Introductory Activities
Activities Summary
In these activities, students will:
- Create an Essential Skills Mind-map
- Relate Essential Skills to School
- Complete an Essential Skills Self-Assessment
- Write a Reflective Journal
- Record key information about Occupation Profiles
- Complete a comparative chart
Prior Knowledge
- Internet navigation
- Reflective journal format
- Keyboarding
Teaching Planning Notes
- Review assignment including prior knowledge required
- Use Web-Quest activities in order. Each Web-Quest activity
- builds on previous knowledge
- Distribute activities to students one at a time or as a package with stages of completion deadlines
- Provide students with a file folder or duo-tang to put all activities in
- Provide students with a checklist with dates assigned and due dates
Assessment and Evaluation of Student Achievement
| Task | Tool / Type |
|---|---|
| Activity 1 | Progress Checklist (Formative) |
| Activity 2 | Progress Checklist (Formative) |
| Activity 3 | Progress Checklist (Formative) |
| Activity 4 | Progress Checklist (Formative) |
| Activity 5 | Progress Checklist (Formative) |
Activities
- Activities 1-5 + Progress Checklist
- Activity 1: Welcome to the Essential Skills Website!
- Activity 1: Answer Key
- Activity 2: When Am I Ever Going to Use This?
- Activity 3: Cruisin' Around
- Activity 4: Essential Skills Profiles
- Activity 5: My Strengths and Related Occupations
FOCUS ON LEARNING
Essential Skills:
Writing
All activities
Thinking Skills
Personal Opinion Responses Comparative Chart
Computer Use
All activities
Reading Text
All activities
Document Use
All activities
