Integrating Career Awareness into the ABE/ESOL Classroom - SABES

L e s s o n 8
Things I Am Good At
Learning Objective
To help students identify their interests and talents and how to use that information
to guide educational and career decisions
Materials Needed
handouts: “Things I Am Good At,” “Skills Identification,” and “List of 246 Verbs” (optional)
Vocabulary
interests, talents, organize, fix, how to do, show someone, know how to make
SCANS Competencies
Basic Skills: Writing
Thinking Skills: Reasoning; Creative thinking
Instructions for Conducting the Activity
Distribute the “Things I am Good At” handout. Ask each student to think about and write down answers on the chart to
the items listed. Students can refer to their “Skills Identification” handout for listing skills used. Once students have
completed the chart, then have them form small groups to share what they have written.
For ESOL students, you can model how to complete the handout on an overhead or on the board so that students
understand what the objective is. Then pass out the first handout for students to do.
Extension Activity
Have students do a “Demonstration Presentation.” Ask students to select one of the three “things I could show someone
else how to do.” Have each student prepare and deliver a presentation for the class. Following each presentation, ask the
other students to name the skills used in doing the presentation.
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