Giáo án Project

Ss activate prior knowledge about part-time jobs and identify what information an applicant and an employer need to know.

T shows four job cards on the board: library assistant, shop assistant, display assistant, tutor for younger students. Ss work in pairs and answer: 1) What duties does each job probably have? 2) What skills and qualifications are needed? 3) Which job suits a student who is free on Saturdays? 4) What conditions should an applicant check before accepting a job?

A pair list of 3 to 4 duties and 2 skills for each job, plus one condition an applicant must check. Expected answer for the condition: the timetable, the responsibilities, the training and whether the job fits with schoolwork.

Ss identify the purpose, audience and main parts of the printed project product, and recognise the opening, the supporting details and the closing statement.

Ss read the model product 'Suitable part-time jobs — completed comparison product using the two fictional advertisements' and complete Worksheet 1 in groups of four. Key questions: 1) State the purpose and audience of the product and the oral presentation on 'The world of work'. Support your answer with one detail. 2) Identify the actual opening sentence and explain what it introduces. 3) Select two useful details from the model and explain why they are better than saying only that the topic is important.

Completed Worksheet 1. Expected answers: Audience: classmates and the teacher reviewing the project. Purpose: to present the named project with its actual evidence, product and limits. Opening sentence: 'Suitable part-time jobs — completed comparison product using the two fictional advertisements: Library assistant: Saturday mornings, polite communication, book organisation, librarian supervision.' It introduces the particular subject before the supporting details. Two useful details: 'Display assistant: two weekday afternoons, careful label checking, teamwork, no electrical operation.' and 'The example illustrates the letter structure; a real applicant must replace every claim with accurate personal information.' Each gives specific conditions or a limit the audience can use.

Ss identify the structure of a formal application letter and the language used to express availability, eligibility and requests for information.

Ss read the completed model application letter: 'Dear Library Coordinator, I am applying for the supervised Saturday assistant role. I am available for the four Saturday sessions and the Friday training. In this fictional example, I organised our class book corner and checked borrowing labels with a teacher. I would like to confirm eligibility, safeguarding and the exact duties before accepting. Thank you for considering my application. Yours faithfully, Lan Nguyen.' Ss complete Worksheet 2 by identifying the parts of the letter and the language used in each part.

Completed Worksheet 2. Expected answers: Greeting: 'Dear Library Coordinator,' Purpose statement: 'I am applying for the supervised Saturday assistant role.' Availability: 'I am available for the four Saturday sessions and the Friday training.' Relevant experience: 'In this fictional example, I organised our class book corner and checked borrowing labels with a teacher.' Request for information: 'I would like to confirm eligibility, safeguarding and the exact duties before accepting.' Closing: 'Thank you for considering my application.' Sign-off: 'Yours faithfully, Lan Nguyen.' Note: 'Yours faithfully' is used when the recipient is not named; 'Yours sincerely' is used when the recipient is named.

Ss recognise contrastive stress on auxiliary and modal verbs and identify simple, compound and complex sentences in the model product.

T models three sentences: 'I CAN help on Saturday' (correcting 'I cannot'), 'She HAS completed the training' (contradicting a doubt), 'You MUST check the safety rules' (strong necessity). Ss then identify the sentence types in the sentence pairs: 'Although she was inexperienced, she prepared carefully' (complex) and 'I organised the book corner and I checked the labels' (compound). Ss also discuss why 'and' in 'books and labels' does not make a sentence compound.

Ss can read each sentence with the stress shown and explain the changed focus. Expected answers: 'I CAN help' corrects the idea that the speaker cannot help. 'Although she was inexperienced, she prepared carefully' is complex because it has a subordinate clause beginning with 'Although'. 'I organised the book corner and I checked the labels' is compound because it joins two independent clauses. 'Check the books and labels' is simple because 'and' joins only nouns.

Ss locate specific information in the model product and answer questions on its message, opening and closing.

Ss work in pairs to answer exercises 6 and 7 from the textbook. Ex. 6: Choose one sentence from the middle of the model and explain what it contributes to the message. Expected sentence: 'Completed model application for the selected library role: Dear Library Coordinator, I am applying for the supervised Saturday assistant role.' Ex. 7: Read the opening and closing aloud and explain one difference between their jobs in the complete product. Ss then check their answers on NeoEdu interactive exercises.

Answer key. Ex. 6: The middle sentence adds concrete information to the opening. It names the selected role and the supervised, Saturday-based conditions, rather than repeating the general topic. Ex. 7: The opening sentence names the comparison of two fictional advertisements. The closing sentence reminds applicants to replace every claim with accurate personal information. One difference between the jobs: the library assistant works Saturday mornings under a librarian's supervision, while the display assistant works two weekday afternoons and does no electrical operation.

Ss write a three-sentence summary and a short conclusion that keep the essential conditions of the model without adding invented results.

Ss complete exercises 5 and 8. Ex. 5: Write a three-sentence summary using only information in the model. Keep any condition or limit that is essential to its meaning. Ex. 8: Write a short final paragraph or spoken conclusion that preserves the model's message. Use details already supplied, not invented results.

Model answers. Ex. 5 (three sentences): 'The product compares two fictional part-time jobs: a library assistant on Saturday mornings and a display assistant on two weekday afternoons. The library role suits a student free on Saturdays, while the display role may suit someone with weekday availability. Both roles require legal eligibility, clear conditions and compatibility with schoolwork, and the comparison does not claim that these vacancies exist.' Ex. 8: 'In conclusion, the library assistant role suits a student who is free on Saturdays, while the display role may suit someone with weekday availability. Both require legal eligibility and compatibility with schoolwork, so a responsible choice begins with conditions, not only the job title.'

Ss produce a group project product (a duties, skills and time table, a reasoned recommendation and an application letter for a selected role) and rehearse a short presentation with source credits and a question period.

Groups of four choose one fictional job from the model or a new fictional job. Each group completes Worksheet 2 is replaced by a project plan with three parts: 1) A table with duties, skills and time for each role; 2) A reasoned recommendation that says which role suits which schedule; 3) An application letter for the selected role, using the structure from Worksheet 2. Each group then rehearses a 3-minute presentation: title, audience, method, product, limits and two questions from classmates. If a group collects real responses, they must obtain consent and avoid private identifiers.

A group poster or paper with: a title; the audience (classmates and the teacher); a duties/skills/time table; a recommendation with reasons and conditions; an application letter; labels showing which data are fictional; and a source credit. The presentation rehearsal should include the phrase 'This is a fictional example' and at least one question from the audience.