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Essential Skills for Everyday Life: Navigating Instructions, Maps, Menus, and Applications

In our daily lives, we often encounter various informational texts that assist us in solving problems and making decisions. From reading maps to find our way home, understanding menus to order food within our budget, and following complex instructions for tasks like assembling furniture, these texts are crucial. Additionally, job applications and college or technical school admissions processes require careful navigation of informational resources. This guide offers insights and links to improve your skills in these essential areas.

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Essential Skills for Everyday Life: Navigating Instructions, Maps, Menus, and Applications

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  1. Informational Texts

  2. Informational texts help you solve problems • They give you detailed directions • They show you how to do something • “Real World” reading

  3. Maps • Maps show you how to get from one point to another. • How do you get home from school? • http://www.tfl.gov.uk/modalpages/2625.aspx

  4. Menus • Anyone hungry? You have to know how to read a menu to order what you want to eat within your budget. • www.allmenus.com

  5. Instructions • Following instructions can be difficult. Take for example, the instructions to put together a table from IKEA. You almost need a degree in engineering to put it together! • http://www.ehow.com/how_2151133_ride-a-unicycle.html

  6. Recipes • Who likes to cook? We must follow recipes to make our food yummy. • www.foodgawker.com

  7. Job Application • One day, you will have to grow up and get a job (BOO!). Let’s look at a few applications. • http://www.mcdonalds.com/us/en/careers.html • http://deltajobs.net/career_destinations.htm • http://www.publix.com/careers/ • http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/help/jobs.jsp?c_id=atl

  8. Technical School Application • Don’t think college is right for you? Try a technical school! • http://www.okefenokeetech.edu/admissions/app_form.asp

  9. College Application • http://www.admission.gatech.edu/apply/ • https://www.admissions.uga.edu/article/apply_now.html

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