Lesson Plan: Jobs

Lesson Level: Junior 1 and 2 (Grades 7 and 8) Duration: 45 Minutes

Lesson Title: Jobs

Grammar and Vocabulary

Names of Jobs.

Forming and asking Yes/No questions

Lesson Objectives

Students will develop vocabulary for various jobs.

Students will practice listening for specific information.

Students will be able to formulate and ask questions requiring “yes” or “no” answers.

Materials Required

Note this lesson was originally devised to use materials from the New Hotline Elementary text book, Unit 3.

The suggested dialogue in the notes is a replacement for this if it is not available.

It should be recorded, preferably by a native speaker other than the teacher.

Audio from New Headway Elementary Unit 3 or replacement dialogue from Note 1.

Questions based on the audio, written on a poster.

e.g. What Job did Peter have on Sunday mornings?

Why did he give that job up?

At least twenty cards with the names of jobs on them.²

Preparation

Prepare all materials

Procedure

1

Introduce lesson.

Tell class that todays lesson is all about jobs.

Give some examples.

Elicit more examples from class.

2

Play “Questions” as follows.

Put rules on board.

One person will stand at front.

This person has a card with a job on it. (Show class the cards)

People in the class can ask questions about the job.

The person at the front can ONLY say YES or NO

The class must guess the job.

After 10 questions you must guess.

Put some sample questions on the board.

e.g.

Do you work outside?

Do you work with animals?

Do you handle money?

3

Take a card yourself and play the game with the students.

Use this practice game to restate the rules if they don't understand.

The winner takes your place and a new game begins.

4

Play until about half the lesson has gone

Write the answers to the questions for each round on the board.

eg.

works outside

doesn't work with animals

doesn't handle money

Clear board after each round.

5

Explain audio task.

The man in story has many jobs.

Play audio.

Students must listen and identify all the jobs that they hear.

Elicit jobs in feedback.

Play tape again to check.

6

Put questions poster on board.

Play audio again.

Students must answer questions.

7 Extension Activity

Put students in pairs.

Each student must tell their partner what job they want when they leave school and explain what that job is and why they want it.

Feedback.

Notes

1. Suggested replacement dialogue.

This dialogue may be recorded and used as a replacement for the audio from Headway if that book and recording are not available.

Peter Smith has had many jobs in his life. When he left school he became a postman but that didn't pay enough money so he also took a part time job as barman working in the evenings. At the weekend he was a coach for a children's football team on Sundays and on Saturday mornings he worked in a shoe shop. As time went by he became unhappy with all of these jobs. First of all he decided that he didn't want to be a postman because it meant going out early in the morning in all kinds of weather. It was OK in summer when it was sunny but when the weather was wet in autumn or cold in winter he didn't like it.

So he gave up that job to find something where he didn't need to go out in the bad weather. What he found was a job as a bus driver. It could rain, snow or hail and he didn't care. he was always inside the bus and while the passengers had to get on and off, he didn't!

He drove his bus during the day – including Saturdays – so he could no longer work in the shop. Instead he got an evening job as a waiter in a small Italian restaurant. It was hard work and didn't pay well but the customers liked him so he got lots of tips.

However he was so tired on Sunday mornings that he could no longer coach the football team. Now he liked to sleep late on Sundays so he got a job in the afternoons as a gardener in the local park. He was also the park's security guard – making sure no one caused any trouble -, gatekeeper – opening up in the morning and locking the gates at night, and first-aider – giving help to people with any small injuries or health problems.

By then he had also given up his job in the bar and instead was a student at the local college in the evenings because he wanted to get a better job.

He was studying to become an accountant and eventually he passed all of his exams and found a job with a small company in his own town. Of course he had to give up all the other jobs but he didn't mind because his new job paid as much money as all of the others together.

Now he works in an office doing the same work every day and he is very happy because he has been promoted to office manager. He loves his work and is very successful but sometimes he looks out of his office window and sees a bus go by or a postman delivering letters and he misses the old days when he had so many different jobs.

2

Job cards. Add others if required.

Doctor	Policeman Policewoman Police Officer
Teacher	Fireman Firewoman Fire Officer
Bus Driver	Soldier
Taxi Driver	Nurse
Bank Clerk	Cleaner
Shopkeeper	Journalist
Farmer	Office Worker
Actor	Singer
Waiter/Waitress	Decorator
Electrician	Plumber