Subject: People of dangerous jobs10th Grade
Objectives:
1)to practice speaking, listening, reading and writing skills;
2)to enlarge pupils’ knowledge on the topic “Choosing a profession”;
3)to revise vocabulary on the topic;
4)to consolidate pupils’ knowledge from the previous lessons;
5)to develop logical thinking;
6)to cultivate conscious approach to choosing future profession
Type of the lesson: non standard - presentation of projects
Audio-Visual Aids and Materials: posters, cards, a white board,video films
Procedure
- Introduction. The report of the pupil on duty. Greeting.
T: Good morning, dear pupils. I am glad to see you again. I hope you are ready to start our work.
Warming-up.
T: Today we are going to speak on one of the most important things in people’s life, that is choosing a profession. I am eager to know if you have already made your choice as to your future job.
So, what would you like to be and why?
What job are you suited for and why?
What is your dream profession? (P1; P2; P3…)
T: Thanks for your answers. And I’ve got a short recommendation to you. Let’s read and translate it.
It is an advantage to choose your future career while at school. It gives you a goal to work towards and enables you to choose a right, suitable course of study.
T: I think these words don’t need any comments.
T: And now let’s mention the jobs which our lyceum leavers mostly choose. As far as I know these jobs are connected with risks and great responsibility.
Can you name any of these jobs?
And your projects deal with these dangerous jobs.
II. Main Body
Homework check-up. Presentations of the projects.
T: Listen attentively to your classmates’ project because you will get a task dealing with their story.
A project “A job of a fire fighter”
1)Watching a video
2)Listening to the students’ story about a job of fire fighters
3)Watching slides about this job
T: And now do the task on this project (Slide 1) (Students’ answers)
T: The next project deals with a job of a military man. Be ready to answer the question about skills and character qualities of a military man after listening to the project.
(Додаток 1)
A project “A job of a military man”
1)Listening to the song “I am in the Army now”
2)Watching slides
3)Listening to the students’ story about this job
4)Presentation of a poster devoted to a job of a military man
T: What skills and character qualities of a job of a military man were mentioned by the students in their project? (Students’ answers)
T: One more project is called “A job of a policeman”. After listening to this project you should answer my question “What are good and bad points of this job?”
(Додаток 2)
A project “A job of a policeman”
1)Listening to students’ information about a job of a policeman
2)Watching slides
3)Presentation of a poster
T. asks students who were presenting the project.
Imagine that you are a young policewoman. You are coming back after your patrolling and suddenly see a fighting incident. What would you do? (Students’ answers)
T. addresses the class:What are good and bad points of this job? (Students’ answers)
T: And now you will have a chance to hear what happened at our frontier post yesterday.
(Додаток 3)
Presentation of a project “A job of a border guard”
1)Situation “An incident at the frontier”
2)Acting out a dialogue “The interrogation of a smuggler”
III.The End of the Lesson
Summary
T: Dear pupils, after listening to all these projects, will you tell me, please, what is common for all these jobs?
Whose project did you like best? (Students’ answers)
You were active and got good marks. I hope you enjoyed the lesson.
Home assignment
T: Your home task is to write a composition on one of the given topics.
1)“Every man is the maker of his own fortune” (Richard Steele)
2)“My dream profession”
Додаток 1.
Being a firefighter: the pros and cons
Video Transcript
"I think there's more pros to the fire department job as a fire fighter. I mean, you come to a station. The way we work, we work forty-eight hour shift, so you get two days on, you get four days off. In those four days off, you can do whatever you want, you're free. But in those two days, you come to the station. You have a bed to sleep in. You cook, you clean, it's just like being at home, but you're at work. I would say that's one of the pros. Helping people, I mean, everyday you get to go out and do something for somebody. And I think that's a big plus. Not every day do you get to go and help an old lady cross the street. I think another pro is...I mean you work with great guys. They're fun, you dink around, you have a blast. But when it comes down to a situation where you need to be serious, I mean, you can't beat it. These guys are awesome. You're able to count on each other, and you know that they got your back. You get to train every day, you get to have a blast together. And there's really no way I can say that there's cons to this job. The only cons I can really think about right now off the top of my head about firefighting is, you get a call in the middle of the night, you're awake at, you know, three, four in the morning. Sometimes you get calls all night long and you don't sleep. Other cons are..I mean, we go on calls where people are really hurt. You see things that you maybe don't want to see, but you've gotta see 'em, you've gotta take care of 'em. You see things that stick out in your mind for weeks on end, but that's something that you gotta deal with, you gotta learn how to cope with. But I would say that's probably the biggest con, is having to see people in distress and hurt."
Summary:
The pros of being a firefighter include being able to help people, while the cons include witnessing people getting hurt.
