6th Six Weeks · 5 class periods (50 minutes each)
Learning Target
I can identify Arts/AV careers, create and revise a truthful privacy-safe résumé, explain seven steps in an effective job search, and use audience evidence and design principles to solve a visual-communication problem.
Turnkey Week Structure
| Day | Focus | Required evidence | Canvas interaction |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cluster + Behind the Microphone | FYF plan + individual production-role companion | private annotation Assignment |
| 2 | first résumé | privacy-safe one-page résumé | private annotation/upload Assignment |
| 3 | attention to detail | FYF audio cues + one-page résumé revision record | retryable practice Quiz |
| 4 | effective job search | seven-step trace through one supplied fictional posting | private annotation Assignment |
| 5 | Merch Mode + final evidence | formative original design + final résumé/revision/job-search Minor | private Minor 2 Assignment |
TEKS
- d(1)(C): identify Arts/AV career opportunities and work products (Days 1, 3, 5).
- d(6)(A): identify steps in an effective job search (Day 4; reassessed Day 5).
- d(7)(A): write and revise a résumé (Days 2, 3, and 5).
Evidence and Platform Boundaries
- The required résumé works in Canvas or on paper. Xello Resume Builder is supplemental and may receive an optional copy; it is not the only evidence and is not a Grade 8 completion standard.
- Students do not exchange devices or logins. Peer review is optional and uses a student-controlled redacted copy. No home address, personal phone/email, birth date, ID numbers, photo, family information, references, or unauthorized contact information is collected.
- H&L App Exploration, eDynamic units, Adobe Podcast, Canva, and Adobe Express are supplemental tools. Canva, Adobe Express, and paper are equal design routes.
- Podcast work is a plan, not a public recording. Merch Mode uses fictional original brands; students do not copy real bands, logos, album art, characters, or trademarks.
- Current Irving evidence names Graphic Design and Digital Communication at Irving High, MacArthur, and Nimitz. Public listings do not guarantee schedule, credential, placement, admission, equipment, or employment.
Materials
- Canvas paired guides and six compact CCE artifacts totaling thirteen pages
- locked compressed FYF pp. 255-258 and 270-273
- Chromebook or paper; optional Canva/Adobe Express; pencils/markers
- current CareerOneStop résumé guidance, BLS Graphic Designers page, and Irving ISD CTE listing
Grading
Days 1-4 build the evidence. Day 5 is Minor 2 in the 6SW assessment map and remains unpublished until teacher transfer. Score truthfulness/privacy, visible résumé revision, the safe seven-step job-search process, tailored evidence, and a specific next action. Merch Mode receives formative design feedback; platform choice, graphic polish, personal work history, public sharing, and English mechanics are not scored unless meaning is unclear.