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VOCATIONAL TRAINING     TEXTBOOK TITLE DESCRIPTION Automotive Trades – Reading Offers basic skills practice students will need to learn about automotive technology. Students practice locating information in books, organizing outlines, and using the PQ3R method. Construction Trades 1992 Introduces students to the basic knowledge and terms they will need to learn about the Construction Trades. Introduces PQ3R method of reading. Electricity and Electronics 1993 Introduces students to the background knowledge they will need for Electricity and Electronics training. There is a glossary of terms. Essential Skills for the Workplace Level 1 Level 2 1993 Readings include passages from popular magazines that appeal to a wide range of readers. Each passage followed by written activities. Builds skills in subject matter, supporting details, conclusion, clarifying devices, vocabulary in context, and main idea. Health Occupations 1995 Introduces students to background knowledge and terms they will need to learn about Health Occupations. Glossary of terms included. Job Application File 1987 Offers job seekers step-by-step instruction in how to fill out a job application. Students will gather information; improve printing skills, and practice reading and filling out sections of real job applications. Job Survival Skills Introduces students to most important rules and techniques of holding a job, including appearance, attitudes, interacting and handling stress. Life Skills: Me & Jobs 1992 Offers students an opportunity to learn about their own job-related preferences, their relationships with jobs, how to get an interview and how to act in an interview. Activities at end of each chapter help students accumulate job data. Math for Workplace Success 1991 Teaches prooblem-solving strategies for work problems that require math. Lessons present a work situation in which a strategy is demonstrated. Office Technology - Knowledge Base 1996 Introduces students to background terms and knowledge they need to learn about office technology. Office Technology – Reading 1992 Introduces students to the background reading skills they will need to learn about office technologies. Students are introduced to the PQ3R method. People at Work 1990 Workbook teaches students the essential principles of phonics, provides practice in spelling patterns and sound-letter correspondence, and gives students plenty of opportunity to build their vocabulary in context. Reading and Understanding Technical Information Introduces students to basic concepts for understanding technical work. Sections include understanding words, sentences, paragraphs and chapters; logical thinking; and reading and understanding drawings. Workskills Book One Book Two 1994 3–book series for use with multi-level groups of students. Content is taken from actual workplaces. Exercises are interactive and develop student’s problem-solving skills. Skill areas focus on reading, writing, speaking, listening, vocabulary, math and practical literacy as they relate to the workplace. Work-Wise 1991 Magazine format text designed to give job seekers the basic reading, writing, communication, and thinking competencies needed to find and keep a job. Recommendation based on JTPA checklists and the CASA Employability Competency System (ECS) objectives. World of Work Basic job skills introduction with review questions. Audio program accompanies booklet. Youre Hired Book 1 Book 2 1992 2–book series for intermediate ESL learners. Text is a developmental, activity-based employment program. Introduces students to researching jobs, finding a job opening, writing a resume and cover letter, and mastering interviews and thank-you notes. WRITING SKILLS AND STRATEGIES   TEXTBOOK TITLE DESCRIPTION Complete Sentence Workout Book 1985 Complete course in traditional grammar and punctuation designed to build skills sequentially. Offers practice in identifying concepts and in developing sentences. Passages – 66 1984 A series of short passages of fact and opinion, arranged in order of difficulty. Offers instruction and written activities that will lead to a better understanding of the basic structure of the sentence, subject matters, main ideas, and details. Writing for Workplace Success 1991 Text teaches students a systematic approach to solving business problems that require writing, reviews language usage concepts that are most troublesome for students, and presents writing skills in a general business context using a performance-based instructional design. Written exercises reinforce the concepts introduced.