Careers

12/20/19

Good luck on your Final!

When you are finished with the final, please go to typing club until everyone is finished. No talking please!

Hope you all have a wonderful break! I'll miss having you all next semester!

12/19/19

Today you will study your review and take it with you to study for your final TOMORROW. You need to bring it back tomorrow to turn in before your exam. It counts as a quiz grade!

12/18/19

Final Exam Review - You will not take it with you today, you will take it with you tomorrow! It will get turned in before you take your final exam for a grade! Don't lose it!

12/17/19

Today you will finish your Exploring HS Project. Double check the rubric and make sure you have everything completed with the exception of the Financial Plan section (you are getting free points for that section). Once everything is complete, turn it in. I have your paper copy of the review. See me to get it to work on. You will not take it with you, it will stay in class with me.

12/16/19

We will go over the information your found on Friday using the Course Guide to help you find your 5 AP and 5 Dual Credit classes. From there, we will work on Clubs and Counselor Questions.

Clubs:

• Canyon HS Clubs Page - You choose any 5 you may want to join in HS or create your own!

Counselor Questions:

• 5 questions you come up with to ask the counselors. This is not questions you can find the answer to on there website, such as, "what time is lunch?". Questions more like, "I'm very interested in becoming _____, what electives would best fit this career choice?"

Once you have finished finding all information for your presentation, you will need to make it look nice (fonts, colors, pictures, etc.). All things in your presentation should match what your presentation is about, Canyon HS...Red, White, Black, Cougars, School Work, College, Military, etc.

12/13/19

We will continue working on our Exploring HS Project, please go to google classroom and open up the assignment. If you haven't finished through SAT vs ACT, read the announcements from yesterday to get caught up. Today you will be SKIPPING "Financial Plan". You will be working on the slides for 5 AP classes and 5 Dual Credit classes. (Don't put AP and Dual credit classes on the same slide...they are separate sections) You will need to name a class, and then give a description of what you study in that class. Use the course guide below to find these courses offered at the high school:

• Course Guide - start on page 17, you will see "English III Dual" and "AP English III" with the course descriptions below them; don't pick "Pre-AP"; scroll down from page 17 until you find more you are interested in. Some Dual Classes are labeled "Dual Credit" or "Dual Enrollment"; those classes are acceptable choices for the Dual Credit Slide(s).

12/12/19

We will continue working on our Exploring HS Project, please go to google classroom and open up the assignment. We will continuing working through endorsements:

• Link

After endorsements, you will need to make a comparison for the SAT and ACT tests...look up a picture comparing them and choose one with a lot of information!

12/11/19

Turn in the cursive handwriting assignment if you did not finish it in class Monday (counts as a quiz grade).

We will continue working on our Exploring HS Project, please go to google classroom and open up the assignment. We will be working through the Graduation Requirements.

For the graduation requirements, you are looking for the total number of credits you need to graduate, and what specific classes you must take (math, english, science, etc). Use the following links to help you locate the information needed:

• Course Requirements (pg. 5 Graduation Plan)

Endorsements:

• Link

12/9/19

Finish the handwriting assignment from last week, and then we will begin working on the review for the final exam next week. (We will continue our Exploring HS Project when we get to return to the computer lab.)

12/6/19

DARE

12/5/19

We will continue working on Exploring HS Project. We need to finish up the 11 vocabulary terms and then work on the Graduation Requirements. For the graduation requirements, you are looking for the total number of credits you need to graduate, and what specific classes you must take (math, english, science, etc). Use the following links to help you locate the information needed:

• HB5
• Course Requirements

12/4/19

We will be introduced to the Exploring High School Project. As a class, we will be going over the requirements for the project, and you will begin working on the title slide and the vocabulary terms. Be sure to put all vocabulary terms into your own words and look for the definitions that relate to High School! Go to google classroom to view the assignment.

12/2/19 - 12/3/19

We will be displaced from our classroom, so we will be practicing our cursive handwriting.

11/20/19-11/21/19

Today is continuing catch up day. If you are all caught up, you will go here.

11/19/19

Today is catch up day. If you are missing any assignments, I will remind you of what those are. If you are not missing work, you will be on typing club all class. Great job!

