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 Table of Contents 
 The curriculum expectations identified in this resource were current as of July 2005. 
 Ontario Version 
 
  Introduction
Accommodations For Students
 
 
  Introductory Activities  
  Web-Quest Activities 1-5 (Intro to Essential Skills) (Intro to Essential Skills)
Essential Skills Vocabulary Activities 1-5
 
 
  Beginner Activities  
  Guest Speakers Assignment (Let Me Introduce…)
Student Applications of Working and Learning (AWAL) (Going AWAL for a Day)
A Day in the Life of a Parent (Reality Check)
Tally Sheets Assignment (You Are What You Eat)
Essential Skills Coat of Arms (Armed with Essential Skills)
Oil and Gas Drilling Workers – What Do They Do? (It’s a Gas Working in the Petroleum Industry)
Personal Diaries from WWI: Storyboard Assignment (Lest We Forget)
Cell Model Assignment (Ex-CELL-ent Idea)
Prove That Stat! (Brrr! That's Cold!)
 
 
  Intermediate Activities  
  “Interview With An Entrepreneur” (Does This Shoe Fit?)
Behaviour-Based Interviews (Prove It!)
Reflective Journals Daily Assignment (Ya Think?)
I am an Essential Skill and my Name is…
Advertising Our School Play (All the World’s a Stage)
Daycare Woodworking Assignment (Gifts of Wood)
Parking Lot Surveys and Graphing (Check Out Those Wheels!)
Terminology Portfolio (Dissecting Essential Skills)
Trigonometry Assignment (Off on a Tangent)
Making a Model of a Closed Ecosystem (Getting Hooked on Ecojars)
Paper Airplane Lab Assignment (Fly Like an Eagle)
Workplace Numeracy (It's Everywhere!)
Store Inventory Activity ("Store-y" Book Keeping)
Describe That Task! (How Do They Do That?)
Graphing Essentials
Making Ice Cream in a Bag (It's a Chilling Experience!)
Rates of Chemical Reactions (How Do You Rate?)
Multiplying Fractions (Shake 'n' Bake)
 
 
  Expert Activities  
  Essential Skills Interactive Testing Centre (Try It, You’ll Like It)
Job-Twinning (Me and My Shadow)
Employee Profiles Research (Positive Profiling)
Essential Skills Portfolio (Box of Life)
Influential People Biography
Essential Skills Workshop Brochure (Sign Up Now)
Managing Conflict Role-Playing (Conflict – Says Who?)
Out On My Own
Essential Skills Survivor Challenge
Yeast Fermentation (How to Make the Most Dough With the Yeast Bread!)
Investigating Occupations in Foodservice (Serving You Better and Better Every Day)
On The Move Travel Assignment (Road Trip)
Car Leasing and Buying Comparison (Car Trouble?)
Landscaping Lowdown (The Green($) for Green)
Home Design Project (Designing My Home)
 
 
  Essential Skills Teacher Resources  
  Essential Skills Master List
Essential Skills Certificate of Excellence
 
 
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