME PRACTICE

Sample resumes:

http://jobsearch.about.com/od/sampleresumes/a/sampleresume2.htm (this site has the motherload)

https://www.pinterest.com/explore/resume-templates/

 

For Fun – Links to Resume Bloopers

https://jobmob.co.il/blog/funniest-resume-mistakes/

http://career-advice.monster.com/resumes-cover-letters/resume-writing-tips/resume-bloopers/article.aspx

http://www.ahajokes.com/off09.html

 

Video resources:

Here are some sample resumes and other docs to use:

• What is a résumé
• Resume Action Verbs
• components of a resume
• Good_CV_Bad_CV
• Adjective List for Resume
• Carl Furman – no education
• construction-laborer-resume
• Donna Carpenter
• Jennifer Scott
• sample-resume-chrono

Practice Materials: Job Applications

There are some great resources on Job Applications in your Future and Stand Out class textbooks.

Here are some videos your students can watch:

Here are some additional resources:

• Vocabulary_list_Week_1_Employment_rev
• DC_Hourly_Application
• Employment_Application (1)
• Goodwill-Employment-Application
• High_Beginning_Vocabulary_pictures_week_1
• Panera_20Application0001
• Stand Out 3 Unit 6, Worksheet 6
• Stand Out 3 Unit 6, Worksheet 7
• subway-job-application

Practice Materials: Fake bios for Task 2 practice

Here are some fake bios for you to use to practice the resume or job application (THIS IS NOT THE ACTUAL EL CIVICS TASK!):

• Employment_Story_Application_Practice_1
• Employment_Story_Application_Practice_2
• Mao_Thao_s_Story-_beg._practice
• Mao_Thao_s_Story_Int-adv_practice
• Maria_Rodarte_s_Story-_b
• Maria_Rodarte_s_Story-_beg._assessment
• Maria_Rodarte_s_story_Int-Adv_assessment

Practice Material: Occupations/Job Titles

There are some great materials on job titles in your Stand Out and Future class sets.

Here are some videos your students can watch:

Here are some additional resources for you to use:

• Stand Out 3 Unit 6, Worksheet 1
• English in Action Level 1_Unit 13_Occupations
• English In Action_ Occupations
• English in Action_Airport Jobs
• Foundations_Occupations
• Occupation._worksheet
• Occupation._worksheet._beg._low
• Occupation.workplace
• Oxford Picture Dictionary Pages on Occupations and Skills

Practice Materials: Job Duties and Skills

Remember, your Stand Out and Future textbooks have great resources in this area!

Here are a few additional resources:

• Occupation.label_occupation_and_duties
• can_can_t.jobs_and_duties.revised
• Job Skills & Abilities _Stand Out_U7_L3

Practice Materials: Vocabulary

Remember, your Stand Out and Future textbooks have great resources in this area!

Vocabulary – not a complete list!

• Careers/types of jobs (teacher, police officer, construction worker, CEO, etc)
• Experience
• Pay/wage/salary
• Flexible
• DOE (depending on experience)
• Available
• Per hour
• Appt
• Ref (references)
• Pt/ft (part time full time)
• Wknd (weekend)
• Networking
• Previous
• AM/PM
  minimum wage
• At will
• Utilize
• Objective
• Felony
• Conviction
• Skills/qualifications
• Mandatory

Here are some additional Vocabulary materials for this unit:

• task1_handout3 Job Voc. Chart
• Job Vocabulary _Stand Out _Unit_7_Worksheet_03
• Side by Side 4 Job quiz
• task1_handout1 Job Voc.
• Abbreviations

Practice Materials: Job Ads

There are some great resources in your Future and Stand Out class sets.

Here are some websites where your students can look for jobs online: 

• http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sfc/
• http://www.indeed.com/
• (then there’s always career specific sites like www.edjoin.org, http://www.idealist.org/, etc)

Here are some supplemental resources for you to use to pre-teach Task 1 on charting Job Applications.

• Stand Out Level 4 U6 L2 Wrksht A (Low)
• Stand Out Unit 6, Worksheet 3
• Torrance Adult School Job Board
• Torrance Adult School Job Ad Practice
• Torrance Adult School Reading Classified Ads pg 1
• Torrance Adult School Reading Classified Ads pg 2