3.

2 Jobs crossword

Aim Pre-activity (10 minutes)

To complete a crossword puzzle by asking • Play an alphabet jobs game with the class. Divide the class into two
for and giving definitions for jobs teams and explain that they have to think of jobs that start with the
letters of the alphabet, starting with a.
Language
• Teams take turns saying a job that starts with a, e.g., actor, architect,
Present Simple author, until a team cannot think of a job, then move on to b, e.g.,
Jobs vocabulary banker, butcher, then c, and so on. (Students may not be able to
think of a job for each letter.)
Skills
• The team that last thinks of a job for each letter gets a point. The
Speaking team with the most points at the end wins.
Lesson link
Use after Unit 3, SB p. 22 Procedure (20 minutes)
Materials • Explain that students are going to complete a crossword puzzle.
One copy of the worksheet cut in half for • Divide students into pairs. Give Students A worksheet A and
each pair of students Students B worksheet B.
• Students work in pairs to complete the crossword by asking and
Answers
answering, e.g., What does number one do? He or she writes for a
newspaper. Encourage them to ask: How do you spell that? when
1. mail carrier
they are unsure of the spelling. Go around the room listening,
2. chef correcting, and helping as necessary. Make sure that students use
3. architect the third person s correctly. You may want to set a time limit.
4. model
• Tell students that they can check that their answers are correct
5. nurse because the letters in the shaded boxes spell a job (accountant).
6. journalist
7. pilot
• Review answers as a class to make sure everyone completed the
crossword correctly. Go over any common problems you noticed.
8. lawyer
9. student
10. taxi driver Extension (10 minutes)
Shaded boxes: accountant • Ask students to write a few sentences about a job without saying
the job, e.g., (model) I wear beautiful clothes. My photograph is in
magazines. (chef) I work in a restaurant. I cook food. Go around the
room helping with vocabulary, as necessary.
• Divide students into groups of three or four. Students take turns
reading their sentences aloud for the others to guess the job.

14 Unit 3.2 . Jobs crossword Teacher’s notes

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Student B

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C H E F
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L A W Y E R
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