LESSON PLAN – What’s My Line?

Theme – Investigating The World Of Work

CAREER SKILLS – Career Exploration

KEY SKILLS – Communication, Problem Solving, Working With Others, Improving Own Learning & Performance

WORK RELATED LEARNING – Learning For Work, Learning About Work

COMPETENCIES – *ai, *aii, *aiii, *aiv, *bi, *cii, *di, **ei, **eiii, **eiv, **evi, ***fiv, ***kiv, ***kvi, ****li, ****mi

SUGGESTED SUBJECT AREA – Business, Social Studies, Personal Development, English

Learning Outcomes

By completing this task students should be able to:

·  Use questioning techniques to ascertain information.

·  Develop an understanding of what a job involves.

·  Compare and contrast perceptions and realities of work.

Preparations and Materials

·  Copies of the Teachers’ Notes to be provided to visitors before the day as a briefing sheet.

·  Copies of Info Sheets (1) and (2) “What’s My Line?” to be provided to each student when they are briefed prior to the activity.

·  A copy of the Activity Sheet “What’s My Line?” for each team leader.

·  Set of numbered cards – one number for each visitor.

·  A prize for the winning team.

·  This activity can be used with several classes at the same time.

Method

  1. Brief the students prior to the lesson, explaining the aims of the lesson using the learning outcomes on Info Sheet (1).
  2. Put the students into groups of up to 10 and ask each group to appoint a team leader.
  3. Give each group leader an Activity Sheet and each student a copy of Info Sheets (1) and (2).
  4. Remind the students and visitors of the format of the game, including rotation of student groups and numbering of visitors.
  5. Ask the students to move in their groups to sit in a semicircle around a visitor and give a signal to start questioning (e.g. a whistle).
  6. At 5 minute intervals students should be directed to move on to their next visitor and this format continues until all the groups have questioned each visitor.
  7. Team leaders complete and hand in their groups Activity Sheet to be marked.
  8. Each visitor is invited in turn to tell the whole class their job title and spend approximately 2/3 minutes explaining what the job involves.
  9. After all the visitors have given a brief outline of their jobs, the prize can be presented to the winning team.
  10. Thank the visitors and bring the session to a close.
  11. Either immediately, or at a later debriefing, ask the students what they have learned from the lesson.
  12. Summarise the main learning outcomes.

TEACHERS’ NOTES – What’s My Line?

Briefing for Visitors

Your have been invited to take part in an event called “What’s My Line?”, a game based on a popular 1960’s quiz show.

The Game

·  You will be given a number and seated in a space to which several teams of students will come in turn. You will be expected to quickly mime an aspect of your daily work as a clue to help the students guess what it is that you do.

·  The students will ask questions about your work to which you must only answer Yes or No. you are allowed to say “Pass” if the question is impossible to answer as Yes or No.

·  The session is timed and at the end of the time limit the team confers and agrees what their guess is going to be. Their team leader then records their guess against your number on their sheet making sure that no other team overhears or sees what they have put. The team will then move onto the next visitor and you will receive another team. Please do not tell any of the teams what it is that you do!

·  There will be a prize for the winning team. When all the teams have questioned all the visitors their answers will be collected in and marked to find the winner with the highest number of correct answers.

After the Game

Whilst the results are being worked out we would like you to tell all the students what it is that you do and describe what it involves. You could also answer questions from the students. As each of the visitors will be providing this information to the students there will be a few minutes for this part of the exercise.

Please Remember

·  If any student is impolite or disruptive tell them to leave the area and go to the teacher in charge immediately.

·  Please stick to the rules throughout so as to be fair to all the teams.

·  We really appreciate your involvement in this exercise – without you it could not happen!

Learning Outcomes: By completing this task you will be able to:

·  Use questioning techniques to gain information.

·  Develop an understanding of what a job involves.

·  Compare and contrast perceptions and realities of work.

INFO SHEET (1) – What’s My Line?

Student Briefing

You are about to take part in a game called “What’s My Line?” .

The idea is to guess the occupation of the visitors by asking them questions to which they can only answer Yes or No. your team’s guess must be written on the Activity Sheet by your team leader at the end of each question session.

As you are competing with other teams it is important that you ask the right questions to help you guess correctly and that you speak quietly when discussing what your leader should write as your guess, so the other team cannot hear your answer. There will be a prize for the winning team.

Use the questions on Info Sheet (2) to help you to think of suitable questions to ask during the game.

Remember

·  There is a time limit

·  Other teams are trying to beat you and win the prize

·  Do not shout out or pass on information to other teams.

INFO SHEET (2) – What’s My Line?

Ask about… Possible Questions (you will have to think of a lot more).

A place of work

Equipment needed/used

Hours of work
People they work with
Clothing
Travelling
Qualifications
Training

ACTIVITY SHEET – What’s My Line?

Team number: Team Leader:

Do not write down any answers until the whole team has finished asking

questions, or your time has run out.

Write down your best guess for each visitors occupation if you are unsure of

Their specific job title.