FINDING YOUR LIFEWORK

At the Crossroads

Agenda:1. “People Song”2. Homework “ When I Grow Up I’m Going to

Be”3. Conversation with Bill Gates4. Profession Domino and the game “Hot Chair”5. Team Work “ The Way to Success”6. Vocabulary work “ What Lies Ahead” 7. Business Fables, Quotations and Proverbs8. Writing CV and Job Interview 9. Sinkwein About Jobs 10. Teacher Appreciation Song

Motto of the Lesson

When work is a pleasure, life is a joy! When work is

a duty, life is slavery.

Maxim Gorky

Professions

Professions (fields)

Personal Qualities and Skills

The Real Meaning of Work

Quick Quiz

Which jobs do you think there will be more of in the future? Why?

a) Health care workersb) Computer programmingc) Farming

Which jobs do you think there will be fewer of in the future? Why?

a) Delivering postb) Forestry workc) Teaching

Jobs in the Future (reading activities)

b) Furthermore, as there will be more old people, there will be an increase in the demand for another very particular kind of worker.

c) As none of these jobs is repetitive, each new task requires an entirely different assessment of a practical problem.

d) Programming requires not only mathematical talent but also creativity.

e) Even today the video game industry is larger than the entire world-wide film industry.

f) This is because as people will have more leisure time in future, they will look for new ways to enjoy themselves.

A Businessman and a Fisherman (a parable)

Writing a sinkwein poem

Doctor (1 noun)

Caring, attentive (2 adj.)

Examines, treats, cures (3 verbs)

Helps people (1 short sentence)

Satisfaction ( 1 noun resume )

Good Luck

Thank you!