Work-related learning for English

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Age Range: KS4

Worksheets focus on the range of work-related activities offered by schools and provide a realistic and relevant context in which to develop and motivate your English students. Linked, where applicable, to Careers and Key Skills learning outcomes and includes a portfolio evidence tracking sheet.

Skills include: Presentation, Reporting; Critical Analysis; Planning; Business letters; CV; Teamworking; Role-play; Review; Research.

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Size: 76 Pages
ISBN: 978 1 86025 495 6
Author(s): Alan Barton
Code: WRLE
Popularity rank: 327

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Contents List

LESSONS

7 MAKE CHOICES ABOUT WORK By the end of the lesson students will have had the opportunity to write a list of their ideas for work experience, make decisions on those ideas and give reasons for their choices.
9 MAKING THE MOST OF WORK EXPERIENCE Students write an analysis of what they learned on a work experience placement.
11 WHO DOES WHAT? Students select the elements of a questionnaire to analyse how working people see the differences between school and work.
13 LOOKING AT JOBS Students identify the content and method for a job study, and write a job study plan.
15 PRESENT YOURSELF Students will understand what information goes into letters of application and CVs, and how these can be used by employers to select candidates for interview.
17 SHADOW PLAN Students identify how to gain information from work shadowing, and draft a list of points to use when shadowing to improve their knowledge of specific careers.
19 LEARN FROM SHADOWING Students write an analysis of what they learned from shadowing someone at work or college.
21 BE AN ENTERPRISING LEARNER! Students will discuss ideas and write a plan for a mini-enterprise.
23 WORKING TOGETHER Students evaluate roles and strategies they used in their mini-enterprise activity.
25 PRESENTATION SKILLS Students review and present the results of their mini-enterprise activity.
27 GAME PLAN Students take part in a short business simulation and list the ways their group co-operated with each other to achieve their aims.
29 GAME RESULTS Students analyse and write about how they worked together during their business game, and produce a presentation of what they learned.
31 ASSEMBLY MATTERS Students identify how to get the most out of formal talks, and how they can plan for this by drafting questions to ask.
33 INDUSTRY DAY Students practise ways of working on an Industry Day activity.
35 PART OF THE TEAM Students identify and write about the ways in which they worked with others during their Industry Day activity.
37 A DAY TO REMEMBER Students evaluate their Industry Day activity and write their learning outcomes.
39 MEET THE EXPERTS Students devise an action plan to make good use of a careers convention or exhibition.
41 GET THE MOST FROM THE EXPERTS Students present their individual learning outcomes from a careers information event.
43 PLAY THE PART Students practise their listening and speaking skills in a work-related roleplay situation.
45 ROLEPLAYS WORK Students work in groups to create a work-related roleplay.
47 SATURDAY JOB Students list the tasks and skills which they may need in part-time jobs, and consider what they could learn from part-time work.
49 MY HELPING HAND Students list some ways in which learning mentors can help them to improve their school performance and behaviour.
51 DAY OUT Students write a plan for visiting a workplace, and a strategy to report what they learned.
53 PRODUCTION SIMULATION PLAN Students take part in a production simulation activity, and write about what they learned.
55 SCHOOL WORK TASKS Students analyse the range of tasks and skills needed for a job in school.
57 DESIGN A JOB Students appraise their own skills, abilities and interests in relation to their ideal job.
59 RESEARCHING JOBS Students produce a written plan for their job research, with action points.
61 PERSONAL REVIEW Students review their learning outcomes from the activities in this pack.
62 APPENDIX 1 TEACHER PORTFOLIO EVIDENCE PLANNING SHEET for use with whole pack.
63 APPENDIX 2 STUDENT PORTFOLIO EVIDENCE TRACKING SHEET for use with any pages.
64 APPENDIX 3 WORK EXPERIENCE REPORT for use with page 9.
65 APPENDIX 4 PRESENT YOURSELF for use with page 15.
67 APPENDIX 5 MINI-ENTERPRISE PLANNING SHEET for use with page 21.
68 APPENDIX 6 COMPANY STAFF ROLES for use with page 27.
69 APPENDIX 7 INDUSTRY DAY for use with page 33.
71 APPENDIX 8 REVIEW OF GROUP WORK for use with page 35.
72 APPENDIX 9 CAREERS CONVENTION ACTION PLAN for use with page 39.
73 APPENDIX 10 'WHO BURNED THE CAKES?' ROLEPLAY CARDS for use with page 43.
74 APPENDIX 11 SIMULATION TASK SHEET for use with page 53.
76 APPENDIX 12 LEARNING REVIEW SHEET for use with page 61.