Dream job, 8 grade

Unit of a long-term plan: The World of Work

School: №65 school-gymnasium

Date:

Teacher name: Sakh A.S.

Grade: 8

Number present:

absent:

Lesson title:

Dream job

Learning objectives

8.1.9.1 use imagination to express thoughts, ideas, experiences and feelings;

8.4.2.1 understand specific information and detail in texts on a growing range of familiar general and curricular topics, including some extended texts;

8.3.3.1 give an opinion at discourse level on a wide range of general and curricular topics;

Lesson objectives

Learners will be able to

• create speech in an imaginative way within real and imaginary situations

• comprehend specific information and detail in texts

• provide a point of view at discourse level

Assessment criteria

• create speech in an imaginative way within real and imaginary situations

• comprehend specific information and detail in texts

• provide a point of view at discourse level

Level of thinking skills

Knowledge and Comprehension, Higher order thinking skills

Value links

Develop effective communication skills

Cross curricular links

Geography

Previous lesson

Strange jobs, unusual jobs

Stages / Time

Teacher’s actions

Students’ actions

Assessment

Resources

Beginning of the lesson

3 min

2 min

Middle of the lesson

5 min

10 min

5 min

15 min

GREETINGS

Warm-up: “Who am I?”

Teacher shows cards with pictures with different professions.

CHECKING HOME TASK (UNUSUAL JOBS)

Teacher wants to know about Ss’ dream jobs.

Teacher sets learning objectives in simple way.

TASK 1

Pre-reading task: Teacher shows Ss pictures and author of a text to predict what a text is about

Author of a text: Velislava Velinova (who is she? What does she want to talk about in the text?)

Teacher presents new lexis on the board:

While reading task: Teacher gives a part of a text for pair working [PA]

My dream job.

Journalist

STUDENT A

I want to be a journalist and advance in my career when I grow up. I really wish to be a famous and successful journalist. The journalist should have a definite purpose and always tell the truth to people.

The journalism is gathering processing and dissemination of news and information about events of the day to the audience. The profession also involves announcement and presentation of news and different points of view Nowadays for

the Bulgarians the most important is to receive reliable information about the situation not only in our country but in the whole world.

STUDENT B

When I choose my career, I should be completely sure that I will put heart and

soul into my job. I will refer to my work with love and dedication and I will be rewarded. I believe in the honour, the truth and the goodness. So I hope that my reports will present these humans values.

I know that the way will be long and difficult. Keep your fingers crossed that I will succeed realizing my dream.

Post-reading task:

Teacher gives graphic organizer to complete understanding

Task for a student with special educational needs:

Teacher gives task to Student for reading and filling the gaps.

Task 1. Read a text and put the words in the gaps (profession, journalist, choose, believe, information)

My dream job.

Journalist

I want to be a 1) __________and advance in my career when I grow up. I really wish to be a famous and successful journalist. The journalist should have a definite purpose and always tell the truth to people.

The journalism is gathering processing and dissemination of news and information about events of the day to the audience. The 2) __________ also involves announcement and presentation of news and different points of view Nowadays for the Bulgarians the most important is to receive reliable 3)__________ about the situation not only in our country but in the whole world.

When I 4) _________ my career, I should be completely sure that I will put heart and

soul into my job. I will refer to my work with love and dedication and I will be rewarded. I 5) _______ in the honour, the truth and the goodness. So, I hope that my reports will present these humans values.

I know that the way will be long and difficult. Keep your fingers crossed that I will succeed realizing my dream.

Answer key: 1) journalist; 2) profession; 3) information; 4) choose; 5) believe.

Teacher asks whole class CCQs:

1. Does she work as a journalist? /NO/

2. Is it her dream? /Yes/

3. Is journalism gathering information? /Yes/

Task 2 (Formative assessment)

8.3.3.1 give an opinion at discourse level on a wide range of general and curricular topics;

Teacher changes the pairs of Students randomly and gives task to make an interview for getting a dream job [PA] [FA]

Teacher asks the whole class ICQs:

1. What are you going to do now?

2. Do you have a dream job?

3. Why do like this job?

4. What are advantages and disadvantages of this job?

Student guesses who he is by asking questions

Students present their posters of unusual jobs

Students suggest own ideas

Ss make a prediction for a text

Ss read a given part of the text.

Ss complete graphic organizers and retell own part to the partner.

Student reads a text and fills the gaps

Ss answer the CCQs

Ss make a dialogue interviewing for a dream job