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Educación Secundaria

English: Level A2+

WEEK 17

Let’s talk about new jobs*

Activity 1 Jobs and occupations

LET’S SELF-ASSESS
En esta nueva normalidad, ¿qué trabajos conocemos? ¿Qué características tienen las personas que
realizan esos trabajos? ¿Qué actividades realizan? ¿Cómo han cambiado esos trabajos? ¿Cuáles son los
nuevos trabajos que han surgido en esta nueva normalidad? ¿Puedo describir esos trabajos en inglés?

Expresa cuánto sabes en inglés con las frases en la parte superior de la tabla. Marca con una “X” donde
creas conveniente. Aquí, no hay respuestas correctas. Solo responde con honestidad.

Not at all Somewhat Well Very Well

Can I do it?

Can I identify key

details in a text that
1. describes a person’s
job and how it has
changed in English?

Can I describe
someone’s
characteristics related
2. to his/her job using
adjectives in English
correctly?

Can I describe how

someone’s job has
changed in English,
3. using ‘used to’
correctly to describe
past habits?

Material elaborado en colaboración con el British Council y RELO Andes de la Embajada de Estados Unidos.

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LEAD IN
Write the names of the jobs you see in the picture. Follow the example.

1 D O C T O R

2 S V

3 W

4 D P

5 F F

E
A C

B D

Read the blog about Rosalinda and Felix in the next page quickly.

Who changed his or her habits?

a) Rosi b) Felix c) Both

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LISTEN AND READ

Listen to and read the blog entries about Rosalinda’s and Felix’s jobs.

Blog

Jobs and occupations from my community

TIME TO CHANGE!
During the lockdown, Rosalinda adapted her business to the new
normal. Let’s read more about the changes she made to her routine:
She used to go to the market every morning to buy all the
ingredients needed to make anticuchos, but now her son buys the
ingredients because he doesn’t want her to get sick.
She used to open her food stand at 11:00 a.m., but now she arrives
Rosalinda Velásquez
at 8:00 a.m. to disinfect everything. It takes a lot of time to do that.
Her customers used to sit around the stand to eat, but now they take
“I cook for my
the food home.
customers the
same way i cook Rosalinda misses her co-workers and customers a lot, but she knows
for my family.” they have to stay home to be safe. Street vendors are responsible,
hard-working and extra careful when they disinfect the cookware
they use to prepare the food.
Rosalinda says, “I cook for my customers the same way I cook for
my family.”

NEW NORMAL, NEW JOB!

During the lockdown, Felix’s job at a restaurant in Iquitos has
changed a lot. Let’s read more about his new job.
Felix used to be a waiter, but now he delivers food to his
customers’ houses on his bike. Before the pandemic, he used
to start work at 12:00 p.m., but now he wakes up at 8:00 in
the morning and delivers food all over the city of Iquitos.
Félix Soto
Felix misses his co-workers and the people at the restaurant,
but he likes riding his bike to different places every day.
Delivery people have to be organised, quick and very careful “Things have changed a lot
in traffic, too. this year, so i have to adapt
and change, too.”
Felix says, “Things have changed a lot this year, so I have to
adapt and change, too.”

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LET’S UNDERSTAND

UNDERSTAND: EXERCISE 1
Complete Rosalinda’s and Felix’s profiles with the information from the texts:

1. What is her name? Rosalinda Velásquez

2. What is her job or occupation?

Where does she work?

3.
(workplace)

How did her job change?

4.
Her job changed a lot. Now …

What does she miss?

5.
She misses …

What are the characteristics

6.
of a street vendor?

1. What is his name? Felix Soto

2. What is his job or occupation?

Where does he work?

3.
(workplace)

How did his job change?

4.
His job changed a lot. Now …

What does he miss?

5.
He misses …

What are the characteristics

6.
of a delivery person?

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LET’S PRACTISE!

PRACTISE – EXERCISE 1:
A. Match the picture, the descriptions and the correct job name. Number one is the example:

1 3 5

2 4

I I build II I catch fish III I keep the IV I take care V I help my

houses with in oceans or community of people in students
my own lakes. safe hospitals learn new
hands things

A FISHERMAN B CONSTRUCTION C NURSE D POLICE D TEACHER

WORKER OFFICER

B. Complete the descriptions using the names of the jobs from

part A. Follow the example:

Example: The police officer used to control traffic, but now

she protects people from criminals.

1. The _____________________ used to catch fish every day, NOTE

but now he rests on Sundays. Fíjate en la co
njugación
de los verbo
s después
2. The _____________________ used to teach in classroom, de “used to”
y en la
conjugación
but now she teaches from home. de los
verbos desp
ués de “but
now”. ¿La co
3. The _____________________ used to monitor a few njugación
es diferente?
patients every day, but now he monitors a lot of patients.

4. The _____________________ used to wear only a helmet

at the construction place, but now he wears a mask too.

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PRACTISE – EXERCISE 2:
Create sentences using the information in the chart. Follow the example:

Past habit: Past habit: Past habit: Past habit:

let her customers talk to customers in his wear only a helmet ride a motorcycle
eat at her food stand garage

New habit: New habit: New habit: New habit:

give them the food talk to them on the wear a helmet and a ride a bike
to take home phone mask everywhere

Example: The street vendor used to let her customers eat at her food stand, but now she gives them
the food to take home.

