Title: Demonstrate reading and writing skills.
Course: Programming, Advanced (10152-II) > Section: Demonstrating Professional Competencies

Demonstration includes

- reading and interpreting workplace documents
- effectively writing workplace documents, considering
  - ability to convey messages with clarity
  - professional tone, appropriate to audience
  - grammar
  - forms and conventions (e.g., formatting documents, using an email signature).

Process/Skill Questions:

- What level of reading and writing skills are required for an entry-level job in a given industry?
- How do reading and writing skills help a person succeed as an individual, family member, and citizen?
- How would written correspondence differ among friends vs. between an applicant and a prospective employer?
- Why is it important for an employee to gain knowledge of preferred forms and conventions in the workplace?

Teacher Resources:

- Reading and Writing Lesson Plan #1
- Reading and Writing Lesson Plan #2
- Reading and Writing Lesson Plan #3
- Reading and Writing Activity, Career and Technical Education Consortium of States (CTECS)