Resume Writing Lesson Plan



Resume Writing Lesson Plan

|Topic: Writing a resume |Grade Range: 11th and 12th grade resource |Time Frame: 2 class periods |

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|Common Core Standards: (Domain, Standard, Cluster) |

|College and Career Readiness Anchor Standards for Language: |

|Conventions of Standard English: |

|Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, |

|punctuation, and spelling when writing. Grade 8 |

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|Learning Objective/Outcome: Upon completion, students will be able to write a resume showing their skills, experiences and |

|education that they can use when applying for a job a scholarship or college. |

|Key Vocabulary: chronological resume,|Materials: Sample resumes (good and bad), computer, text book-AGS Career Planning, resume |

|functional resume, career objective, |worksheet or questionnaire. |

|reference, active voice, extra | |

|curricular, work experience, course |Website for worksheets, templates, and more action verbs: |

|of study, specialized skills, | |

|supervisor, qualifications, relevant | |

| |Websites for sample resumes (good and bad): |

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|Higher Order Questions: |

|What is a resume? |

|What information is included in a resume? |

|Why do I need a resume? |

|Lesson Activities: |

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|Building Background/Motivation: These students are quickly approaching graduation and both need and want to find a job and make |

|money. An accurate and functional resume will help them reach that goal. Prior to this lesson students have already been taught |

|and practiced filling out a job application. This is the basic information that will be added to the resume including objective, |

|experiences (both paid and volunteer), skills, awards, extra-curricular activities. (Hook? Why are students learning this |

|material? What is the real-world connection?) |

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|Presentation: (How is the new material being introduced? Strategies? Scaffolding? Steps in lesson…) |

|Day 1-Ask the students if they know what a resume is used for and what things should be included. Using the SMART board project |

|examples of resumes, some good and some incorrect. The teacher should point out basic standards for effective resumes-typed, neat,|

|one page, proper format, active voice, honest, etc. as well as common mistakes. |

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|Read and discuss Chapter 7, Lesson 3 from Career Planning (or other available resource). This lesson presents information about |

|different types of resumes, information to be included, common action verbs, and resume examples. |

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|Day 2-Students will create a resume using a teacher provided template with the grading rubric attached. Provide the students with |

|different templates so they can pick the one that best fits their needs. They will be instructed to input their information into |

|the template and print it. Students should ask a peer to evaluate their resume. |

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|Student Activities: (Meaningful activities, interactions, structures/strategies, practice and application, feedback…) |

|Activities: Students will brainstorm reasons for a resume, write a resume that they can use in “real life”, and critique their |

|peers’ resumes. |

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|Interactions: Students will brainstorm reasons, critique examples, and evaluate resumes written by their peers. |

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|Applications: Students will be able to use their resume when applying for a job, college or a scholarship. |

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|Review and Assessment: (Review of objectives and vocabulary, assess learning, measurement tools…) |

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|Review: “Find It Game” – Vocabulary words will be written on the white board or Smart board in a random order. Students will be in |

|teams and two will participate at a time up at the board. The teacher will read the definition of a vocabulary word and the first |

|student to point at the appropriate word gets a point for their team. |

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|Assessment: Resumes will be graded based on a rubric shown and explained at the beginning of the lesson. |

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|Interventions/Extensions: (How are you reaching every learner?) |

|Students will be given a hard copy of the good and bad examples shown on the SMART Board. |

|Invite members of the community in to sit with students and evaluate their completed resumes and give constructive feedback as if |

|they were applying for a job. |

|Resume Rubric |

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|Teacher Name: Mrs. Burgin | | | |

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|Student Name:     ________________________________________ | |

