Demonstrate reading and writing skills.
Demonstration includes
- reading and interpreting workplace documents
- effectively writing workplace documents, considering
- ability to convey messages with clarity
- professional tone, appropriate to audience
- grammar
- forms and conventions (e.g., formatting documents, using an email signature).
Process/Skill Questions:
- What level of reading and writing skills are required for an entry-level job in a given industry?
- How do reading and writing skills help a person succeed as an individual, family member, and citizen?
- How would written correspondence differ among friends vs. between an applicant and a prospective employer?
- Why is it important for an employee to gain knowledge of preferred forms and conventions in the workplace?
Teacher Resources:
- Reading and Writing Lesson Plan #1 Download Reading and Writing Lesson Plan #1
- Reading and Writing Lesson Plan #2 Download Reading and Writing Lesson Plan #2
- Reading and Writing Lesson Plan #3 Download Reading and Writing Lesson Plan #3
- Reading and Writing Activity, Download Reading and Writing Activity, Career and Technical Education Consortium of States (CTECS)