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INTRODUCTION

dialog based on page 26, On-the-Job Instructions b. Give some students the sentence strips. Have
part A, simulates how a carpenter might train a them pantomime their actions as other students
new carpenter’s helper about the procedures for guess what they are doing and then tell them
installing hanging cabinets: where to stand to be in the correct sequence in
A. Excuse me. I’m the new carpenter’s helper. Can front of the class.
you give me instructions for installing the hanging 7. Skills Check: After completing Lesson 5, students
cabinets? can do the Workplace Actions activity in the Skills
B. Sure. Use a stud finder to find a stud and mark its Check section.
middle. Then, mark both edges of the stud.
A. Okay. Tech Task 2: After completing Lesson 5, students
B. Then measure 16 inches on center to locate the are ready to do Tech Task 2. (See page 120.)
rest of the studs, and measure 54 inches up from
the floor at both ends of the wall. Lesson 6:
A. Did you say 16 inches on center, and 56 inches up Job Performance
from the floor?
B. No. That’s not right. I said 16 inches on center, Similar to Lesson 4, the sixth lesson in each unit provides
and 54 inches up from the floor. workplace communication practice to develop students’
A. I see. And what do I do after I measure the wall? soft skills. However, the dialogs in Lesson 6 have a special
B. Using a level, install the ledger board. Then start focus on job performance—the ways that people give,
with a corner cabinet and place it on the ledger receive, and react to feedback on the job. You can use
board. Attach the cabinet by screwing through its the Lesson 4 suggestions for communication practice
support strip into a stud. Do you follow me? with each dialog.
A. Yes. I understand. 1. Set the scene and context.
B. Level the cabinet using a level and shims. Then
install, level, and connect the other cabinets. 2. Model the conversation.
Finally, remove the ledger board and install the 3. Practice the conversation.
cabinet doors and hardware.
A. Where are the cabinet doors? 4. Practice new conversations.
B. They’re still in my truck. I’ll help you bring them in 5. More conversation practice and topics for
when the cabinets are hung. discussion and writing
A. Okay. I’ve got it. Thanks.
6. Skills Check: After completing Lesson 6, students
5. Practice conversations: Have students work in pairs can do the Workplace Communication activity in the
and practice conversations based on the lesson’s Skills Check section.
multistep instructions, including communication
strategies, and present their conversations to Tech Tasks 3–5: Please see page 121 for
descriptions of additional Tech Tasks for each unit
the class. (The ToolSite reproducible for the first and suggestions on when to include them in your
Conversation Practice activity has students identify lesson planning.
the communication strategies in the dialog and
then use these strategies and others to create new
conversations based on the other three sets of It can be an exciting, challenging, and hopeful time
instructions in the lesson. A separate Communication as students prepare to enter the world of work and
Strategies reproducible is also available, which continue their education. We hope that CareerView
provides a comprehensive list of expressions students Construction, Building Trades, & Green Jobs helps
can use as they create their conversations.) them explore their work interests and options, develop
6. Play with the instructions: For motivating practice, their skills, and prepare for a successful journey on the
you might consider doing one or both of the pathway they choose to follow to achieve their goals.
following activities using sentence strips, each Bill Bliss
containing one of the instructions: Steven J. Molinsky
a. Give some students the sentence strips. Have
them circulate around the room, say the
instructions on their sentence strips, and put
themselves in the correct sequence in front of
the class.
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