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|CATEGORY |4 |3 |2 |1 |

|Grammar & spelling |Writer makes no errors in |Writer makes 1-2 errors in |Writer makes 3-4 errors in |Writer makes more than 4 |

|(conventions) |grammar or spelling. |grammar and/or spelling. |grammar and/or spelling |errors in grammar and/or |

| | | | |spelling. |

|Capitalization and |Writer makes no errors in |Writer makes 1-2 errors in |Writer makes 3-4 errors in |Writer makes more than 4 |

|Punctuation |capitalization and |capitalization and |capitalization and |errors in capitalization and|

| |punctuation. |punctuation. |punctuation. |punctuation. |

|Neatness |Resume is typed, clean, not |Resume is neatly |Resume is typed and is |Resume is typed and looks |

| |wrinkled, and is easy to |hand-written, clean, not |crumpled or slightly |like it had been shoved in a|

| |read with no distracting |wrinkled, and is easy to |stained. It may have 1-2 |pocket or locker. It may |

| |error corrections. It was |read with no distracting |distracting error |have several distracting |

| |done with pride. |error corrections. It was |corrections. It was done |error corrections. It looks |

| | |done with care. |with some care. |like it was done in a hurry |

| | | | |or stored improperly. |

|Format |Complies with all the |Complies with almost all the|Complies with several of the|Complies with less than 75% |

| |requirements for a resume. |requirements for a resume. |requirements for a resume. |of the requirements for a |

| | | | |resume. |

|Ideas |Ideas were expressed in a |Ideas were expressed in a |Ideas were somewhat |The resume seemed to be a |

| |clear and organized fashion.|pretty clear manner, but the|organized, but were not very|collection of unrelated |

| |It was easy to figure out |organization could have been|clear. It took more than one|ideas. It was very difficult|

| |the qualifications of the |better. |reading to figure out the |to figure out the |

| |applicant. | |qualifications of the |qualifications of the |

| | | |applicant. |applicant. |

Pocket Resume

This information is often asked for on an application or during an interview. Fill it out completely and keep it in your wallet.

Home Address: __________________________

_______________________________________

School: ________________________________

Address: _______________________________

_______________________________________

Dates Attended: __________________________

Subjects: _______________________________

Previous Jobs/Volunteer Opportunites

Employer: ______________________________

Address: _______________________________

_______________________________________

Dates of Employment: ____________________

Supervisor’s Name: _______________________

Phone Number: __________________________

Employer: ______________________________

Address: _______________________________

_______________________________________

Dates of Employment: ____________________

Supervisor’s Name: _______________________

Phone Number: __________________________

References

Name: _________________________________

Address: _______________________________

_______________________________________

Phone Number: __________________________

How long you have known them: ____________

Name: _________________________________

Address: _______________________________

_______________________________________

Phone Number: __________________________

How long you have known them: ____________

Name: _________________________________

Address: _______________________________

_______________________________________

Phone Number: __________________________

How long you have known them: ____________

Additional Information (CPR/First Aid, other languages spoken, computer skills, job skills, etc.) ___________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Pocket Resume

This information is often asked for on an application or during an interview. Fill it out completely and keep it in your wallet.

Home Address: __________________________

_______________________________________

School: ________________________________

Address: _______________________________

_______________________________________

Dates Attended: __________________________

Subjects: _______________________________

Previous Jobs/Volunteer Opportunites

Employer: ______________________________

Address: _______________________________

_______________________________________

Dates of Employment: ____________________

Supervisor’s Name: _______________________

Phone Number: __________________________

Employer: ______________________________

Address: _______________________________

_______________________________________

Dates of Employment: ____________________

Supervisor’s Name: _______________________

Phone Number: __________________________

References

Name: _________________________________

Address: _______________________________

_______________________________________

Phone Number: __________________________

How long you have known them: ____________

Name: _________________________________

Address: _______________________________

_______________________________________

Phone Number: __________________________

How long you have known them: ____________

Name: _________________________________

Address: _______________________________

_______________________________________

Phone Number: __________________________

How long you have known them: ____________

Additional Information (CPR/First Aid, other languages spoken, computer skills, job skills, etc.) ___________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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