Warmup: Jobs
Simple discussion questions.
Talkmor Suggestions:
Teacher-student activity OR pair work if your students have the ability.
Duration: 5-15 minutes, depending on the size and ability of your class.
Level: Beginner – Advanced
Word Library: Jobs
Vocabulary list and useful phrases.
Talkmor Suggestions:
Vocabulary that students should remember.
Useful everyday phrases that students can remember to understand native English speakers.
Level: Elementary – Advanced
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Fill The Gaps
Teacher’s Key included.
Individual task. Fill the gaps.
Duration: 10+ minutes depending on the students’ ability.
What Do I Do?: Jobs
Jobs & Job Descriptions.
Read some occupations to the students & elicit what the job entails
OR
Ask your students to write a job description in the provided space.
Easier jobs for elementary students.
More difficult jobs for intermediate students.
Teacher’s note included.
Duration: 15-30 minutes, depending on the size and ability of your class.
Level: Elementary – Advanced
Grammar Worksheets: Jobs
Student Activity.
Teacher’s Key included.
Talkmor Suggestions:
Individual task. Fill in the gaps and write some sentences.
Duration: 15+ minutes depending on the students’ ability.
Level: Elementary – Intermediate
On a Scale From 1-5: Jobs
Individual opinion-sharing.
Talkmor Suggestions:
Pair work.
Another fun activity.
Duration: 10 minutes
Level: Elementary – Intermediate
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Get In Line: Jobs
Put the letters in the correct order.
Students unscramble the words and then make a sentence with the words.
The teacher’s key is included.
Duration: 5-15 minutes.
Mixed Sentences: Jobs
Students put the words in the correct order.
The teacher’s key is included.
Talkmor Suggestions:
Student activity.
Duration: 10-15 minutes.
Level: Elementary – Intermediate
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Error Correction
Students read a sentence, identify the error, and rewrite and correct the sentence.
Duration: 10 – 15 minutes
“Wh” Question Words: Jobs
Fill the gaps.
Talkmor Suggestions:
Student activity.
Students fill the gaps with the Wh question words.
Duration: 5-10 minutes.
Level: Elementary – Advanced
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Adverbs of Frequency
Students create a sentence using the adverb.
Individual work.
Duration: 10 -20 minutes.
Like & Dislike: Jobs
More speaking and fluency practice.
Talkmor Suggestions:
Pair Work.
Easier discussions. Should be a fun activity.
Duration: 10-15 minutes.
Level: Elementary – Advanced
What’s The Word?: Jobs
Class contest.
Teacher’s key included.
Talkmor Suggestions:
Student activity. Encourage quick thinking.
Duration: 5-10 minutes.
Level: Elementary – Advanced
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True or False
True or False discussion.
Fun activity.
Teacher-student activity.
Duration: 10+ minutes.
SpeakEasy: Jobs
Easier Speaking Activity.
Talkmor Suggestions:
Pair work and fluency practice.
A student challenge to talk about any topic for half a minute.
Duration: 5-15 minutes, depending on your students’ ability.
Level: Elementary – Intermediate
What’s The Job?: Jobs
Class contest.
Students read a sentence and fill in the correct occupation.
Teacher’s key included.
Talkmor Suggestions:
Student activity. Encourage quick thinking.
Duration: 5-10 minutes.
Level: Elementary – Advanced
1-Minute Challenge: Jobs
Speaking Activity.
Talkmor Suggestions:
Pair work and fluency practice.
A student challenge to talk about any topic for one minute or more.
Duration: 10-30 minutes, depending on your students’ ability.
Level: Elementary – Advanced
Can You Name 3: Jobs
Fun and creative thinking. Fun activity!
Talkmor Suggestions:
Teacher-student activity OR pair work.
Duration: 10-15 minutes.
Level: Elementary – Advanced
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Can You Name 5
Teacher-student activity OR pair work.
Duration: 10-15 minutes.
News: Jobs
Students write some simple sentences about the lesson topic in a box.
Talkmor Suggestions:
Student activity.
This activity can be extended into an easy conversation between two students OR the teacher can ask random students to read what they wrote.
Duration: 10-15 minutes, depending on your students’ abilities and how much you want to extend the activity.
Level: Elementary – Advanced
