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| Fantasy Resumes |
| Author(s): Katherine Schuten (The New York Times Learning Network) and ideas incorporated by The CareerZone Team |
| Grades: 7 - 12 |
| Subject: Career Development and Occupational Studies |
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| Learning Context:
Students will: 1. Describe their dream job and sequence the steps they will need to take in order to get this job. (ELA 1), (CDOS 1) 2. Research their dream jobs to find more specific information to add to their fantasy resumes using CareerZone (ELA 1), (MST 2), (CDOS 1) 3. Create resumes listing qualifications, education, work experiences, and other accomplishments - both current and imagined in their futures - that will make them the best qualified for the job. (ELA 1), (CDOS 2) 4. Use the computer to research jobs and create resumes. (ELA 1), (MST 2) 5. Guess whose fantasy resume might belong to whom. (ELA 3) |
| Procedure:
(The teacher may want to review action verbs before having students create their resumes.) 1. The lesson will begin by the teacher having students answer several questions in a journal. The teacher can write them on the board. (What is your dream job? What do you think you will need to be qualified for such a job?) The teacher will tell the class to make a list of their schooling, job and volunteer experience, and skills that they already have as well as the things they will need to have in order to be considered for this job.) 2. The students can share their responses with the class. Also, the teacher can ask if anyone wrote in their journals that they would need to have some type of college education. The students can also discuss whether or not they believe college is important. 3. Next teacher will explain to the students that they will be making fantasy resumes with the jobs they wrote about in their journals. They will be using www.nycareerzone.org to research the job and to also use the Resume Maker. 4. The teacher will pass out sample resumes from different fields for the students to see how they are constructed. The teacher will discuss the traditional parts of a resume as the students observe the samples. 5. The teacher will also ask the students to look at the list in their journal and see how the information can be written in the resume format. 6. The next step is for students to begin creating their fantasy resumes for a future job. Since it will be written for a future job, it should detail future education, skills, and work experience they expect to have to be qualified for this job. 7. The students will need to research their ideal jobs at www.nyCareerZone.org in order to get their job information. They also need to think about what they should put on their resume. 8. Next, the students can use the Resume Maker at www.nycareerzone.org to create their fantasy resume. The teacher will give directions on how to get to the Resume Maker: Go to Resources, choose Job Seekers, and then choose Resume Maker. Also, each section of the resume must be filled out. |
| Instructional/Environmental Modifications:
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| Materials and Supplies:
1. Journals 2. Pens/pencils 3. Computers |
| Time Required:
This lesson should last over one hour; therefore it may be more helpful for teachers to teach this lesson in 2 consecutive days. Also, the amount of time required depends on class size and the number of computers. |
| Assessment Tools and Techniques:
1. Did the students participate in class discussion? 2. Did the students answer the questions in their journals? 3. Did the students use the information from their journals and CareerZone to create a fantasy resume? 4. Did the students use action verbs in their resume? 5. Was each section of the resume complete? |
| Reflections:
Extension Activity: After the teacher corrects the resumes, he/she can make copies of them, while taking off the names. Then the teacher can distribute the resumes randomly and the students can guess who wrote the fantasy resumes. |