11/18/19

Finishing the Keeping a Running Balance workbook. Make sure you have everything completed in the booklet before turning it in (major grade)! Typing club when finished.

11/15/19

DARE

11/14/19

I will return your workbooks from yesterday. You need to finish up the first page, check your answers with mine on the board, make sure you wrote check # 111, and then answer the questions on the 2nd page regarding the information from page 1. We will then go over the "This Statement Covers" page and answer questions.

11/13/19

Turn in cursive handwriting assignments. We will begin the Keeping a Running Balance workbook (on paper). We will be going through the steps together at the beginning until you are comfortable completing them on your own. Answer the questions on the 2nd page. Stop before you get the to page that says "This Statement Covers".

11/12/19

Cursive Handwriting...finish yesterday's assignment of the individual letters and signing your name. Today you will practice copying passages in cursive.

11/11/19

Cursive Handwriting...on paper. Today you will let the letters and practice signing your name...in cursive!

11/8/19

DARE

11/6/19 - 11/7/19

We will start class together by watching a video relating to needs/wants and choices we make. We will then work on the activity assigned in google classroom called the Texas Reality Check. For the second day, when you open Texas Reality Checks website, you will have to reselect the same choices you made from day 1. You should be able to complete the assignment by the end of day 2. Slide 3 of the assignment is to select 3 careers that meet your salary requirements and provide information about them. Typing club when finished.

11/5/19

From the video you watched yesterday, you will be taking a quiz over it today. If you read these announcements, you can use your notes we went over together yesterday on your quiz!

After the quiz, you will work in google classroom on the assignment "needs vs wants" be sure to read the instructions carefully!

11/4/19

Today's assignment is to watch the following video and complete the assignment in google classroom as the video is playing (you will need headphones to watch the video).

If you complete all of that, you will go to typing club.

11/1/19

DARE

10/31/19

Today you will start by completing a district required assessment in Clever. Log in with ID#, ID#. Then click on Naviance. Once you are in Naviance, in the top right, select Assessments, Career Key. Work through the Career Key. When finished, you will return to our assignment from yesterday at g.co/AppliedDigitalSkills. Click on our class and continue where you left off. If you are finished, go to typing club!

10/30/19

We will begin working on our digital resume. In google classroom under the announcements is how to log on to the website (also below). In google classroom under the assignments, you have two documents: 1 for the brainstorming activity and 1 for the resume. Follow along with the videos, you must complete each step along the way (I've already created and named the document for you in google classroom!).

Building a Resume

1. Go to g.co/AppliedDigitalSkills
2. Click "Sign In" in the top right
3. Sign in with Google Account
4. Click "I am a student"
5. Click "Join a Class"
6. Enter code jmxt2f
7. Complete the assignment in google classroom, starting with the Resume Brainstorming page.

10/29/19

We will complete slide 13 today as a class. If you haven't completed ALL of the Getting the Job assignment, it needs to be completed and turned in. Then, you will work on typing club!

10/28/19

Getting the Job - you need to complete all slides 1-12. We will be finishing slide 13 tomorrow and turning in the assignment. When you are finished with slide 1-12, you will work on typing club!

10/25/19

DARE

10/24/19

Yesterday, you worked on "My First Resume", we will go over it and then watch the "You're Fired" Video.

10/23/19

Mr. Lawrence is your sub today. Please follow his instructions. You will continue working on your Getting the Job assignment in google classroom.

10/22/19

If you didn't finish slide 4 & 5 yesterday, you need to do so. We will be going over slide 5 shortly. Today your assignment is to work on slide 6 & 7 vocabulary. You may utilize your resources to find which terms fit in the statements. Yes, you need to do the 3 short answer questions on slide 7.

10/21/19

We will work on slide 4 & 5. To work on slide 4, you are going to pick a job you would like to have when you turn 16. You are going to complete the application with your real information with the exception of your social security number. You will look up a fake number to use, but need to input it in the correct format. For your most recent employer, you are going to say that you worked for me, here at Canyon Middle School over last summer. You need to look up the address and number for Canyon Middle School. To work on slide 5, you are deciding if you think you should or should not do certain things on an application. We will go over this as a class tomorrow.

