Activity Procedures:

Activity One:

• ask the student what type of job they are interested in finding
• ask him to list some of the skills that would be necessary for this job and then ask what type of companies or organizations might need these services
• record the list

Activity Two:

• using the list of companies/organizations you have developed in activity one, ask your student to locate the section in the Yellow pages where he might find these companies (e.g.: banks, car dealerships, doctors, lawyers)
• ask him to go through the section and make a list of the companies/organizations that he recognizes and list what he knows about them and who he thinks might be responsible for hiring

Activity Three:

• Review the Key Vocabulary List
• ask the student if he has heard any other phrases when making phone calls
• ask him to use each word in a sentence
• ask him to write each word on an index card and add them to his word bank

Activity Four:

• ask your student what time a mall in your community is open and what time it closes, the street address and how you would get there from your meeting place
• ask him how he might find out all of this information
• develop a script in writing that he could use to gather this information
• once you have developed the script use a role-play to practice