Writing a Cover Letter . Careers and Financial education Lesson designed by a L6 Qualified Careers Guidance Leader. Editable 14+ slide PowerPoint Lesson. Lesson includes: Lesson Assessment, Student Resources, Signposting to extra support services. Bonus Homework Activity and links to our videos and much more.
Careers Learning Outcomes:
Understand the purpose of a cover letter
Explain the structure of a cover letter
Apply correct structure and content to your personal cover letter
Some Careers and finance linked Key Terms Covered
Formal, Your sincerely, Yours faithfully
Careers and Finance Assessment Objectives
I understand the purpose of a cover letter
I can explain the structure of a cover letter
I can apply correct structure and content to my personal cover letter
Skills Builder Framework
Creativity
CDI Framework
Manage Career
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Each Careers Lesson Pack Contains:
1 Fully Editable PowerPoint (Learning Outcomes, Confidence Checkers, Assessment of Learning, Variety of Tasks, Video Embedded URL Clips, Engaging Premium Quality Slides, Extra Support careers Websites, Challenging & Thoughtful Questioning)
Student Worksheet(s) are included with some lessons
Homework Activity
Assessment Opportunity (Confidence Checker)
Teacher Notes (On some slides)
Focus on literacy
1 Hours worth of activities - including timings for every activity
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