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W RITE ON! LESSONS FOR NEO
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3 Lifelong
Skills
(Continued)
Job Storming Job Storming gives teenagers, particularly those about
to seek that scary but exciting first job, a chance to
anticipate problems and opportunities before
approaching the work place. Discussions in the files are
presented in the expectation that Cervantes’ wise
admonition “forewarned is forearmed” will better
prepare teenagers to think ahead and speak up for
themselves, whether seeking a job out of need or for
pocket money. Learning the ways of the world the hard
way—by experience—may be softened somewhat by mild
exposure to these exercises.
Moral
Dilemmas II
Students are provided with a moral dilemma. Prewrite
activities lead student writing groups through a
brainstorm of ideas and thoughts about the dilemma,
further analysis and refinement, and the writing of a
position statement or statements. Then each individual
student writes an essay that supports the student’s
chosen position and states the student’s personal
feelings on this issue. Through healthy discussion and
debate on these issues, students can learn a lot about
themselves and their values as well as gain practice in
group discussion and decision-making and in writing
expository essays on relevant issues. Editing Guideline
sheets are provided so students can carry their essays
through first draft, peer review, and final proofreading.
Publishing a booklet of moral dilemma essays makes a
good conclusion to this activity.
3_High School (Continued)