Week: 14

Period: 41
Date of planning: Dec 8th , 2024
Date of teaching: Dec 10th , 2024

UNIT 5: THE WORLD OF WORK

Lesson 3: Reading – Job advertisements

I. OBJECTIVES: By the end of this lesson, Ss will be able to:

- Develop reading skills for general ideas and for specific information in job advertisements.
- Develop communication skills and creativity;
- Be collaborative and supportive in pair work and teamwork;
- Develop presentation skills;
- Actively join in class activities.
- Cognizant of how to read job advertisements and aware of future career prospects.
- Develop self-study skills.
II. LANGUAGE KNOWLEDGE:
- Vocabulary: unpaid (adj) /ˌʌnˈpeɪd/:không được trả lương, wage (n) /weɪdʒ/: tiền công (trả theo giờ
hoặc theo khối lượng công việc), donation (n) /dəʊˈneɪʃn/:đồ từ thiện, quyên góp, overtime pay (n)
/ˈəʊvətaɪm peɪ /: tiền ngoài giờ, responsibility (n) /rɪˌspɒnsəˈbɪləti/ nhiệm vụ
- Gramar: Simple, compound, and complex sentences
- Pronunciation: stressing auxiliary and modal verbs
III. INSTRUCTIONAL RESOURCES:
- Grade 12 textbook, Unit 5, Reading
- Computer connected to the Internet
- Projector / TV
- hoclieu.vn
IV. PROCEDURES

TEACHER’S ACTIVITIES AND CONTENT

STUDENTS’ACTIVITIES
1. WARM-UP (5 mins)
Flash game
- Have Ss play the flash game
- Give the instruction
- Show the pictures in Fast, Medium, and Slow
- Have Ss to give the answers
- Students work in groups to do the activity.
- Listen to the teacher
- Observe and remember
- Give the answers
- Correct

2. ACTIVITY 1: PRE-READING (9 mins)

Task 1. Work in pairs. Look at the pictures and discuss what you know about the jobs. (4
mins)
- Have Ss look at the pictures and ask questions. Questions:
- Look at the pictures and answer the questions. - What do you see in the picture?
- Tell Ss that they are going to read several advertisements - What do they do?
for common jobs that high school students can do. - Do you like to do these jobs?
- Listen to the teacher.
- In stronger classes, ask Ss to brainstorm the jobs that are
common for Ss to do especially during their holiday.
- Invite some groups to share their ideas with the class
before reading.
- Share the ideas in front of the class.
Vocabulary pre-teaching (5 mins)
- Teacher introduces the vocabulary. New words:
- Teacher explains the meaning of the new vocabulary by 1. unpaid (adj)
pictures. 2. wage (n)
- Students listen to the teacher’s explanation and guess the 3. donation (n)
words. 4. overtime pay (n)
- Students write down the new words in their notebooks. 5. responsibility (n)
- Teacher checks students’ understanding with the “Rub
out and remember” technique.
- Teacher reveals that these five words will appear in the
reading text and asks students to open their textbook to
discover further.
3. ACTIVITY 2: WHILE-READING (20 mins)
Task 2: Read the adverts and choose the correct meanings of the highlighted words and
phrases. (6 mins)
- Ask Ss to read the whole text once to get an overall idea. Answer key:
- Then have Ss focus on the highlighted words and phrases, 1. A
looking for context clues in the text and working out the 2. A
correct meaning. 3. A
- Students read the text and locate the highlighted words 4. B
individually. 5. A
- Encourage Ss to use the context in which the words are
used rather than looking them up in the dictionary.
- Have Ss discuss the context clues and compare answers in
small groups.
- Students study the context and do the tasks as required
- Check answers as a class by inviting Ss to write them on
the board.
Task 3: Read the adverts again and choose the most suitable headline for each one. (7 mins)
- Ask Ss to read 5 headlines in 2 and read the Answer key:
advertisements again to match the headline with the correct 1. E
advertisement. 2. B
- Remind Ss to read the advertisements carefully to find out 3. A
the significant information which matches the heading. 4. C
- Students read the headings first, then skim through each 5. D
section.
- Students choose the heading that covers the ideas of the
whole section.
- Ask Ss to locate key information that helps them have the
correct answer.
- Students check answers with the whole class and give
explanations for their choice.
- Check answers as a class. Write them on the board.
Task 4: Read the adverts again and decide which job is most suitable for the following
people. Write 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5. (7 mins)
- Ask Ss to read the descriptions of 5 people first. Make Answer key:
sure Ss understand all of them. a. 3
- Students read the descriptions of 5 people b. 5
- Have Ss read the advertisements again and decide which c. 2
job is most suitable for each of the described people. d. 4
- Ss read the advertisements and do the task. e. 1
- Ask Ss to give reasons for their answers by providing the
information from the advertisements.
- Students compare their answers with partners and then
check with the whole class.
- Check answers as a class. Call on some Ss to explain their
answers.
4. ACTIVITY 3: POST-READING (8 mins)
Task 5: Work in pairs. Discuss the following questions.
- Ask Ss to review the advertisements quickly and note Suggested answers:
down some ideas for their answers. • I find the teaching assistant job
- Encourage Ss to explain their answers using as many the most interesting because it will
reasons as possible. give me the opportunity to improve
- Students practise speaking in pairs. my English skills. It will be
- Invite Ss from different groups to give their answers to exciting to supervise classroom
the class. activities and help teachers plan
- Students share their answers with the whole class. their lessons. It will also be a great
- Students listen and give feedback job to list on my CV.
• I find the shop assistant job the
most interesting because I will have
a chance to meet many different
people. It will also be great fun to
arrange shop window displays. I
would also enjoy additional
benefits such as free meals and
overtime pay.
5. CONSOLIDATION (3 mins)
a. Wrap-up
- Teacher asks students to talk about what they have learnt
in the lesson.
+ Some vocabulary related to Job advertisements
+ Reading for specific information about Job advertisements
+ Discuss the job you find the most interesting.
b. Homework
- Learn by heart vocabulary
- Do exercises in the workbook.
- Talk about the job you find the most interesting with your
friends.