WEEK OF NOV. 10TH-14TH

Friday, Nov. 14th
Bellwork: How's class? What should we continue, what should we stop, what should we start?
Classwork: No new assignemts, just complete Plato 6
Be sure you have finished any late work.

Thursday, Nov. 13th
Bellwork: What is the Holland Occupational code? You might do a quick internet research to answer this question.
Classwork:
Today, there is a new assignment. Log into your Plato account, complete the three assignments: Finding Skills, My Favorite Things, and Personality Plus.
Then, copy and paste everything below in green, save it as Plato 6, then complete the three assignments.
Plato 6-
FINDING SKILLS
In the Skills Bank, list the 8 different skills areas
Now that you have identified the 8 skill areas,
List some of the skills you have. You should be able to find at least two or three skills per area, so you will have a list of 15 to 25 skills.
In the Types of People, list the six different types of people.
Now choose the type you are close to and write about this category in your own words.
What was your percent score on this activity________?

MY FAVORITE THINGS
Just like the previous assignment, complete the activity, then copy and paste it below.
Do as many of the activities as possible for you.

PERSONALITY PLUS
Describe in a complete sentence what the Dictionary of Holland Occupational Code is.
What score did you earn for Personality Plus_______?


Wednesday, Nov 12th.
Bellwork: On the Career Cruising website, what are Career Clusters? There are 16 of them.
Classwork: No new assignments. Today, be sure to finish Career Activity # 3- See Monday's classwork for details.
If you are finished, complete any previous work, inparticular, be sure all of Plato 5 assignment is done. See last Thursday for details. Both of these assignments are due Tomorrow, Thursday.

Tuesday, Nov. 11th. No Classes-Veteran's Day
Monday, Nov. 10th
This will be a short week, as we have no class on Tuesday. Today start on Career Activity 3, below. Then, if you are missing assignments, you may review previous weeks, and make up any missing work.
Bellwork: Tomorrow, Nov. 11th is Veteran's Day. What is the importance of Veteran's Day?
Classwork:
Career Activity 3 -Using Career Selector
Objective: For you to use factors like working conditions, education, core tasks, and income to sort occupations and find suitable career choices.
Directions:
Open Career Cruising and log into the program
From the main screen, click on Explore Careers, then click on Career Selector.
Select your Favorite School Subjects (preferably 2 or 3 choices). Then click Next.
Click on Occupational Clusters. Select 2 to 3 areas in which you would be interested in working. Then click next.
Click on Education. Select the type of education you plan to pursue. Then click Next.
Click on Core Tasks. Be sure to read all 20 core tasks. Choose 3 to 5 tasks you would like to do regularly at work. Click Next
Click on Earnings. Select the minimum level of income you would like. Click Next.
Click on Working Conditions. Select working conditions you could not tolerate. Click next.
Now click View Results to see careers that match your selections. (Note: If your receive 0 matches,, try clicking on the View Close Matches tab.
Scroll through the list and click on a career that interest you.
Copy everything below in green. Paste it to a Word document. Save it on your student drive as career activity 3.

Career Activity 3 -Using Career Selector
1. Read Job Description, then answer the following:
Career:_________________
What do people in this career do?
What skills do they have?
2. Click on Working Conditions. Answer the following:
Where do people in this career work?
What kind of hours do they work? ( days, nights, overtime?)
3. Click on one of the two interviews.
Person’s Name:____________
Click on A day in the life
Write down three important work activities this person performs during the day.
4. Click on Breakdown of Activities, then answer the following:
List three activities this person spends the most time on.
5. Click on Likes and then Dislikes
What does this person like about the job?
What does this person dislike about this job?
6. Summary, Your views
Now that yo have learned a little about this career, answer the following:
What are three things that you think are good about this job.
What are three things you think are bad about this job.
Could you see yourself doing this job in the future? Why or why not?