Feb. - Week 3 (How to Find a Job)

Which text feature in the selection does the author include to help the reader understand what a person needs to do after they have completed their resume?

• What Do You Like?

• What’s Next?

• Create a Resume

• Personal Contact

What is the meaning of the word stick in paragraph 2?

• a piece of a branch

• continue

• attach

• rod

Paragraph 4 is mainly about how to –

• get directions to a specific place

• speak with managers and other people

• pick up a check from a job every two weeks

• make contact with a company you want to work for

The author includes subtitles most likely to –

• interest the reader in the information in that section

• suggest an interesting topic to research

• show that this information can be found other places in the selection

• identify the main idea of each paragraph

Which text feature in the selection would BEST help the reader understand how a person needs to choose the type of job they want to apply for?

• the underlined title

• the information in paragraph 1

• the subtitle on paragraph 2

• the illustration

Which detail from the selection suggests that you may not be hired immediately?

• Be sure to introduce yourself to the manager at the place where you would like to work.

• Make sure your resume lists all of your personal information.

• Check back with a job every week or two until you get it.

• It is important to choose a job that interests you and that you would enjoy.

Which sentence completes the diagram below?

• A person looks in the “Help Wanted” section of the local newspaper.

• A person chooses a career doing something they are interested in.

• A person speaks directly to a manager when dropping off a resume.

• A person checks back often with a future job.

Read this sentence from paragraph 3.

This sentence helps the reader know that –

• resumes should have specific information written on them

• personal information is confidential and cannot be given to just anyone

• a person applying for a job must have a college education

• people looking for jobs often get frustrated

Which sentence from the selection does the author include to help the reader visualize what to do when you bring a resume to a job you are trying to get?

• Be sure to try to speak directly to the manager, so you can introduce yourself personally.

• It can be useful to look in the “Help Wanted” section on the local newspaper or online.

• Bring your resume to places you would like to work.

• Don’t forget to check back with each perspective job every week or two until you get a job that makes you happy.

The reader can use the suffix –ful to know that the word useful means –

• useful before

• full of use

• useful again

• not useful