Lesson Plan Blog 4

Currently for my field experience I am placed in a ninth and tenth grade Exceptional Student Education classroom. I have noticed that once students graduate to the Secondary Level of education, the primary objective of education changes from a focus on academics to the development of life skills. This has influenced my decision to choose a lesson plan named “Help Wanted Ads”, in which students will use the newspaper to search for a job. Students will practice skills that are necessary to search for employment in the future.

                                               

The objectives for this lesson plan are for students to learn how to search for job ads, learn how to read a list of common abbreviations, and be able to answer questions about two ads to the best of their abilities. As the anticipatory set, the teacher will bring in copies of the local newspaper, and will look over it with the class.  The students and teacher will brainstorm, discuss, and list the various parts of the newspaper. Afterwards, the teacher will display two examples of appropriate want ads on the overhead/ smart board, and will ask students to translate the meanings of the abbreviations. The teacher will then discuss with the class the meanings of the abbreviations that they found in the job ads, and will give two more examples to observe student comprehension.

 

In pairs, students will find want ads in the newspaper that pertain to their interests. Students will the copy the want ad, and decipher the ad. After the lesson, the teacher will check comprehension by prompting the students with flash cards that have written wanted ad abbreviations on them.

This is a great lesson that will help students practice skills that will be necessary in life post education. Students will also enjoy this hand- on activity that connects learning to real world situations. Since this is a lesson plan that has been developed for ESE students, there are also numerous modifications that are stated throughout the activity. As educators, it is important that we provide our students with the skills necessary to survive and succeed within the post educational society.

You may find this lesson plan at:

http://www.teach-nology.com/lessons/lsn_pln_view_lessons.php?action=view&cat_id=9&lsn_id=19308