Lesson Plan: When I Grow Up

Lesson Level: J2 Duration: 40

Lesson Title: When I grow up

Grammar and Vocabulary

Jobs, including unusual jobs (astronaut, lion tamer, explorer, clown)

Lesson Objectives

Students will learn names for various jobs.

Students will be able to say what jobs they like.

Students will be able to say why they like those jobs,

Materials Required

Pictures of unusual jobs – astronaut, clown, lion tamer, explorer, snake charmer, dancer, yoga teacher, food taster

Preparation

Prepare the pictures big enough to see when pinned to board.

Prepared dialogue.

Procedure

1

Put the title, “When I grow” on the board.

Explain that lesson is all about jobs.

2

Throw ball around class asking students what they want to be when they grow up and why.

Get about six students to answer.

3

Get strongest student to come to the front to read.

Put on board “What jobs do you hear.”

Read the dialogue with the student.

Ask class what jobs they heard.

Ask questions about why the student wanted each job and why the teacher said no.

4

Put students in groups. (No more than 10 groups)

Ask students to think of “unusual jobs”.

Tell students what you mean by “unusual” - use examples from the dialogue.

Tell students that only jobs NOT on your list count.

Write instructions. on board.

Give students 2 minutes to think.

5.

Divide board into columns. Have one student from each group come to write jobs on board.

Mark as follows

not a job – 0

job on your common jobs list – 0

other job – 1

For this lesson don't mark down for spelling, just show correct spelling.

Jobs that should get zero are teacher, doctor, nurse, driver, policeman, soldier, worker, cook, waiter, cleaner,

6

Show students pictures of the unusual jobs and ask what they are and if the student would like to do them. Ask why.

Notes

Pictures.
You will need pictures of various unusual jobs (see list in lesson plan) These can be obtained from the internet.