English Career Resources

Key Stage 4: Create a careers magazine TV programme for young people (14-16)

(Career Education Guidance Objectives 2, 4, 10 and 12)

In this unit learners will address the following work-related themes: they will

• Review and reflect on how their experiences have added to their knowledge, understanding and skills and use this information when developing career plans (2)
• Explain why it is important to develop personal values to combat stereotyping, tackle discrimination in learning and work and suggest ways of doing this (4)
• Use work-related learning and direct experience of work to improve their chances (10)
• Select and use decision making techniques that are fit for purpose including preparing and using action plans, that incorporate contingencies (12)

In addition they will have opportunities to meet learning objectives of the Framework for Secondary English at KS4 with particular emphasis on Speaking and Listening.

Speaking and Listening: pupils will explore, develop and respond to a range of skills and strategies in a variety of context, adapting language according to task, audience and purpose.

Strands	Substrands
1. Listening and responding	1.1 Developing active listening skills and strategies
	1.2 Understanding and responding to what speakers say in formal and informal contexts
2.Speaking and Presenting	2.1 Developing and adapting speaking skills and strategies in formal and informal contexts
	2.2 Using and adapting the conventions and form of spoken texts
3. Group discussion and interaction	3.1 Developing and adapting discussion skills and strategies in formal and informal contexts
	3.2 Taking roles in group discussion
4. Drama, role-play and performance	4.1 Using different dramatic approaches to explore ideas, texts and issues
	4.2 Developing, adapting and responding to dramatic techniques, conventions and styles

Reading: pupils will engage with and respond to, a rich variety of print, electronic and multi-modal texts, developing analysis and awareness of the forms and purposes of writing, and the contexts and cultures within which they were written.

Strands	Substrands
5. Reading for meaning, understanding and responding to print, electronic and multi-modal texts	5.1 Developing and adapting active reading skills and strategies
	5.2 Understanding and responding to ideas, viewpoints, themes and purposes in texts
	5.3 Reading and engaging with a wide variety of texts