👔 Jobs People Do: Jobs Vocabulary & "He's a…"
A fully interactive A1 Teens vocabulary lesson built around a topic teenagers think about a lot: jobs and the future. Students warm up with four reflection questions about the jobs in their family and what they want to be, then learn the target language in three stages. First, saying a person's job with be + a/an + job ('She's a doctor', 'He's an artist'), presented with a formula block and the key rule about a versus an before a vowel sound. Second, a six-row table covering my/his/her jobs, the a/an choice, and the two key questions 'What does he do?' (the job) and 'Where does she work?' (the place). Third, a focused look at jobs and their workplaces using 'works in / works at'. Ten key words (doctor, teacher, nurse, chef, driver, pilot, farmer, engineer, job, work) appear in a horizontally-scrollable table with part of speech, A1-friendly definitions, and examples, and six get detailed flashcards. The reading is an original story where a boy called Sam describes the different jobs of his neighbours on Rose Street, with the target structure bolded and key words carrying hover-tooltip definitions. Practice includes 8 contextualised fill-in-the-blank questions with live green/red validation, hints, and a score tracker; a 'guess the job' speaking game with five prompts and a model dialogue; a guided writing task about jobs in the student's family with a four-point checklist and live word counter saved to localStorage; and a full 8-question multiple-choice quiz with a progress bar, per-question explanations, a conic-gradient result circle, tiered motivational feedback, and localStorage persistence.
Lesson Plan
- 4 reflection questions about jobs in the family and future job wishes
- Silent thinking or pair-share format — no writing required
Key Vocabulary
Grammar Points
- Saying a job: subject + be (am/is/are) + a/an + job (She's a doctor)
- a vs an: 'a' before a consonant sound, 'an' before a vowel sound (a teacher, an engineer)
- Questions about the job: What does he do?
- Questions about the place: Where does she work?
- Workplaces: works in / works at (a doctor works in a hospital)
- Pronouns for people: he / she when talking about someone's job
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