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Jobs Domino

Tenth Grade.

TARGET CONTENT N° 11: CAREERS, JOBS AND LIFESTYLES.

Aim: Expressing a range of responses and attitudes to events, issues or opinions, giving reasons.

Material: printable domino game.

Duration: Preparation: 45 minutes. Playing the game: 20 minutes

Language focus: writing. Productions of a complete written text using vocabulary like I'd like (to) ____ because ____.

Aim of the game: expressing written opinions.

INTRODUCTION

               The teacher previously created a domino game. Each domino peace has a picture of a job and next to it a description of another job. The students get in pairs and play the game using the same rules domino has. The student that wins will be able to choose one of the jobs to write a text about and also the winner will choose the occupation the loser will have to write about. Then they create a 5-lined paragraph about that occupation and what they think about it. If they like it or not. Where can you study to become that, where people who work as that profession work and also if they have another occupation that they like better using vocabulary like: I'd like (to) ____ because ____.____ is better than ____. The teacher writes the following questions on the board ( What do you know/think of ____?

Which are the benefits of ____?  How much does a ____ earn/cost at ____? What does he/she do?

Where can you major in ___?  ) in order to guide the students during the process of writing. Afterwards the teacher reviews the texts and provides feedback.

PREPARATION

1-      First you have to select the jobs you want your students to review.

2-      After selecting them create a domino game on word using pictures and descriptions like the following examples:
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SPORTS BINGO

TARGET CONTENT N° 11: CAREERS, JOBS AND LIFESTYLES

10^th Graders

Aim: Talking about different occupations.

Materials: popsicle cards and cellphones ( Whatsapp).

Duration: Preparation: 1 hour. Playing the game: 15 minutes.

Language focus: Different professions, and jobs that exist and their names. Such as doctor, lawyer, chef, firefighter, accountant, reporter, butcher, teacher, farmer, among others.

Aim of the game: talking and asking questions to find out the job the partner has.

INTRODUCTION

At the beginning of the lesson teacher can start by asking a question like: What is your dream job? What would you like to do for a living? Afterwards the students will be separated in pairs by choosing popsicles of the same color without knowing who their partner will be. And then the corresponding classmate will be revealed and they will ask a series of questions using Whatsapp audios to try and find out their classmate’s job in their popsicles. They will have only one minute to ask questions to each other without saying what their job is. And then they will try to guess out loud.

PREPARATION

1-      Finding different flash cards with jobs and professions in order to stick them in the popsicles.

2-      Then separating the professions by color (two by each color)

3-      Then preparing the questions the students can ask to each other.

PLAYING THE GAME

1.      Put the popsicles facing down in a desk, that way the students cannot see what the job in the Popsicle is.

2.      Ask the students to make a line and randomly choose one of the popsicles.

3.      The ones with the same color will be a pair. They cannot show the picture to the others, it has to be a secret.

4.      Then the students will have to go to the opposite sides of the classroom, in order to use the Whatsapp audios.

5.      For a minute the students will ask each other questions in order to guess the other’s job for example: Where do you work? Do you work with people, animals or things? Did you have to study a lot? When do you usually work? Do you drive a vehicle?

After the minute they cannot talk to each other anymore and they will have one chance to guess what the profession of their classmate is.

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HOLIDAYS AND CELEBRATIONS SPINNER

TARGET CONTENT N° 5: HOLIDAYS AND CELEBRATIONS IN COSTA RICA WITH SOME CELEBRATIONS IN ENGLISH SPEAKING COUNTRIES

10^th Graders

Aim: writing about holidays and celebrtions.

Materials: fidget spinner, roulette board

Duration: Preparation: 2 hours. Playing the game: 20 minutes.

Language focus: Different holidays and celebrations and activities. The students will use the following vocabulary: What's your favorite celebration? When is it celebrated?

How is it celebrated? My family is used to going /eating, celebrating, etc. on____? I prefer ____, etc.

Aim of the game: describing through writing certain holiday or celebration.

INTRODUCTION

The beginning of the activity is simple the teacher will introduce the topic and ask some simple questions regarding the topic. Then one by one the students will come in front of the class and spin the fidget spinner that is on the roulette board previously created. The spinner has an arrow when the spinner stops and the arrow is in one direction the students will have to write a descriptive text about the holiday that he chose with the spinner. Each student will do this until all of them have holiday or celebration to write about they will use this vocabulary: What's your favorite celebration? When is it celebrated?

How is it celebrated? My family is used to going /eating, celebrating, etc. on____? I prefer ____, etc. describing if the like this holiday or not. Or what people usually do on this day. At the end the teacher will check the texts and read some in front of the class.

PREPARATION

1.      First you should choose which holidays and celebrations you are going to use for the roulette.

2.      Then using software like paint, canva or any other image editing tool create a roulette like this:

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Twister Dance

Tenth grade.

Target Content 10: senior citizens, minority and…

Aim: identifying minorities and expressing respect and opinions about it.

Materials: cardboard circles (depending on the number of students) markers, speakers, music.

Duration: Preparation: 1 hour   playing the game: 20 minutes

Language focus: speaking suggesting solutions (Who are senior citizens? How can you help /take care...? Could we...? Let's... Why don't we...? I'd like to..I don't think... I wouldn't... I'm sorry about.../ etc.)

Aim of the game: identifying senior citizens, minority groups and the situations they live.

INTRODUCTION

               The teacher will place the different colored cardboard circles (green, red, blue, yellow) like the ones in a Twister, on the floor. Then a song will be played and the students will dance around the circle, it is similar to the musical chairs game, but there is a circle for each student. When the music stops the students have to stand over a circle. The ones who stand on the same colors are going to make a team. Afterwards each team will receive a situation related to the topic and they will have to mimic the situation in front of the class, while the other teams try to guess what it is. For example: a pregnant woman trying to sit on the bus but no one is helping her or giving her a seat. When the students correctly guess a conversation will be held and they will discuss what they think about what happened if they agree or not with it, using the language functions given…

PREPARATION

1.       First the teacher will create the cardboard circles, the same quantity of each color, in this case two. 

1.       Then the teacher will write down different situations on paper for the students to choose.

2.       The teacher will look for a fun dance song on the internet to use it for the game.