JOB HUNTING

Structure/Vocabulary:

What / Where / How -----? + BE

Functions:

Asking for and giving information.

Materials:

Story, forms.

P
RE - ACTIVITY
Skills:
Organization:
Procedures:

Listening.
Individual, whole class.
(1) Hand out the story. Teacher reads the story about Jeremy. Let the
pictures explain vocabulary. Have students answer the questions at
the bottom of the page. Check.
(2) Be sure students know the appropriate vocabulary for the
situation below: "Next, please. Thank you. You're welcome. Sign
here, please."

Po
or Jeremy
Jeremy is sad. He doesn't have a job. Jeremy needs money. Jeremy needs to look for work.
Every day Jeremy goes to a different company. On Monday he goes to Volkswagen On
Tuesday he goes IBM
On Wednesday he goes to Ford. On Thursday he goes to General Electric. Finally, on
Friday Jeremy finds a job. Now he's happy. Jeremy is a policeman now.
Answer the following questions: That's right. / That's wrong.
1. Jeremy works for Volkswagen.
2. Jeremy needs money.
3. Jeremy is a man.
4. Jeremy goes to many different companies.

ACTIVITY
Skills: Writing, Speaking, listening.
Organization: Mixer.
Situation: The students have same problem as Jeremy. They desperately need a job.
They gave to apply at as many companies as they can.
Procedures: (1) Write form on board and brainstorm questions needed to ..
(2) Choose 1/3 of the class to be job interviewers and the rest are looking
for a job.
(3) Place interviewers in different places in the classroom, leaving room for
students looking for jobs to line up in front of them.
(4) Give each interviewer a set of forms.
(5) Job hunters line up and answer as interviewer asks questions to fill out
the form. Job hunters goal is to be interviewed by as many "companies" as
possible in the time allotted. Interviewers goals are to interview as many
prospective employees as possible. Be sure students don't take shortcuts
and forget to ask or answer or to be polite.
(6) At the end of 10 or 15 minutes, looking at the applications filled out by
each of the interviewers, find out which was the most efficient interviewer
and which job hunter completed the most interviews.

Name:
____________________________________________________________
Address: __________________________________________________________
Telephone number:_________________

Age: _________

Place of Birth: _____________________

Sex: M F

Signature: ___________________

POST - ACTIVITY
Skills: Writing.
Organization: Individual.
Procedures: Have students write a brief resume about themselves
including name, address, age, telephone number, place of

birth. You can have one student supply a model and put it
on the board.