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Year 9 Options
From Chapter 14, p.186-187 of Harry
Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K.
Rowling beginning 'The second years were
given something new to think about during
their Easter holidays. The time had come
to choose their subjects for the third
year, a matter that Hermione, at least,
took very seriously.

Whats my line?

Mime three actions that

are part of a job that you
are thinking of
Give the others five
guesses to name the job

How many jobs in a

matchbox?
Q: How many jobs are associated with the
production of a box of matches?
A: forestry worker, lumberjack, transport of logs
to factory, factory worker, managers of factory
(accountant, marketing, etc.), chemist, advertising
agency, packaging design company, manufacturer
of box, transport to wholesalers, wholesalers,
retailers, etc.
You can do the same for, e.g. a tin of beans, a cup
of coffee, a shoe, an Easter Egg

Multiple Intelligences
The theory of multiple intelligences
refers to the idea that people are
intelligent in different ways.
For the eight types of intelligence on
the next slide, suggest the name of a
celebrity who is intelligent in that
particular way, e.g. musical = Madonna

Multiple Intelligences Celebrity Match

Bodily-kinaesthetic
Musical
Linguistic
Logical-mathematical
Spatial
Interpersonal
Intrapersonal
Naturalistic

Up or Down Jobs
The demand for different kinds of workers
is changing all the time
Decide whether the demand for workers in
the jobs on the next slide is increasing or
decreasing at the present. Give your reasons.
We cannot always tell whether a type of job
is going to disappear or not, so what can you
do to protect yourself once you are in a job?

Up or Down Jobs ?

Airline pilot
Aircrew
Car dealer

Clerical worker
Computer security consultant
Education tutor
Farm worker
Plastic surgeon
Postal worker
Printer
Psychologist
Telephone operator
Travel consultant

Up or Down Jobs ?

Airline pilot

Aircrew

Car dealer

Clerical worker

Computer security consultant

Education tutor

Farm worker

Plastic surgeon

Postal worker

Printer

Psychologist

Telephone operator

Travel consultant

Mind Maps
Give small groups a sheet of flip
chart paper and a pen. They produce
a mind map around a given theme, e.g.
sources of support people you
would go to for help, work clothes
and what they tell us, jobs that run
in families

Sayings
A mountain has many paths
Every job has a value
TEAM Together Everyone Achieves
More

Whats happening in this

picture?

Whats happening in the

picture?
Ask students what they think is happening in the next
picture.
It is about trafficking - Border guards at the Nepali/Indian
border crossing stopped this man who said they were married
and going to see his parents in India, but they could not
produce travelling papers for the girl or proof of their
marriage. They contacted the girl's parents and she was
taken home to her village. Some 5,000-6,000 women are
trafficked from Nepal to India each year, according to
Unicef. The reasons for child labour, and child trafficking,
are complex. They include poverty; lack of schools; gender
discrimination; poor health care; war; and others. Source:
http://www.childlaborphotoproject.org/

Whats happening in this

picture?

Whats happening in this

picture?
Ask students what they think is happening in the
next picture.
It is a picture of a boy soldier with a hand-made
gun Ntirandekura is 16 and a member of the
Burundian army. The uniform he wears and the
bullets he shoots were given to him by the army.
"They have told me to come register. I think I will
be a soldier in days to come . . . I can't be afraid
of dying because even if they find me at home
they can kill me."

Whats happening in this

picture?

Whats happening in this

picture?
What sort of career can you have if you have little or no
choice, if you are exploited if your education and childhood
are taken away from you?
In the West African country of Mauritania, a system of
black chattel slavery began over 700 years ago and
continues today. As you read this, hundreds of thousands
live in bondage: forced to perform physical labour, kept as
sexual objects, bred, and viewed as inheritable property.
Slaves perform all sorts of physical labour for their
masters, who consider it shameful to work with one's hands.
Slaves are raised to believe that serving masters faithfully
is a religious duty.

http://www.amnestyusa.org/education/lessonplans/article4.html

Whats happening in this

picture?

Japanese commuters

Odd One Out

For each set of three, decide which is the odd one out and give your reasons .
interpreter

translator

languages teacher

bill poster

window cleaner

TV repairer

dentist

dental hygienist

dental technician

car park attendant

furniture remover

hospital porter

car salesperson

crane driver

bus conductor

veterinary surgeon

dispensing optician

coastguard officer

nurse

traffic warden

fisherman/woman

Why Work?

Benefits

Drawbacks

Poems about Work

Will Consider Situation - Ogden Nash

Wages - D.H.Lawrence
What is He? - D. H. Lawrence
'The frogologist - Brian Patten from Gargling with Jelly
(Viking Kestrel).
'When I grow up' Colin McNaughton from Whos been
sleeping in my porridge (Walker Books)
You will be hearing from us shortly - U.A. Fanthorpe
Toads Philip Larkin
'Woman work - Maya Angelou

Choosing a Career
Falling Star by David Harmer from
Football Fever Poems about
Football John Foster (OUP, 2000) is
about Danny who wants to be a
professional footballer but discovers
he is not good enough

Choosing a Career
How to Train Your Parents by Pete Johnson
(Corgi, 2003) is the story in the form of a diary
of Louis, pronounced Lou-ee, who has just moved
to a new school and wants to be a stand-up
comedian.
Read the entry for Friday January 11th. It raises
some interesting issues: Does school have
anything to do with your career?, At what age do
people get realistic career ideas? Are peoples
career ideas influenced by things that happened
to them in their childhood?

Which Wages?
You apply for a job. The person who
interviews you offers you two pay rates: a
straight rate of 100 a day or a pay rate
that would begin at one penny the first day
and then double each day. The second rate
meant that you would earn two pence the
second day, four pence the third day, eight
pence the fourth day, and so on.
Which rate would you choose? Tell why,
and prove your case.

Explanation of Which
Wages?

The best rate is the second rate. You will

accumulate much more money at the second pay
rate as soon as you got to the 18th day of work.
It's true that at Day 10, the first rate would pay
you a total of 1,000, for the first 10 days and
the second rate would pay you a total of only
10.23 for the same ten days. By day 19,
however, the first rate would earn you a total of
1,900, but the second rate would earn you
2,621.44 just for that day! And your earnings
would keep increasing by leaps and bounds!

Origins and meanings

Meaning

Know the ropes

Being fired
Given the sack
Graveyard shift
Salary
Hit the ground
running

Origin

Explanation of origins
and meanings
Know the ropes = know how to sail a sailing ship
Being fired = miners caught stealing had their tolls burnt
Given the sack = have your tools that you kept in a sack
given back to you
Graveyard shift = overnight guards on the look-out for
grave robbers
Salary = Roman soldiers were sometimes paid in salt
Hit the ground running soldiers were trained to jump from
boats, aircraft, etc. so that they could carry straight on

Truth and Lies Game

Lesson Objectives:
Students will learn things about each other (and the teacher) they might
not normally learn and have fun.
Materials:
Index cards, creativity, and a sense of humour
Activities and Strategies:
Hand out index cards.
Instruct students to write three statements about themselves. One must
be a true statement. The other two must be untrue. (The more outrageous
all three statements are, the better. Encourage students to think of odd
information about themselves that no one would be able to know if it were
true or false.)
Have either the student or a group leader read out the card. After all
three statements have been read, have the students vote on which
statement they believe to be true. Then have the student in question reveal
the truthful statement.

The Worst Jobs in History

Tony Robinson (Pan, 2004)
Victorian jobs: navvy, stone picker,
chimney sweep, rat catcher, match
maker, oakum picker, etc.
Careers Quiz What worst jobs
would have suited you best?

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