Peer Teaching Group 2 – Resumes & Application Letters

Dear classmates, how's my driving peer teaching? On Monday the 31^st of January 2011, Michelle, Faizal and I presented on the topic of Resumes and Application Letters. The lesson plan was as follows:

Content

·         Effective application letters (workplace, internship, graduate school)

·         Effective résumé

·         Personal Statements

Goals

·         Educate our classmates on how a good application letter and/or resume will allow one to stand out from others.

·         Teach them and demonstrate the proper way of writing a professional application letter and resume

Materials/Technology

·         PowerPoint slides

·         Facebook

Activities

·         “Spot the Mistake!” game

·         Part 1 – Identify and discuss problems with a sample résumé

·         Part 2 – Analyse mistakes in an application letter statement

·         Write A Résumé

·         From details gathered on Facebook, write a résumé of that person

Lesson Sequence

1.    Introduction

2.    Résumé

3.    Application letter

4.    Personal Statement

5.    Activity

6.    Closing

If you have any opinions with regards to our presentation, please feel free to leave a comment.