Date
MON
09/01
TUES
09/02
Grade Level Planning
Lesson Plans/Minutes
Week of September 1, 2014-September 5, 2014 Grade: 9-12 Subject: Career Management Time: 2nd, 3rd & 4th Block
Goals/ Objectives
Strategies / Activities
Evaluation/
Resources
NUMBER AND WRITTEN
Assessment
OBJECTIVES
JOURNAL PROMPT(S)
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Labor Day
OBJECTIVE 1.02: Develop understanding of
yourself to build and maintain a positive selfconcept.
JOURNAL PROMPT(S):
Why is a positive self-concept important?
What are some strategies to improve your selfconcept?
Labor Day
Online VOCATS
Practice
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Whiteboard
Smartboard
Computer
Teacher Websites
www.quia.com
PROMPT: Bellwork
REVIEW/STARTER: Bellwork
NOTES/LECTURE: Study Guide/Vocabulary
INDIVIDUAL ACTIVITY:
 MBA Leadership page 5-13: Tell students to
identify a personal bias, and to write a one-page
report about the bias: its nature, how it was
acquired, how it affects others, and what could
be done to eliminate the bias. Ask them to keep
the report in their notebooks.
 Biased or Unbiased Worksheet
 Online VOCATS Practice Test
 Quia Review Games/Activities (if all class work
has been completed)
GROUP ACTIVITY:
 Objective 1.02 PPT & Notes
 MBA Leadership page 5-83: Ask students to
work in their committees to develop guidelines
that will help incoming students to the course
adjust to the changes they will probably
encounter. Tell them to appoint a group
representative to present the group's guidelines.
Capture the groups’ ideas, and create a master
list that you distribute to the groups. Ask them to
keep the master list in their notebooks.
 Quia Review Games/Activities (if all class work
has been completed)
REVIEW/CLOSURE: Online VOCATS Practice Test
HOMEWORK:
Online VOCATS
Practice
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Whiteboard
Smartboard
Computer
Teacher
Websites
www.quia.com
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WED
09/03
OBJECTIVE 1.02: Develop positive interpersonal
skills including respect for diversity.
JOURNAL PROMPT(S):
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THURS
09/04
What opportunities do I have to practice
effective interpersonal skills?
Why is it important to practice effective
interpersonal skills?
Why is it important to respect diversity?
OBJECTIVE 1.02: Develop positive interpersonal
skills including respect for diversity.
JOURNAL PROMPT(S):
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What opportunities do I have to practice
effective interpersonal skills?
Why is it important to practice effective
interpersonal skills?
Why is it important to respect diversity?
1.02 Vocabulary Sentences (AccountabilityDiversity) (Write 2 Sentences for Each)
PROMPT: Bellwork
REVIEW/STARTER: Bellwork
NOTES/LECTURE: Study Guide/Vocabulary
INDIVIDUAL ACTIVITY:
 1.02 Vocabulary & Study Guide
 Memo Template Worksheet
 Business Letter Template Worksheet
 Online VOCATS Practice Test
 Quia Review Games/Activities (if all class work
has been completed)
GROUP ACTIVITY:
 As a group, create a PowerPoint training
presentation regarding how poor written and/or
verbal communication impacts the workplace
(training, customer relations, safety, etc.). Quia
Review Games/Activities (if all class work has
been completed)
REVIEW/CLOSURE: Online VOCATS Practice Test
HOMEWORK:
 1.02 Vocabulary Sentences (EthicsMemorandum) (Write 2 Sentences for Each)
PROMPT: Bellwork
REVIEW/STARTER: Bellwork
NOTES/LECTURE: Study Guide/Vocabulary
INDIVIDUAL ACTIVITY:
 Ethical/Unethical Treatment Worksheet
 Ethics Under Pressure Activities
 Quia Review Games/Activities (if all class work
has been completed)
GROUP ACTIVITY:
 MBA Leadership Guide pg.5-21
 Choose three students to come to the
front of the room. Ask them to
simultaneously respond to the question,
“What qualities make you a good
leader?” Instruct them that the
important thing is to keep talking. Stop
them after two or three minutes.
 Tell the group of listeners that they
have to decide who they think is the
best leader. Ask various students whom
they would choose and have them give
Online VOCATS
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Online VOCATS
Practice
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Whiteboard
Smartboard
Computer
Teacher
Websites
www.quia.com
Whiteboard
Smartboard
Computer
Teacher
Websites
www.quia.com
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specific examples based on what they
just heard. As listeners give examples,
ask the speaker if the information given
is correct. If not, have the speaker
repeat the information correctly. After
several listeners have responded, ask
the class members if they had trouble
figuring out who would be the best
leader and why they had trouble.
Discuss the importance of effective
listening skills and barriers if effective
listening skills are not used. Ask them
to identify situations during the class
project that effective use of active
listening skills will be essential.
Succeeding in the World of Work 9.2 PPT
Play the gossip game with the class. (telephone
game) Have students assemble themselves in a
circle then the teacher joins the circle and says a
statement to the student to the right and that
student repeats what they heard to the next
student. The students are not allowed to repeat
what they said. Goals of this game: Discuss
how important it is to speak clearly, how
quickly a statement changes when traveling
through numerous people. Etc.
Play the name game with the class. Assemble
desks into a circle including the teacher. The
teacher begins by saying, “We are going on a
trip, My name is _________________ and I am
taking a __________________(item should
begin with the same letter as the first name. The
next person would say, “We are going on a trip,
Sandy is taking a Suitcase, My name is
____________ and I am taking a
__________________ This would continue until
the last person in the circle would have to repeat
every student’s name and their item for the trip.
Goals of the game: Active Listening Skills
Quia Review Games/Activities (if all class work
has been completed)
FRI
09/05
OBJECTIVE 1.02: Develop positive interpersonal
skills including respect for diversity.
JOURNAL PROMPT(S):
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What opportunities do I have to practice
effective interpersonal skills?
Why is it important to practice effective
interpersonal skills?
Why is it important to respect diversity?
REVIEW/CLOSURE: Online VOCATS Practice Test
HOMEWORK:
 1.02 Vocabulary Sentences (Motivation-Self
Discipline) (Write 2 Sentences for Each)
PROMPT: Bellwork
REVIEW/STARTER: Bellwork
NOTES/LECTURE: Study Guide/Vocabulary
INDIVIDUAL ACTIVITY:
 Objective 1.02 Vocabulary & Study Guide Test
 Quia Review Games/Activities (if all class work
has been completed)
GROUP ACTIVITY:
 We’re In This Together Activity Worksheet
 MBA Leadership Guide pg.5-85: Using the
project timeline, ask students to assess what
goals have been accomplished and which ones
have not been completed. Discuss what still
needs to get done or what needs to be changed to
implement the project. Let the class decide how
to resolve the issues and how to get the last tasks
accomplished as efficiently as possible.
 Quia Review Games/Activities (if all class work
has been completed)
REVIEW/CLOSURE: Online VOCATS Practice Test
HOMEWORK: