Dr. Nathan A.

Pitts-Ashburton Elementary – Middle School

7th and 8th Grade – English Language Arts - Ms. Wensen
SNOW DELAY LESSON – Half Period
Text/Materials Teacher Model – Letter of Reference
Standards CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.7.3
Analyze the interactions between individuals, events, and ideas in a text
(e.g., how ideas influence individuals or events, or how individuals influence
ideas or events).
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.7.1.D
Acknowledge new information expressed by others and, when warranted,
modify their own views.

Objective Students will be able to gain information regarding careers and inform their
future plans by taking stock in their marketable qualities and creating
reference letters.
Culminating Focus Question Building Towards Success
Homework Reference Letter
AGENDA
DONOW (5 min) Remember back to our career exploration, what jobs did you consider?
What are important skills or qualities for that career?
Introduction & Set Purpose (10 min) Review DONOW.
Review Objective.
Introduction to New Material (10 min) Once informed and qualified with education and/or training – how does one
get the job for their career? Group Discussion – Pose questions about
looking online, what is necessary to get an interview, Share personal
testimonies, ask students to share their YouthWorks interviews as many are
now applying for their first jobs through the program
I-W-Y Model – Letter of Reference
Planning and formatting

Write-Discuss Students work with groups to consider an individual – themselves, a peer, a

teacher….and chart our qualities and skills

Independent Assessment Students create a LOR for selected individual.

Exit Routine (1 min) Straighten desks, clean up trash, push in chair.
FORMAT Subject Line
Greeting
Body – Introduction
Body – Qualities/Skills
Closing and Next Steps
Signature
QUALITIES

SKILLS

Teacher Model – Student Annotations