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DOCUMENT RESUME ED 368 979 CE 066 409 AUTHOR Lewandowski, Carol; Burt, Lorna TITLE Reading and Writing Effectively. INSTITUTION Mercer County Community Coll., Trenton, N.J. SPONS AGENCY Office of Vocational and Adult Education (ED), Washington, DC. National Workplace Literacy Program. PUB DATE 94 CONTRACT VA198A2090 NOTE 164p.; For related documents, see ED 351 578-599 and CE 066 398-418. PUB TYPE Guides Classroom Use Teaching (:.lides (For Tests/Evaluation Instruments (160) Teacher) (052) EDRS PRICE MF01/PC07 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS Adult Basic Education; Basic Skills; *Job Skills; Learning Activities; Lesson Plans; *Literacy Education; *Reading Instruction; Skill Development; *Writing Instruction Worplace Literacy IDENTIFIERS ABSTRACT This workbook, designed for workplace literacy courses, covers effective reading and writing. Introductory materials include objectives, a topical outline, sources, and information on time for the course and continuing education credits. The 16 sessions of the course cover the following topics: job terms; abbreviations, acronyms, and pictorial symbols; sentence structure; vocabulary building; paragraphs; forms and memos; diagrams, maps, and flowcharts; and problem solving (case study). The lessons include information sheets and exercises, such as sentence correction, crossword puzzles, fill-in-the-blanks, matching, and simulations. (KC) *********************************************************** Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made * from the original document. *********************************************************************** MERCER COUNTY COMMUNITY Reading and COLLEGE Writing Effectively TRENTON NEW JERSEY I U S DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION ON e 01 Edo. alional ReSeal( h and Improvement EDUCATIONAL RE SOURCES INFORMA !ION CE NTE R (ERIC) , .:''.:::; This document has been reproduced as I ter emved trorn the person Of organIzat.on ''' si\s' uoginaliny it Minor changes have been made to improve ' i , reprodui Iron Oualrly skPs.<, W ss Points of view or opinions stated in this do( u I merit do not ner essarily represent ollicrat OE RI positron or poi.. , ':,....`§S' Z.6::, k s% ....,.... s:KAss s .k.P.::.>ss I 1111141 .sks% WiS. Z? s ZS :55 Ivsi. s.:".... ::\ s::",...:>4 s I I sss° s s 'Is Ztk. 0 ;'s4%..5%:; ll . I sss ,;,..v .. ..,..,,) S ., 1,...0,...,........., .. Q I ,.../ BEST COPY AVAILABLE I 2 Reading and Writing Effectively Mercer County Community College Division of Corporate and Community Programs 1200 Old Trenton Road Trenton, NJ 08690 Elaine S. Weinberg Director, Workplac^ Skills Education Prepared Under a United States Department of National Workplace Literacy Grant 1994 3 ACKNOWLEDGMENT Lewandowski and Lorna Burt, Senior Mercer County Community College thanks Carol creating this manual. Through their Education Specialists/Curriculum Developers for and service industries learned valuable contributions employees in manufacturing if the jobs and strategies for learning other tasks concepts relevant to their existing opportunity should arise. 4 EFFECTIVELY READING AND WRITING the messages they need to be able to understand Words are all around us. We will offer communicate to others. This course give us and to use these words to instructions, maps, signs, notices, forms, memos, tips to interpret and use diagrams and flowcharts. OBJECTIVES: students will be able to: Upon completion of this course, Recognize and use job terms and acronyms Interpret symbols, abbreviations, with unfamiliar vocabulary Apply strategies for dealing labels and and read anything from Use reading plan to skim, scan, and articles signs to detailed instructions, memos, paragraphs, and supporting details of Identify subjects, main ideas, memos and articles flowcharts using diagrams, maps, and Follow and give instructions and instructions Write summaries, paragraphs, problem Research information to solve a appropriate action Use information to take READING AND WRITING EFFECTIVELY 1 TOPICAL OUTLINE: Job terms Abbreviations, acronyms, and pictorial symbols Sentence structure Vocabulary building Paragraphs Forms and memos Diagrams, maps, and flowcharts Case study SOMCES: Echaore-Yoon, Susan. Reading Skills that Work: Book I. Chicago: Contemporary Books, 1991. OTHER: Hours: 32 3.2 CEU: READING AND WRITING e SESSION 1 OBJECTIVES: session students will In order to recognize and use job terms, at the end of this be able to: Match general jobs with job descriptions Identify titles and tasks specific to the company Use action words Write about their jobs TOPICS: Matching different types of work with job descriptions Identifying what people do Using action words to describe an assembler's job Job titles, job terms, job tools, job tasks METHODS: Guided discussion Group work Worksheets to practice reading and writing EVALUATION: Self evaluation of whether they have completed the Worksheets correctly Ongoing evaluation by teacher Students will be more competent in naming and describing job tasks and titles. Moreover, they will be able to give clear and detailed descriptions about their jobs, using correct action words and appropriate terms. MATERIALS: Pre-class exercises 4 worksheets: Job terms Page 2 SESSION I ev,TEACHER TIPS 1 Student introductions Student registration 1 Discussion of student expectations give handout Course Outline Course overview Job Terms handouts The first handout is a general one. The second one is specific. We suggest thot you develop your own, according to the specific industry. What Does an Assembler Do? Discuss subject and action words. Relate work sheet to what students do. encourage students to discuss terms, title, equipment and On The Job tasks they deal with daily. 1 8 11 ©Mercer County Community College Page 3 JOB TERMS workplace that you think would use those terms. Match the set of terms with the medicine, a. blood pressure, Social welfare agency 1. thennometer b. beneficiary, premium, policy Flower shop 2. delivery c. wreath, flower arrangement, Medical clinic 3. d. stock, invoice, inventory Bank 4. credit card e. discount, receipt, Insurance Company 5. f. caseload, evaluation, document Warehouse 6. withdrawal g. change, deposit, Restaurant . h. menu, order, entree Department Store 8. Work: Book One. Chicago: Echaore-Yoon, Susan. Reading Skills That Contemporary Books, 1991. 9 ©Mercer County Community College Page 4 JOB TERMS Read the descriptions for the jobs below. Then write the name of the job that fits that description (from list) under it. Mail clerk Delivery person Stock locator Receptionist Quality controller Packer Picker Inventory controller Greets visitors and answers phones 1. 2. Takes items from inventory as noted on an order sheet Weighs, labels, and organizes outgoing packages 3. 4. Brings packages and envelopes to the company Finds suitable places in warehouse for incoming inventory 5. 6. Organizes and places order material in suitable box ©Mercer County Community College 0