LESSON PLAN

Teacher: Amine Sall

Level: Beginner 3
Goal: Talking about jobs and job interview
Objectives: At the end of the lesson students should be able to
1. Describe and talk about10 commonplace jobs in New York
2. Identify positive attitudes for a successful job interview
Theme: Jobs
Activities/Skills/
Warm-up & Review
Locating workplaces

Activity 1: Describing jobs

Activity/Procedure/Stage
Good morning, class! How are you
doing? Are you excited about the
Thanksgiving break? What are you
planning to do?
Look at the city map (p.87) and answer
your partners requests for directions
using next to, between, across from, on
the corner of.
E.g.: Where is the police station?
The police station is next to the
courthouse.
Pre stage
Now, lets get into the buildings and find
out the persons who work there. For e.g.,
Police station/police officer; Bank/teller;
school/teacher, head teacher, clerk,
security guard; Hospital/doctor, nurse,
administrative assistant; Restaurant/chef,
cook, waiter, cashier.
While stage
Task: Look at this list of jobs, and match
each job to the corresponding description
(please, refer to handout 1).
Then, compare your answers to your
partners.
Post stage
Look at the list of jobs in the handout
again and select one job that you like
best. Tell it to your partner.

Interaction Time
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10mn

T-SS
30mn

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Activity 2: Talking about

job preferences

Activity 3: Reading and

Speaking
Job interviews: dos and
donts

Wrap-up

Pre-Stage
What are the things that make a job
attractive? Look at the handout and select
the job features that are most important to
you when choosing a job.
(Please, refer to handout 2)
While Stage
Choose your top three features and join
your group for discussion. Do you share
the same choices? Why do you think your
choices are the most important features?
Post-Stage
Report your group discussion to the class.
Each group will designate a
representative for the reporting task.
Pre-Stage
Now, lets look at what employers are
looking for when they hire someone. Look
at the list of things to consider when you
go to a job interview.
During Stage
Please, open your books, p. 131. Read the
text, and circle the positive attitudes that
the test and the handout have in common.
Post-Stage
Are there any other positive attitudes that
can be added to the list?

T-SS
20mn

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T-SS
25mn

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T-SS

Lets recapitulate
What are the different jobs we talked
about today?
Salesperson, desk clerk, waiter, cook,
cashier, mechanic, teacher, nanny,
superintendent, custodian.
What are the positive attitudes to bear in
mind when you go to an interview?
Arrive on time, dress nicely, be confident,
eye contact, use good English, listen
carefully, be polite, etc.

Materials: Stand Out Textbook, Stand Out Lesson Planner; Stand Out Workbook.

10mn

Task: Look at this list of jobs, and match each job to the corresponding
description.

Job
Workplace
Description
Cashier

Someone employed to clean offices or a
building

Salesperson

A woman employed to take care of a child
in the home of the childs parents

Desk clerk

Someone who fixes vehicles


Kindergarden

A person who takes care of a building
teacher


Nanny

Someone who brings, letters, parcels, or
ordered food to the proper recipient

Mechanic

A person who welcome people in a hotel
and check them in

Superintendent

A lady who owns a business or commerce


Custodian

A person whose role is to educate children
before they start primary school

Delivery person

Someone who works in a store or
supermarket

Businesswoman
A person who is responsible for payments
and receipts in a store, restaurant, etc.

Handout 2

Task 2: What are the features that make a job appealing to you?

Job features

Not important

A little bit

Very

important

important

Money (Does the job pay well?)

Free time for family and friends

Prestige

Positive impact on community

Opportunity to develop your social

networks/Make friends
No contact with customers

No pressure on you at work

Travel opportunities

Respect for your beliefs and values

Other?

Then, choose the two most important features, then join your group for discussion.

Handout 3

Task 3: Look at the following table. It contains a number of

attitudes to consider when you go to a job interview.

Confident

Work hard

Arrive on time No eating

Speak loudly

Eye contact

Use polite

Talkative

language
Dress nicely

No cellphone

Speak good

No smoking

English
Greet the

Listen

No chewing

No

interviewer

carefully

gum

headphones