Lesson Sequence
Job Application Letters
Teacher: Helen Nicholls
| Curriculum Area(s): English
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Years: 10, 11, 12, 13
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Duration: 1-2 weeks |
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Language focus
- Students analyse the language features and layout of a sample letter
and become familiar with the terminology used to describe these features.
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Learning outcomes
- Students write a letter of application for a job and use appropriate
language features and layout.
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Assessment tasks
- Students write a letter of application for a job.
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Teaching and learning sequence
- What should you include in a letter of application for a job?
Give students key words
that they can sort into clusters of words that go together. Students do
this individually at first and then in pairs before discussing the clusters
in the full class.
The purpose of a letter of application for a job is to let the employer
know:
- that the student is interested in the job;
- that the student has the skills for the job;
- that the student can supply some documentation (such as c.v. and
references);
- when the student is available to go to an interview or how she or
he can contact you to discuss the job.
- A model of a letter
of application for a job.
Deconstruct this with the students.
- Teacher and students write a letter together.
Using one of the four jobs advertised in a local
newspaper, the students and the teacher write a letter of application together
on the whiteboard/blackboard.
- Do it yourself!
Choose one of the four jobs advertised in the local
newspaper, and write a letter of application for the position. Check that
you have:
- understood the key words in the advertisement ( where is the job,
what sort of job is it and what experience or qualifications do you
need?);
- set out your letter like the model;
- sent it to the right person;
- included all the stages of the letter;
- used accurate spelling and punctuation;
- checked the language features.
Make sure you draw up a stages column and show each stage of your letter.
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