What's my line?

Purpose

The purpose of this activity is to extend students' knowledge of work conditions for different jobs. It involves students researching specific jobs and using this information in a class quiz.

Structure: pairs, small groups or individuals
Duration: 15–20 minutes for students to complete the worksheets. 2-3 minutes for each quiz round
Resources: list of job names for students to research, job outlines on the Career Services website or in Jobs Galore

Instructions

1. Before the lesson, make a list of job names to use. If you are going to use printed job outlines from the Career Services website, prepare these.
2. Assign each student/group one or more job names and hand out the student worksheet. Explain to students that they are going to find the information to complete the worksheet for the job they have been given.
3. Show students how to access job outlines on the Career Services website or hand out the printed job outlines or copies of Jobs Galore. Students could complete the research as a homework task.
4. If you are going to run the quiz at another session, you could collect students’ worksheets once they have completed them and return them at the next session.
5. Run as many quiz rounds as you have time for. Explain to students they are going to read out the information they have on their worksheet to the class but keep the job name a secret. The rest of the class is going to try to guess the job.
   

Variations

• Students try to guess the job after each section of the worksheet is read out.
• Use different questions.
• Run it as a competition between small groups. You can award points, or not.
• Change the research source, eg, students fill out a worksheet for a job that is or was in their family, or one that is in a TV programme.
• Ask students "What do you like and not like about the job you researched?"

Key competencies

• Using language, symbols and text
  

Career management competencies

• Locate information and use it effectively

Activity components

• Download the instructions and student worksheet (doc - 66Kb)
  
• Download the student worksheet (doc - 59Kb)
  

Credit: Pat Agnew, Aranui High School, Christchurch