CC582YA Exploring

Personal
Characteristics and
Careers

COURSE:

UNIT A

Who Am I and What Can I Become?

COMPETENCY:

B2

30%

Understand interests, attitudes,

values, personality, learning styles,
and skills.

OBJECTIVE:

B2

10%

Understand personal and transferable

skills.

ESSENTIAL
QUESTION:

What do skills and abilities say about who I am?

Unpacked Content
Two Categories of Skills
A.

B.

Personal skills
1.

Mental

2.

Physical

3.

Social

Transferable skills
1.

Communication skills speaking and writing

2.

Listening skills sending and receiving messages

3.

Problem-solving skills - handling conflicts

4.

Technology skills computer knowledge

5.

Decision-making skills making wise decisions

6.

Organizing and planning skills - time management

7.

Teamwork skills - working with team members

8.

Adaptability skills adjusting to change

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Instructional Activities
1.

Skills (Hook in activity)

Inform students that the class is going to play

the Whos Got Skills? game.

Instruct students that they are to say, chant, or

sing the phrase Whos got skills? Ive got
skills; I can [name of a skill].

Begin the chant for the class and then pass

the chant on to another student.

Relevancy

Resources

Introduces
students to the
concept of skills

For example, say Whos got skills? Ive

got skills! I can dribble a ball! Then say
to another student, You got skills? The
student who is picked should say Whos
got skills? Ive got skills! I can [name of
skill]. Keep the chant going at a rapid
pace until all students have named a skill.

Divide students into three groups and assign

each group one of the following questions:

Are people born with skills?

Can skills be learned?

Why are some skills easier for people to

do than others?

Instruct each group to discuss the

question for 3 minutes.

Facilitate a discussion about skills using the

responses from the groups. Write student
answers on the board.

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Instructional Activities
2.

3.

Relevancy

Distribute and instruct students to complete

the My Skills activity sheet.

Once students have completed the activity,

invite students to share their responses.

Facilitate discussion of ways to develop new

skills.

Explain to students that skills can be

categorized as mental, physical, and social.
Ask for and give examples of each category.

Instruct students to draw three columns on

notebook paper titled mental, physical, or
social.

Instruct students to write the skills from their

My Skills activity sheet in the appropriate
category.

Facilitate discussion about how students

categorized their skills.

Divide students into three groups. Explain to

the class that each group will be assigned a
skill category and that they may not share their
category with the other groups.

Hand each group an index card with the word

Mental, Physical, or Social written on it.

Instruct groups to develop a role play or skit

which demonstrates their assigned skill
category. Inform groups that they will have a
specific amount of time to develop their
skit/role play and set a timer.

As each group presents their skit or role play,

instruct the other groups to guess the
category.

After each group presents, ask class for other

examples of the skill category.

Facilitates
student
identification of
their personal
skills and
identifies ways
to develop new
skills

Resources

My Skills
activity sheet

Helps student
Understand
(B2) skill
categories

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Instructional Activities
4.

Lead students in a brainstorming activity.

Write Classes and Skills on the board.

As students name the classes that they

like, list them under Classes on the board.

As students name the skills that are

necessary for success in each of the
classes, list them under Skills on the
board.

Instruct students to copy the notes from

the board on notebook paper and file the
page in their notebooks.

Facilitate a discussion on how the various

skills listed are used in school. Ask students
which skills are used in places outside of
school. For example, where else besides
geography do they need to read a map?
Where else besides English do they need to
communicate thoughts and ideas?

Explain to students that they have just

provided examples of Transferable Skills.

Distribute the Venn Diagram activity sheet.

Instruct students to complete the activity by
comparing and contrasting the skills used to
be successful at school to those used in other
places. Through this activity, students should
be able to identify which of those skills are
transferable.

Relevancy

Prompts

students to think
about
transferable
students

Facilitates
student
identification of
their
transferable
skills

Resources
Venn
Diagram
activity sheet

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Instructional Activities
5.

6.

7.

Explain to students that Transferable Skills

are divided into categories.

Instruct students to take notes on the

Transferable Skills activity sheet as the
categories of transferable skills are defined
and discussed.

Divide the class into eight groups. Give each

group a sheet of flip chart paper. Assign each
group one of the transferable skills. Instruct
each group to define and give examples of
their assigned transferable skill. Allow each
group to present. Have class to give other
examples.

Instruct students to create and play a

jeopardy game using the transferable skills.

Instructions for creating jeopardy game can be

accessed using Internet sites:
http://teach.fcps.net/trt10/PowerPoint.htm,
http://www.hardin.k12.ky.us/res_techn/countyj
eopardygames.htm. Do an Internet search for
additional websites.

Facilitate a discussion on what students

learned about their personal and transferable
skills.

Ask students to complete this statement:

Knowing my skills helps me know myself
better because on a sheet of notebook
paper.

Teacher Note: Remind students to file their

activities in their notebook. This is a building
reference guide.

Relevancy

Resources

Facilitates

students
identification
and
categorization of
transferable
skills

Transferable
Skills activity
sheet

Facilitates a fun
and interactive
way for students
to learn about
transferable
skills

Internet

Reinforces and
reviews
students
learning of the
objective

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Transferable Skills Page 1

Name:

Student Activity
Period:

Date:

My Skills
Name:

Student Activity
Period:

Date:

My Skills
Name:

Student Activity
Period:

Date:

Directions:
Write your name on the middle line
On the arrows, write the skills you have now.
In the ovals, write skills you would like to develop.
Around the stars write ways to develop new skills.

My Skills
Name:

Student Activity
Period:

Date:

My Skills
Name:

Student Activity
Period:

Date:

Transferable Skills Venn Diagram

Name:

Student Activity
Period:

Date:

Directions: List your skills used at school in the left circle. List your skills used in other places (home and community) in
the right circle. In the center list the skills that are used in both places, these are your transferable skills.
School Skills

Skills used outside of school

Skills used in both places

Transferable Skills Venn Diagram

Name:

Student Activity
Period:

Date:

Transferable Skills notes

Student Activity

Name:

Period:

Date:

Directions: Make notes from the class discussion.

Transferable Skills

Communication

Listening

Problem-solving

Technology

Adaptability

Notes

Examples

Transferable Skills notes

Student Activity

Name:
Transferable Skills

Decision-making

Organizing and
planning

Teamwork

Period:
Notes

Date:
Examples