1. The mechanic , but now

2. The firefighter , but now

3. The delivery person , but now

NOTE:
njugate the
Remember to co
the second part
second verb in e
in present simpl
of the sentence di ng th e
ctly ad
3rd person corre
“- ie s” at the
“-s”, “-es” or
en d of th e verb.

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LISTENING COMPREHENSION
PRACTISE – EXERCISE 3:
Listen to a conversation between Flavia and her teacher. Complete Flavia’s father’s profile by answering
the questions. You will hear the conversation twice. Follow the example:

Flavia’s father

1. What is his name? Example: His name is Marco Rodríguez.

2. What is his job or occupation? He is a .

3. Where does he work? (workplace) He works in .

He is a , ,
4. What are some of his personal
characteristics? .

He likes his job because

5. Why does he like his job?

Fe de erratas: Para la instrucción, en el audio escucharás “...by choosing the correct options. “pero debe
ser “by answering the questions.”

Activity 2 Do it yourself - D.I.Y.

LET’S CREATE!

Describe someone’s job

It is important to recognize the value of the different Jobs and occupations

people do for our community.
NOTE
Think of a person whose job has change and create a blog entry so more
Personal quote
people learn about him or her. You blog entry will be posted in a blog = cita
personal
called “jobs and occupations from my community”. Follow these steps:
*Las comillas o
STEP 1: Choose one person whose job has changed this year. It can be a quotation marks
(“ ”)
family member or any other person you know. sirven para enm
arcar
citas textuales.
STEP 2: Make sentences about of him/her that include: Example: She al
ways
says, “It is impo
a. Personal characteristics that make him/her good at his/her job. rtant to
be organised”.
b. Describe his/her past habits and new habits using ‘used to’ and
‘but now’ (you can use Practise Exercise 2 as a model).

STEP 3: Add a personal quote to your text using: She/He says, “…”.

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SUGGESTED TEMPLATE:

• Include an introduction.

NAME PICTURE OF
• Write at least two sentences that
“PERSONAL THE PERSON
describe the characteristics that
make him/her good at his/her job. QUOTE”

• Write at least two sentences that

describe what the person used
to do and how that has changed. • Include a quote by the person.
Remember to use ‘used to’ and Remember to use quotation
‘but now’. marks. (“…”)*.

Your text should have the following characteristics

Characteristics or criteria Yes No

1. The blog entry is about a person you know and his/her job in English.

2. The blog entry is organized in four paragraphs. The first is an introduction,

the second include the characteristics, the third includes how the job has
changed and the fourth is a personal quote.

3. The blog entry includes at least two sentences describing past habits and
new habits related to his/her job using ‘used to’ and ‘but now’ correctly.

4. The blog entry includes at least two sentences describing personal

characteristics related to his/her job.

5. The blog entry includes a personal quote using quotation marks: He/she
says “…”.

6. The description should be 120-150 words long.

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Recommendation

Write a first draft of your blog entry and then revise it if it does not include all the
characteristics above.

LET’S SHARE!
Muestra tu idea a tus padres, hermanas o hermanos, a
quienes tengas en casa o a tu profesora o profesor, si
están en contacto, y explícales las seis características
que tu texto debe tener. Toma nota de los aportes y
mejora tu idea para hacer tu texto en inglés.

LET’S REFLECT

¡NOTEMOS ALGO!

Luego realizar las Actividades 1 y 2, puedo concluir que:

1. Utilizamos “used to” para hablar de ___________________________________.
a. Acciones o estados del pasado que no son ciertos ahora
b. Actividades que forman parte de la rutina de trabajo actual
c. Acciones o estados que son ciertos
2. Después del verbo modal “used to” el verbo ____________________________ .
a. Termina en “-ing”
b. Va en su forma original
c. Se conjuga en pasado simple
3. Utilizamos la expresión “___________________” para indicar contraste entre un
hábito pasado y uno nuevo.
a. because
b. but
c. but now
Después de haber completado estas oraciones, escribe un ejemplo de tu vida
utilizando “used to” correctamente. Mira el siguiente ejemplo:
I used to live in Mollendo, but now I live in Arequipa.
___________________________________________________________________.

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Ahora, reflexionemos:

¿Cuánto has aprendido esta semana? ¿Escuchaste el audio de la sección recurso? ¿Revisaste si tus
respuestas coinciden con la clave de respuestas? ¿Qué te comentaron sobre el texto en inglés que
creaste? ¿Qué opinas tú? Dale un visto bueno a una de las cuatro opciones. Selecciona la opción que
mejor exprese lo que puedes hacer ahora que culminaste las dos actividades de la semana.

Not at all Somewhat Well Very Well

Can I do it?

Can I identify key details

in a text that describes a
1. person’s job and how it has
changed in English?

Can I describe someone’s

characteristics related to
2. his/her job using adjectives
in English correctly?

Can I describe how

someone’s job has changed
3. in English, using ‘used to’
correctly to describe past
habits?

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que imparte el Ministerio de Educación.

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