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Classified Ads
Of the Future
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Subject: | Language Arts
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Grade: | 3-5, 6-8, 9-12
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Lesson Plan Title
Brief Description
Students brainstorm jobs people might have in the future and write classified ads for those jobs.
Objectives
Students
- learn about classified ads,
- demonstrate creative thinking skills by brainstorming duties and titles of jobs people might have in the future,
- write classified ads,
- work together in cooperative groups.
Keywords
newspaper, classified ad, future, job, career
Materials Needed
examples of classified ads from the help-wanted section of local newspapers, paper, pens or pencils
Lesson Plan
- Discuss the meaning of the term classified ad. Show students examples of classified ads from the help-wanted section of the newspapers. Discuss the content of different help-wanted ads.
- Divide the class into small groups. Have each group create a help-wanted classified ad for a job 50 years in the future. Tell students the ad must include the job title, job description, salary range, and contact information. Encourage students to use their imagination!
Variation: With older students, have each student create a help-wanted ad.
Assessment
Evaluate students' ads.
Lesson Plan Source
Education World
Submitted by
Lois Lewis
National Standards
Language Arts:
NL-ENG.K-12.4
NL-ENG.K-12.5
NL-ENG.K-12.6
Originally published 10/09/2000
Last updated 05/26/2009
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