Introduction
Students will research what their future job will be like from day-to-day, what it takes to get their job, and a description of their job. Students will type an essay including the information they found.
Task
You will complete the below pieces:
- Find out what preparation you need to make to get you job.
- Write a description of what your job would be like.
- Find out the pay and/or salary
Students will write a short, 3 paragraph essay about what they learned about their future job.
Process
Paragraph 1. Career Preparation
- Amount of years of college and or job training needed: on the job training, one year certificate, Associate's Degree, Bachelor's Degree, Master's Degree or Doctorate Degree.
- Amount of training time on the job before a full salary can be earned.
Paragraph 2. Job Description
- Describe the day-to-day duties and tasks that are required of the job.
- Describe equipment and/or technology that will be used on the job.
- Describe the setting for the career, such as a hospital, ship, office building, outdoors, etc.
- Explain the parts of the country where a student can find this job.
Paragraph 3. Pay or Salary
- Describe a starting salary or rate of pay per hour for this job (sometimes students find a top salary that is unrealistic for a beginning worker).
When you have found the information for your career, you need to prepare a typed report. Your typed report should be approximately 1/2 page typed. You will use your typed report to create a PowerPoint to present to the class.
Evaluation
Students will be graded on their 3 paragraph essay, their speech, and their Powerpoint.