BIZARRE JOBS
LEVEL: Form 2
TIME: 1 hour
AIMS: To find specific information on a Website; to identify verbs and the rules of using them, to practice vocabulary associated with occupations; to create their own bizarre jobs.
TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS:
One computer per group of 2-3 students with an Internet connection and a Web browser.
Websites: www.jobprofiles.org, dictionary.com
PREPARATION:
1. Locate sites related to bizarre and interesting occupations
2. Using information on the site, prepare a worksheet
PROCEDURE:
Set Induction:
1. Ask the students to name a few occupations that they know, along with their descriptions, and write them on the board.
2. Write a few bizarre jobs on the board and ask students if they know the occupations mentioned and their descriptions.
Development:
Activity 1:
1. Explain the instruction for the activity: In groups of 2-3 people, students are to find information from a Website about bizarre occupations and complete the worksheet accordingly.
2. Distribute worksheet to the students. Ask the students if they can guess the job descriptions from the jobs' names. The jobs are: chimney sweeper, ostrich babysitter, furniture tester, gum buster, snake milker, golf ball diver, nasty stunt producer, chicken sexer, dice inspector, and wrinkle chaser. Tell them that answers to all questions are available online.
3. Send students to the Website chosen, and ask them to find the information and complete the worksheet accordingly.
4. While they are completing the worksheet, students should take note of any new or difficult vocabularies. Tell students that they can find the definitions of those words online.
5. When all the groups have completed the task, discuss their results. Discuss about the job descriptions of the occupations, their opinions about the jobs and the new or difficult vocabularies they encountered.
6. Ask the students to identify verbs in their worksheets. Explain and discuss the rules of using verbs. Ask students to give more examples of verbs that are not available in the worksheet.
Activity 2:
1. Explain the instruction for the activity: In the same groups of 2-3 people, students are to discuss and create their own bizarre jobs. Each group has to come up with one bizarre occupation, discuss its' job description and present the results of their discussion.
2. Allow students adequate time to discuss while teacher provides guidance and supervision.
3. When all the groups have completed the task, each group has to take turn and present the results of their discussion.
Conclusion:
1. Ask students to name a few other bizarre jobs they had found in the website but were not in the worksheet, along with their description.
2. Ask students definition of a few words they had encountered during the completion of task.
Follow-up:
1. Ask students to write a paragraph about their dream job. The task is to be presented in the next class.
WORKSHEET:
ANSWER SHEET:
TIME: 1 hour
AIMS: To find specific information on a Website; to identify verbs and the rules of using them, to practice vocabulary associated with occupations; to create their own bizarre jobs.
TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS:
One computer per group of 2-3 students with an Internet connection and a Web browser.
Websites: www.jobprofiles.org, dictionary.com
PREPARATION:
1. Locate sites related to bizarre and interesting occupations
2. Using information on the site, prepare a worksheet
PROCEDURE:
Set Induction:
1. Ask the students to name a few occupations that they know, along with their descriptions, and write them on the board.
2. Write a few bizarre jobs on the board and ask students if they know the occupations mentioned and their descriptions.
Development:
Activity 1:
1. Explain the instruction for the activity: In groups of 2-3 people, students are to find information from a Website about bizarre occupations and complete the worksheet accordingly.
2. Distribute worksheet to the students. Ask the students if they can guess the job descriptions from the jobs' names. The jobs are: chimney sweeper, ostrich babysitter, furniture tester, gum buster, snake milker, golf ball diver, nasty stunt producer, chicken sexer, dice inspector, and wrinkle chaser. Tell them that answers to all questions are available online.
3. Send students to the Website chosen, and ask them to find the information and complete the worksheet accordingly.
4. While they are completing the worksheet, students should take note of any new or difficult vocabularies. Tell students that they can find the definitions of those words online.
5. When all the groups have completed the task, discuss their results. Discuss about the job descriptions of the occupations, their opinions about the jobs and the new or difficult vocabularies they encountered.
6. Ask the students to identify verbs in their worksheets. Explain and discuss the rules of using verbs. Ask students to give more examples of verbs that are not available in the worksheet.
Activity 2:
1. Explain the instruction for the activity: In the same groups of 2-3 people, students are to discuss and create their own bizarre jobs. Each group has to come up with one bizarre occupation, discuss its' job description and present the results of their discussion.
2. Allow students adequate time to discuss while teacher provides guidance and supervision.
3. When all the groups have completed the task, each group has to take turn and present the results of their discussion.
Conclusion:
1. Ask students to name a few other bizarre jobs they had found in the website but were not in the worksheet, along with their description.
2. Ask students definition of a few words they had encountered during the completion of task.
Follow-up:
1. Ask students to write a paragraph about their dream job. The task is to be presented in the next class.
WORKSHEET:
ANSWER SHEET:
