ESL Lesson Plan What's Your Job?

Level
A1
Time
90 min
Media
Video + Article
What's Your Job?

Lesson Overview

In this A1 ESL lesson plan on jobs, students will learn vocabulary related to various types of jobs, practice speaking about their job, and engage in fun activities to enhance their understanding and communication skills.

The class begins with a fun warm-up exercise. Next, they are introduced to new words related to the topic, which they are then…

In this A1 ESL lesson plan on jobs, students will learn vocabulary related to various types of jobs, practice speaking about their job, and engage in fun activities to enhance their understanding and communication skills.

The class begins with a fun warm-up exercise. Next, they are introduced to new words related to the topic, which they are then challenged to use in the next exercise. 

There are awesome vocabulary and speaking activities that enable teachers to ensure their students comprend the new words and are able to use them in context. 

In this A1 lesson plan on jobs there is an excellent reading activity that challenges students to learn new words in context. The lesson finishes with fun speaking games which are designed to help student progression while ensuring they are fully engaged and loving learning.

Activity Layout

  1. Warm Up: Pictures. 
  2. Let’s Make Sentences. 
  3. Video: True or False.
  4. Question Time.
  5. Reading: Jobs and Responsibilities. 
  6. Reading: Comprehension.
  7. Question Time: Part 2.
  8. Grammar: Characteristics. 
  9. Game: This or That?

Homework

There is an excellent homework task to supplement this awesome A1 ESL lesson plan on jobs. Students are challenged to read a fun text then write detailed answers to the questions. Activity layout:

  1. New Words: Recap
  2. Reading: Jobs and Responsibilities. 

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