Monroe County Middle School

Monroe County Middle School

Detailed Pacing Guide

8th Grade

Christie Lyons

Unit Title / Key Concepts / Vocabulary / CCS / Time Allotted
Careers
Unit 1
Career Awareness, Exploration and Planning / Key Ideas:
•Identify and summarize why people work.
•Identify and apply basic academic skills relevant to the duties of a variety of careers.
•Demonstrate employability, communication, and social skills that are transferable to the work place.
•Exhibit productive work habits/ethics, attitudes, and team skills and explain their importance in the work place.
•Develop an awareness of career opportunities in Kentucky’s 14 career clusters and how they vary within and among communities and regions.
•Explore how technology is used in different occupations.
•Demonstrate the ability to use a variety of resources (current labor market information & personal interviews) to analyze career opportunities that could lead to a job shadowing experience.
•Analyze individual interests, aptitudes and learning styles and relate to planning for secondary education and future careers.
•Explain how postsecondary choices impact career goals.
•Update grade level completion standards on the Individual Learning Plan (ILP). / §  Vocabulary
Interest
Technology
Interest Inventory
Values
Aptitude
Career
Career Cluster
Career Fair
ILP
Job
Job Shadow
Lifestyle
Self-Knowledge
Telecomm- uniting
Teleconferenc-
ing
Job Application
Resume
Cover Letter
Interview / Standard
PL-07-4.1.3 (Academic skills and job)
PL-07-4.1.4 (Career Interest Inventory)
PL-07-4.1.5 (Locating a job)
PL-07-4.3.2 (Purposes of technology tools)
PL-07-4.3.3 (Job Application, Résumé, Cover Letter) / 6 Weeks
CMA 1
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Unit 6
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Unit 8
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Unit 9
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Unit 10
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