P1: Dear audience, we are eager to present you our project. It is about a job of a firefighter. First, you will have a chance to watch an amazing video.
Video “The Pros and Cons of Being a Firefighter”.
P2: You have already heard about pros and cons of the job. Now, we will tell you some details about this profession.
What do the fireman of nowadays do?
Every year, fires take many lives and destroy a lot of property. Fire fighters help protect people and property. They put out fires. They also save people who are trapped in burning buildings. They resque them from all types of accidents and disasters. Fire fighters also help prevent fires and accidents and promote public fire safety.
Some firemen work at airports or in factories. Others work in forests or rural areas. Although this job is interesting and exciting, it is also dangerous and exhausting. It requires physical fitness.
P3: Firemen should have excellent communication skills and be able to speak clearly and listen well. They must be able to get along well with others because they work and live together. On the one hand, the job of a firefighter is very rewarding and gratifying when you can help people in their times of need. What is more, this job is well-paid, a uniform is given and you have a life insurance.
On the other hand, this job is very stressful and you sometime witness the destruction of property and people’s death.
P4: To illustrate the firefighter’s job in our city, we found some pictures with the fire in Lutsk central department store. It was on the fourth of December and 40 professionals and 9 vehicles had been putting out the fire for four hours.
In conclusion, we must also admit that some students of our lyceum go in for fire and rescue sports and successfully take part in many competitions winning the prizes.
This year our students have already visited local fire department twice and learnt a lot about their work and equipment.
Додаток 2.
Being a policeman: the pros and cons
"Some of the better, the finer parts of this job, the pros part of it, is you start a case and you walk through and you what limited information you have you take it from the start to the finish and you get an arrest. You get the property back for the person or you solve the crime, that's a big pro and that makes it fun, able to help out someone. And try to clean up the streets the best you can. So that's a huge plus and we can help people all the time whether it's find missing children that are lost. And help out families that way, whatever we do that's usually a plus. Some of the cons on the job are when we go to a traffic accident and you see people hurt things like that. That's something that's tough or you see, we see things that the most people don't see and so that, that sometimes can be tough. On the family when you see people going through tough times and going through a bad situation, some of these people through my career is you see them, they have everything going for them in life and then you see them they get on drugs and they lose everything. They lose their job, they lose their family all to drugs and then they are out on the streets and that's something that sad but it's something that, that's out there. And as a police officer you can help those people by arresting them or put them in jail and then maybe that's what wakes them up and they realize you know what, I messed up and I need to change my life and so that's, that can be another, one of the pros on this job. Also some of the pros and cons, depending is we're and every two months we change our schedule. So one of the pros is that we have different days off. Which can also be a con if you want to take a vacation and all your days are on a certain day and that's when you want to do stuff then that can be a bad thing. But it also can be a good thing because when everybody else is off, you're working and you can go do something different in the middle of the week and it will be less crowded. So there's pros and cons, it's a fun career and so long as your willing to have a shift changes and work different shifts and it's on."
Summary:
A police officer career includes the typical pros and cons that come from police work.
Додаток 3.
Top 10 Qualities of Great Military Service Personnel
Careers in the military span a range of fields engineering, information technology, security, communication, and so much more. To be successful in any branch of the military, be it the Army, Air Force, Marines, Navy, or Coast Guard, one must have a certain skill set, including:
1. Commitment: to be successful in the military, one should be very committed to their service. They must be committed to endure the rigors of basic training as well as be able to commit to a four- or even eight-year term of service.
2. Courage: to be successful in the military, one should have a strong sense of courage, especially when sent to the front lines of a combat area.
3. Excellent Communication Skills: to be successful in the military, one should have excellent communication skills and be able to speak clearly, listen well, and write effectively.
4. Good Physical Fitness: to be successful in the military, one should be in good shape physically and be able to easily take on the physical tasks presented either in daily work, in combat, or during physical tests.
5. Integrity: to be successful in the military, one must have a deep sense of integrity and uphold their own personal values in their daily work. They should have a code of ethics, as well as self-respect and humility.
6. Interpersonal Skills: to be successful in the military, one should have excellent interpersonal skills and be able to get along well with others of various ethnic and religious backgrounds.
7. Patriotism: to be successful in the military, one should have a strong sense of patriotism and take pride in their country, as well as in their work.
8. Professional Skills: to be successful in the military, one should have excellent skills in their professional area of choice.
9. Self-Discipline: to be successful in the military, one must be very disciplined and be able to function well within the regulations of a military career.
10. Strong Leadership Skills: to be successful in the military, one should have a strong sense of leadership and aspire to rise in the ranks of their branch as well as inspire colleagues to perform at their best.