10/18/19

DARE

10/17/19

We will be working on Getting the Job Slide 3 "Finding A Job". We will go over together at the end of class. When you finish, leave it open and go to Typing Club.

10/15/19 - 10/16/19

No internet yesterday...We are moving on to our next Unit. We will be working on "Getting the Job" for the next two weeks. Today, you are working on the Pre-Test and Labor Laws for Teens. Your assignment can be found in google classroom.

10/9/19 - 10/10/19

We will be presenting our projects. You will receive a test grade for your presentation, and a daily grade for presenting. These are the things I'm looking for while presenting:

• Speaks Clearly/Looks at audience
• Doesn't read from slide (you know the information being presented)
• Good audience member (not talking, working on other things, actively paying attention)

10/8/19

Finish working on Career Investigations Project. You should have it completed by the end of class. Be sure to go back and check that you have checked your spelling/grammar/capitalization, you've got visual appeal for each slide, there isn't blank space, and you've followed the rubric. Review through your presentation as we will begin presenting them tomorrow! Once you have finished, please go to typing club.

10/7/19

Continue working on Career Investigations Project. You should have it completed by the end of class tomorrow. Be sure to go back and check that you have checked your spelling/grammar/capitalization, you've got visual appeal for each slide, there isn't blank space, and you've followed the rubric. Once you have finished, please go to typing club.

10/4/19

DARE Day!!!

10/1/19 - 10/3/19

Continue building your presentation for your Career Investigations Project. Your goal is 1-2 slides per day. Assignment and rubric is in google classroom.

9/30/19

Today you will begin using your collected information from Slide 4 of your research to put together your Presentation on your Career of Choice. Assignment is in google classroom.

9/25/19 - 9/26/19

Career Investigations Project Research, today we will be on slide 4. This slide counts as a quiz grade. Be sure to complete it with as much detail as possible and to use multiple sources for your collection of information. You will be on typing club if you finish.

9/24/19

We will continue working on our Career Investigations Project Research. Today you will be on slide 3 (skip 2). If you are not finished with slide 1, after instructions are given, you need to complete slide 1. Also, if you need to retake the vocab quiz from yesterday, please do that here (you have one chance at the make up). When completed with Slide 3, you will be on typing club.

9/23/19

We will be taking the World of Work Slide 4 Vocab quiz today. Please look over those words! If you are not finished with Part 2 in google classroom from last week, you will finish that assignment after the quiz. Once you have turned that assignment in, you will begin this weeks assignment "Career Investigations Project Research" also in google classroom. Your goal is to finish Slide 1 today. Once that is finished, you will go to typing club.

9/19/19

We will continue working on Part 1 in google classroom if you are not finished. Once finished, you will work on Part 2. You will be researching further the top 3 cluster matches. Once you finish, you will be on typing club.

-Typing Races

9/18/19

You have a new assignment on google classroom called Career Cluster Interest Survey. You will be completing this activity today. For each section, circle as many or as few of things that describe your interests. Tally the number of circles you have for each section and record the total in the box provided. When you finish the assignment, be sure to look over your vocab terms from slide 4 World of Work, and then go to typing club.

9/17/19

We will be finishing the World of Work assignment today in google classroom. Be sure to study slide 4 for your vocab quiz next week. When finished, go to typing club.

9/16/19

We will be learning about the World of Work. There is an assignment in google classroom for you to complete today.

9/12/19

We will be displaced in another classroom. You will finish your One-Pager, and then we will present them. Presenting is part of your Test Grade! If time permits, we will be going through a presentation together as a class about career opportunities.

9/10/19 - 9/11/19

We will begin working on our One-Pager that counts as a test grade. You are using only information from your Get To Know Yourself Activity to complete this assignment.

Follow this format for your one-pager 100 pts.

