Activity Procedures:

Activity One:

• ask your student to explain what the word "skill" means
• have her identify any skills that she can think of
• record these skills on individual strips of paper
• (Use handout: Skills)

Activity Two:

• ask your student to look up the word "skill" in the dictionary and read it aloud
• have her write the definition in the box labelled SKILL
• (Use handout Skills: Definitions)
• have her define what Personal Skills means
• this may mean looking up the work "personal" in the dictionary
• have her record the definition in the box
• repeat the above procedure for technical and transferable skills

Activity Three:

• gather magazine pictures of people in different jobs
• talk about the job and have your student identify the various skills that a person in that position would need E.g.: Administrative Assistant: computer literate, communication skills
• a homework or in class activity would be to have her develop a job ad for one of the positions discussed