Learn the names, job duties, and locations of various job occupations
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Lesson plan overview
| Task | To learn the names of some work occupations, what they do, and where they work. |
| CLB level | CLB Stage I (CLB 1-3) |
| Delivery method | Online |
| Class size | 10-15 students (vary the number of activities according to your class size) |
| Estimated time | 1.5 hours (depending on class size) |
| CLB Skills and Competencies | Speaking: Interacting with others Sharing information Listening: Interacting with others Comprehending information Reading: Comprehending information |
| Language focus | Learn the vocabulary needed to understand this topic. Understand the questions “Who am I?,” “What do I do?,” and “Where do I work?” (and be able to answer these questions with full sentences). Use the appropriate grammar structures and vocabulary to respond personally to the reflection questions. (Encourage students to respond in full sentences.) |
| Cultural focus | Students discuss how their work aspirations might change between what they did in their home country and what they will do in Canada. |
| Specific task learning objectives | Students will learn, understand, and use basic vocabulary related to work occupations. Students will put together occupation names with work duties and work locations. |
| ESL Directions original video (🎥) and audio (🔊) activities? | This lesson includes original video (🎥) and audio (🔊) activities. |
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Lesson plan
Warm-up: Introducing the topic and defining our terms
- Today, we’re going to learn some names for various work occupations.
- What is work?
- What is an occupation?
- Can you name three occupations? What do people in these occupations do, and where do they work?
Skill-building activities
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- Learning about work occupations* 🎥 (Watch a video that includes the vocabulary we are going to learn today.)
- Listen to the video transcript again* 🔊 (Listen to the audio version, read the text, and think about what the words highlighted in read mean.)
Skill-using tasks
| Who am I? | What do I do? | Where do I work? |
|---|---|---|
| – Vocabulary fliptiles* – Vocabulary match-up* 🔊 – Vocabulary pair matching* | – Vocabulary flashcards* – Quiz* – Find the match* | – Vocabulary fliptiles* – Quiz* 🔊 – Match the sentence halves* |
Assessment/review tasks
- Vocabulary wheel spinner* (Match the three wheels.)
- Group sort*
Reflection questions
- Tell us three words you learned today.
- What kind of job or jobs did you do in your first country?
- What kind of job do you do in Canada? What do you do? Where do you work?
- What kind of job would you like to do in Canada?
- What would be your dream job? How would you get this job?
- What was the best job you ever had?
- What was the worst job you ever had?
- What was your first job? What did you do?
- What other kinds of jobs have you done?
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