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 Guessing game: "What's my job?"

Each student is given images of 3-4 different occupations and writes them down.
Students then describe clues to the other students to guess each of the occupations. 

1. Tell your partner where you work: “I often work in/at ______________”
2. Tell your partner activities you do: “I usually  _____________”
3. The your partner what you wear: “I typically wear____________”
4. Tell your partner whom you work with: “I sometimes work with____________”
5. Tell your partner what you see at work: “I always see _______________”

Frequency adverbs/present simple focus:

1. I admire ____________because they always ...
2. ____________have the most interesting job because they typically...
3. ______________have the most difficult job because they never...
4. _____________have the most fun job because they usually....
5. I would like to be a _____________because they never....
6. I would not like to be a ______________because they rarely...

Other interactive tasks:

Mime - students act out activities typical of the job to the partner/group to elicit name of vocation. 

Role play - students work in pairs/groups to create a short dialog (patient/doctor, policeman/citizen).

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Vocations: Scaffolded Tasks (Rita Tukvadze, Kutaisi #21)

Circle the right answer:

1)   Peter Palmer is a farmer, he ……….

a)   bakes bread

b)   has got cows, pigs and sheep

c)   prepares and cooks food

2)   Nigel Naylor is a tailor, he …………

a)   makes trousers, suits and shirts.

b)   sings songs

c)   drives trucks and cars.

3)   Wendy Witter is  a babysitter, she…..

a)   minds the kids when they are asleep

b)   flies a plane

c)   paints pictures.

4)   Penny Proctor is a doctor, she…….

a)   serves people food and drink

b)   fixes cars

c)   comes to see people when they feel bad

5)   Mabel Meacher is a language teacher, he……

a)   grows food

b)   teaches English, French and Greek

c)   looks after people’s health

6)   Patty Prentice is a dentist, she….

a)   solves problems on computer

b)   makes us feel happy

c)   keeps your teeth clean and white

7)   Ronnie Rymon is a fireman, he….

a)   fights fires

b)   plants flowers and trees

c)   cuts men’s hair.

Lesson Plan: Grade 5, Beginner Level

Babi Kenchuashvili from the Gori ELCE group has shared this lesson plan with us that she created for her beginner 5th grade class.

Interactive Matching Task (Sophie Khvadagiani, Kutaisi #3)

Interactive GroupTask:

1. Students work in groups to create posters (pasting two images, matching titles and descriptions).
2. Posters are displayed on the walls around the classroom.
3. Students circulate from poster to poster as each group gives short presentation about poster.

Create Printable Crosswords, Word Search/Scramble, Cloze Tests

Easy to create printable activities

worksheets.theteacherscorner.net

Listening Task: Vocabulary Expansion Jobs/Occupations

Listening Task:

What jobs did you hear?  Write them all down.

Check with partner. Listen again/Check with partner.

Teacher elicits and writes list on board.

Listen again and write remaining jobs.

Which job would you like? Write your reasons/compare.