Well, the holiday or vacation is over and it is now time to get back to work.
What is work?
- What type of work do you want to do once you leave school?
- Is work always enjoyable?
- What would be the best work or dream job you could possibly think of doing?
- Do you have to be paid for work?
- How is work at school different to work out of school?
Activities for this week:
- Create a poll about work and add it to your blog.
- Create an A-Z poster about work.
- Answer some of the above questions in posts. Perhaps a slideshow of your dream jobs.
- How has work changed over the last century? Create a timeline to show your answer.
- What type of volunteer work would you enjoy?
- Why do some students work hard at school while others just get by in their subjects? Does this change depending upon the country you or your parents come from?
- How has technology changed the way we work?
- Interview your parents or grandparents about the types of work they might have done. What skills did they need to get those jobs?
- How would this infographic about laziness at work look different if it were laziness at school?
- Is your school teaching digital literacy, financial literacy, social media literacy which can all affect the job you decide on in the future?
- What skills do you need for your preferred job in the future? Are there any blogs about that type of job?How could you use a blog, outside of school, to prepare yourself for your future work?
- The best jobs in the world – check out these workers: Ben in Queensland, Australia – 6 year old Sam in England – 12 year old Harry in England -
Remember to expand on the questions, give lots of reasons or information and if you used a website on the internet as part of your answer, include a link back to that website or include a bibliography. Give correct attribution for any images you use.
Attribution:
Image: ‘Carrying 100 Bags of Grain in Delhi‘
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I am a middle school teacher who retired in 2012 but still loves teaching. In my spare time I enjoy tracing my family history and helping others with their genealogy as well as chatting with my friends around the world. But most of all, I enjoy travelling and visiting new places.
Welcome back to Challenge Ms. Sue and every participants
Hi Miss W,
The challenge this week is great I love it!
I’m just wandering how do you get images in your widgets bar. I really want to know.
Thanks,
-Amy M
Amy,
Here is a link to Teegan’s blog where she shows you step by step how to add an image with a link in your sidebar as a widget.
So glad that the challenge is back on!
Hello. I have middle school students, and our schedule never quite gels with the challenge, so I haven’t registered. However, I was browsing the challenges, and your Week 6 “Let’s Work” challenge is awesome. Do you mind if I adapt it for my students and assign it to them? I will give a link back to this site with the assignment (unless you’d like me to do more). We probably will not be ready to go for a week or two. Thanks!
G’day Teresa,
Sorry about not quite gelling with the challenge. It is on twice a year, March and September but the challenges are left up all the time. You can use them whenever it suits you. Feel free to use the week 6 challenges and a link back to that post would be great. Thanks for asking.