<p>LESSON PLAN – Things I Can Do! Theme – Developing myself</p><p>CAREER SKILLS – Self Development</p><p>KEY SKILLS – Communication, Working With Others, Improving Own Learning and Performance</p><p>WORK RELATED LEARNING – Learning For Work</p><p>COMPETENCIES – *ai, *aii, *aiii, *bi, *ci, *cii, *di, **eii, **eiii, **eiv, **evi, ***fiv, ***Ii, ***kiv, ****li, ****mi</p><p>SUGGESTED SUBJECT AREA – Personal Development, English, Social Studies</p><p>Learning Outcomes</p><p>By completing this task students will be able to:</p><p> Identify their achievements.  Discuss the skills developed by these activities.  Choose activities and explain why an employer would find these skills/qualities useful.</p><p>Preparation and Materials</p><p> Copies of Activity Sheets “Things I Can Do!” (1), (2) and (3).  Blackboard/flipchart.  Teachers’ Notes as a prompt for discussion.  This lesson may extend to two sessions.</p><p>Method</p><p>1. Group the students so that they can work in pairs. 2. Explain the aims of the lesson using the learning outcomes on Activity Sheet (1). 3. Give out the Activity Sheet (1) to the students and ask them to tick their answers to the questions on the list. 4. Ask the students to complete the three skills question at the bottom of the page. Give one or two examples to help them. 5. Use the Teachers’ Notes as a prompt to engage the class in discussion of the exercise. 6. Give out Activity Sheet (2) to the students. 7. Ask students to examine the pictures – which of these apply to them? Students tick next to the pictures. 8. Give out Activity Sheet (3) to the students. Ask the students, “What other things are you good at?” Stress that these can be from any area of their lives not just school. Students should then list the things that they are good at in the left hand column. 9. Working in pairs – students identify skills which are developed by these activities and then rank them. Lead a class discussion discussing if some skills or qualities are more important than others. 10. Ask the students to complete the question about what employers look for and why they value some skills and qualities more than others. 11. Ask the students what they have learned from the lesson. 12. Summarise the main learning outcomes. TEACHERS’ NOTES – Things I Can Do!</p><p>Introduction</p><p>Explain that everyone has skills and qualities that can be helpful to them in the world of work. We are all good at different things and we are not all good at the same things. They have all achieved different things and can all be proud of themselves for what they have achieved.</p><p>First Activity</p><p>Engage the students in discussion of things they can do. Start with easy things:</p><p>Can you….? World of Work Can you get the right classroom at the right time? Following instructions/reliability</p><p>Are you on time for your lessons? Punctuality</p><p>Do you remember your books, pens and other Organisational skills/planning ahead equipment? Do you walk sensibly along the corridors? Health and safety/professional behaviour</p><p>Do you spend enough time on your homework? Thoroughness/application/commitment</p><p>Do you remember to hand it in? Meeting deadlines/time management/priority</p><p>Do you make sure your work is neat? Presentation skills/pride in work/care</p><p>Do you ask teachers questions when you are not Communication sure what you are doing or if you do not skills/teamwork/clarification/honesty/willingness to understand? learn Do you join in class discussion? Team work/communication</p><p>Do you help other people when they need it? Team work/corporate spirit/common sense</p><p>Make the point to the students that all of these simple everyday things that they can do are useful skills needed in the world of work.</p><p>Second Activity</p><p>The skills and qualities that employers are looking for. When taking feedback about this accept the responses given by the students and, if appropriate for the level of understanding, you could bring in a simple classifications of skills – ones that are only needed in specific jobs and ones which are needed generally. These last ones are Key Skills (see previous lesson plan KEY SKILLS).</p><p>Reasons why some skills are valued more than others could be:</p><p>Skills are more valuable when rare to find e.g. skill shortages like mathematics/science teachers and computer engineers. Skills are valued because they are a basic necessity e.g. Key Skills. Learning Outcomes: By completing this task you will be able to:</p><p> List your achievements.  Discuss the skills you developed through these activities.  Explain why an employer would find these skills or qualities useful.</p><p>ACTIVITY SHEET (1) – Things I Can Do!</p><p>Can you….? (please tick one box) Always Usually sometimes Not Often Never</p><p>Can you get the right classroom at the right time?</p><p>Are you on time for your lessons?</p><p>Do you remember your books, pens and other equipment?</p><p>Do you walk sensibly along the corridors?</p><p>Do you spend enough time on your homework?</p><p>Do you remember to hand it in?</p><p>Do you make sure your work is neat?</p><p>Do you ask teachers questions when you are not sure what you are doing or if you do not understand?</p><p>Do you join in class discussions?</p><p>Do you help other people when they need it?</p><p>How do you think these simple everyday things could help you t work? Think about the skills and qualities they are developing in you. List three of these below.</p><p>Skill How it would help at work 1. 2. 3. ACTIVITY SHEET (2) – Things I can Do!</p><p>Cooking Shopping</p><p>Babysitting Gardening</p><p>Dancing Being helpful</p><p>Using PC</p><p>Electrical Work</p><p>Decorating</p><p>Sewing </p><p>Ironing</p><p>Cleaning</p><p>Reading</p><p>Writing letters</p><p>Adding up bills</p><p>Sport</p><p>Music</p><p>Making friends</p><p>Talking on the phone ACTIVITY SHEET (3) – Things I Can Do!</p><p>Things I Can Do Skills and Qualities Rank Order</p><p>1</p><p>2</p><p>3</p><p>4</p><p>5</p><p>6</p><p>What skills and qualities do you think employers are looking for?</p><p>Why do you think they value some skills and qualities more than others?</p>