• Put a symbolic colored border around the edges of the page. (Personality Color from 1st box) 10 pts.
• Title the one-pager your full name (big and bold middle of page). 10 pts.
• Place information found from each of the 5 categories. Personality Style, Top 5 Career Matches, Interest Profiler, Work Importance Locator, Learning Styles. 50 pts.
• Fill the entire page & Be purposeful about the arrangement of your one-pager. For example, have a reason for using a certain color or for placing an object in a certain place. 10 pts.
• Use colored Pens, pencils, or markers. 10 pts.
• Completeness of project & effort provided. 10 pts

9/9/19

If you are not finished with your Get to Know Yourself activity, the 2nd page should be complete. Turn it in on google classroom, then go to typing club.

9/3/19 - 9/6/19

We will be completing interest profiles about ourselves to complete the Get To Know Yourself Activity. The first 4 steps are due this week. It must be completed before next week when we work on Step 5.

Google Classroom - Get To Know Yourself Activity

Naviance (Step 1) - this site isn't working, so here is what we will do...

• For the personality style box, you will use the True Colors Personality Test paper I provide you, and then use this link to look at your answer.
• For the Top 5 Career Matches, you will use this website, Occupational Outlook Handbook. In the Select Occupations By section, choose their credentials (or leave it the way it is, you can change choices if you don't find what you are looking for) and search... pick any 5 careers that you read about that sounds interesting.

Learning Style Website (Step 2)

• Go to "students" tab at the top of the page, select "Self-Assessments", Choose "What's your learning style." Answer the 20 questions, record your results in the Learning Style section of your assignment (the percents for each learning style, and then the bullet points for what can help make you a better learner; choose 4)

O*Net (Step 3)

• Go to "Tell us what you like to do" and click start (it's purple). Click "Next" through the instructions, answer the statements about yourself. When finished answering the statements, it will give you results. Record the numbers on your assignment, be sure the numbers are next to the correct words. Click on your highest score. It will give you the definition and things "They Like", record both of these in your box. Continue clicking next, select the level of school you may want to have (this can change if you don't find the results you want). The last screen will show you careers that are best matched to the answers you previously selected. Record any 3 jobs that sound most appealing to you!

Work Importance Locator (Step 4)

• Scroll to the bottom of the page and find under "assessments" "Work Importance", click on it. Select "Quick start". You are choosing categories of how important these things are to you. There must be four in each category or it won't let you submit. Click "View Results" and on the pop up click "OK". Record your scores on your assignment. Be sure to match the word to the number you received. Then record the definition, it is next to the highest score. Then click the blue word that you scored the highest on. It will bring up careers that matched your responses, they are in alpha order. Choose any 3 that sound interesting to you and record on your assignment.

8/30/19

We will be completing our Paw Print today. If you finish early, you will go to typing club to practice your typing skills. By the end of class, we will present our Paw Print Goals to the class.

Paw Print Instructions:

• First paw - What goal do you want to accomplish by the end of Middle School?
• Second paw - What goal do you want to accomplish by the end of High School?
• Third paw - What goal do you want to accomplish after High School (job, military, trade school, etc)?
• Fourth paw - What is your Dream Career? (If you could pick anything to be, what would it be?)
• Big paw - What are your life goals? (Make $$$, big house, fast car, family, travel, etc.)

8/29/19

1. We will make sure that everyone is logged on to the computers with the most important websites bookmarked.

-tinyurl.com/SosaCMS

-Google Classroom

-Typing Club

(The resources tab at the top has these links and how to log in posted!)

2. We will then work on our Paw Print of our Future. This is a goal setting activity. For your paw print, you will draw and color pictures to represent the following (no words) :

• First paw - What goal do you want to accomplish by the end of Middle School?
• Second paw - What goal do you want to accomplish by the end of High School?
• Third paw - What goal do you want to accomplish after High School (job, military, trade school, etc)?
• Fourth paw - What is your Dream Career? (If you could pick anything to be, what would it be?)
• Big paw - What are your life goals? (Make $$$, big house, fast car, family, travel, etc.)

8/27/19

Welcome to Coach Sosa's College and Career Readiness class! I look forward to getting to know you! You will be checking this website daily to see what is required of you each day. If you are absent or miss class for any reason, this will still be posted and you can access it from anywhere you have internet access. Please let me know if there is anything I can do to assist you!