Module: Achieving Through English – English and the Worlds of Education, Careers and Community

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D62J0bPiqA0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9No-FiEInLA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PA54HWLZ2e4 What are the advantages of working with google? What are the disadvantages of working with google? Why do you think google offers its employees so many benefits? What strategies does google use to make the workplace positive and efficient? Why do you think google is so successful? Would you like to work at google? Why or why not?

Workplace Reflection 1.Make a list of the qualities possessed by a good employer, employee and customer. 2.Brainstorm what happens if these rights and responsibilities are violated. 3.Write a one page story that depicts a negative workplace. Think about the things that make this workplace negative.

What’s your workplace like? For homework you will need to interview one person about their workplace. This lesson you will need to come up with at least 12 interview questions. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blyShPVTOh0

Resource Questions 1. Did Brian enjoy school? How do you know? 2. How did he feel about his new job? Write 3 words or phrases that tell you this. 3. How do the workers seem to feel about a new seventeen year old worker among them? How do you think they will treat him? 4. Why was Brian so desperate to be older? 5. Quote a sentence in which Brian describes one of the dockhands. Does this suggest that Brian likes them? Discuss the effective use of language in this sentence. 6. Which one character do you think could cause trouble for Brian at his new workplace? 7. Quote a sentence in which Brian expresses his feelings particularly well. Discuss the effective use of language in this sentence. 8. Do you think his job stacking milk crates will really be better than school? • Read Robert Gray’s poem ‘The Meatworks’, which is about a young person’s job in an abattoir. Resource 3 - ‘The Meatworks’ 1. What did Gray learn from his experiences on the job? 2. Compare Condon’s piece with Gray’s poem. Which did you prefer? Explain your response, including some discussion of the language used by each writer.

Note how both Condon and Gray use their imaginative and personal experiences of work as a springboard to explore more general ideas about school, work and life. • Draw upon o your personal experiences of work o your interview report o and ideas drawn from Condon and Gray to write a short imaginative piece of writing about work or life called My First Day at Work. Focus on using vivid language to recreate the experience and express feelings clearly. Remember the process of writing: brainstorm ideas, plan, draft, edit, conference and publish.

While Viewing the Show What sort of generic/transferable skills may you possess? 2. How can you decide upon what career may best suit you? 3. Where may you be able to search to find the vacancy that suits you? 4. What is ‘networking’? 5. What is the point in ‘cold canvassing’? 6. What is the purpose of a cover letter? 7. What are the three sections that should be evident in any covering letter? 8. Write down three suggestions that would make a cover letter stand out and show good quality? 9. What should CVs include? 10. What sort of person should you put as your referee on a CV or application form? 11. What does STAR stand for? https://clickv.ie/w/oDRg