Ernie Wilkins and Penny Wilcox hold unusual jobs in England. Ernie has worked as a milkman for 20 years, waking up at 1 AM to deliver milk and other items to customers by 9 AM. He enjoys the early morning peace and interacting with customers. Penny works as a "lollipop person", stopping traffic for half an hour in the morning and afternoon to allow children to cross the street safely. While she likes talking to the children, she dislikes angry drivers who must stop. The lesson plan aims to help students improve reading skills through activities matching words to definitions, filling out charts, and self-assessment.

1. L e s s o n P l a n- professions
Teacher: Maia Teliashvili
Region and school : Samtskhe-Javakheti, Akhaltsikhe, Vale Publicschool No1
LessonTopic: Professions
Grade 6
Overall Objective: Studentswill be able toworkinpairsto findmain ideas,detailsanddiscussjob
business
Language Objective:Studentswillbe able toidentifyappropriatevocabularytounderstandthe text
CivicEducation Objective:Studentswill be able to practice pre-reading,whilereadingandpost-reading
activities onatext
Curriculumconnection: B VI.7. VI.10. VI.15
Class contextand needs:beginners
Sequencing:studentscandevelopimportantreadingskills
Materials:Attached
Activities:warmup, , matchingnewwordswiththeirdefinitions, pre-reading,while-readingandpost-
readingactivities
Assessment:self- assessment
Reflection:

2. Overall Objective Studentswill be able to speakaboutprofessions,readthe textandanalyze it, workin
pairsto findmainideas,detailsanddiscussjobbusiness
Language Objective: Studentswill be able toidentifyappropriate vocabularytounderstandthe text
CivicEducation Objective: Studentswill be able to practice pre-reading,while readingandpost-reading
activitiesonatext
Stage of
Lesson/ time
Stage aim Teacher activity Studentactivity resources
Warm up/
4 min
To revise profession
vocabulary
Teacherdistributessheets
of paperstothe students
and asksthemto write one
kindof professionword.
Thencome to the boardand
stickthispaperon the board
aroundthe mainword
“professions”thatiswritten
on the board.Finallyshe
makesthe classrepeatall
the wordstogether
Each studentwritesone
professionword,thengoes
to the board and sticksiton
the board. Sotheycreate
“Mind Map”. Whenall
wordsare on the boardthe
whole classrepeatsand
namesthem.
Sheetsof
paper,
board
Activity 1/
3 min
To improve speakingskills Teacherdistributes
handouts1 and asks
studentstospeakinpairs
and discusstheirfavorite
profession:
Studentsuse the questions
that are givenon
handouts1and speakin
pairs
 What’syour
favorite profession
and why?
 My favorite
professionis…..
because….
Handouts
1
Activity 2
5 min
Pre-readingactivity.
To have an ideaabout“a
milkman”and“a lollipop
person”professions.
Teacherdistributes
handouts2(picturesof
milkmanandlollipop
person),handouts3(the
names“milkman”“lollipop
person”) andhandouts4
(explanationsof these
professions) andasks
Studentsguess inthe groups
whatprofessionthe people
inthe pictures have and
Studentsmatchthe
picturesof a milkmananda
lollipoppersonwiththeir
namesand theirdefinitions
as well.Afterthatthey
answerteacher’squestions.
possible answers:
Handouts2
handouts3
handouts4

3. thenmatch the professions
withthe correct pictures
and alsowithdefinitions.
she asks:
 How can you guess
that he is a
milkman?
 Whatdoes a
milkmando?
Thenshe showsthe
picturesof a lollipopand
a sign“stop” and asks:
 Is there any
similaritybetween
them.
 How can you guess
that this manis a
lollipopperson?
 Whatdo you think
why thisperson is
calleda lollipop
person?
 Whatdoes a
lollipoppersondo?
 He isholdinga
bottle ofmilk
 He deliversmilk,
juice,cram, yogurt
to his customers’
house
 They look like each
other
 He isholdingSign
“stop”
 He isholdingsign
stop” that looks
like a lollipop
 He helps
schoolchildrento
cross the road
whilethey are
goingto school
Activity 3/
5 min
To introduce newwords Teacherdistributesseveral
picturesof unknownwords,
(e.g.sign,cram, yogurt,
truck, traffic, customer) she
alsogivesthe wordsand
asksstudentsto matchthe
wordswiththeirimages in
groups.thenasksthemto
name each wordand show
itsimage
Studentstryto guessthe
meaningsof eachwordand
match the pictureswith
words.
Pictures,
words
Activity 4/
5 min+10 min
While-reading activity.To
improve silentreading,
scanning,skimmingskills,to
identifyspecificinformation
inthe text
Teachershowsthe students
handouts5(the text) and
saysto themto read it
silently,afterthatshe shows
handouts6 ( the chart) and
explainsthatwhilereading
theyshouldpayattention
and underlinethe factsthat
are giveninthe chart (
names,professions,working
hours,dutieslikesand
Studentsreadthe texts
silently individually,
underline the main facts
and thentheyfill inthe
charts inpairs
Handouts5
handouts6

4. dislikes).Aftergiving
instructionsshe delivers
handouts5 and 6. She also
tellsthemtofill inthe chart
inpairs afterfinishing
readingthe text.
Activity 5/
10 min
To check upstudents’
understandingof the text
Afterfillinginthe chart
teacheraskscomprehension
questionstofindouthow
well the students
understandthe text. Then
she asks if there are the
same kindsof professionsin
Georgiaand if there are the
similarkindsof professions.
Studentsanswerthe
questionsandthendiscuss
the similarkindsof
professions.
Possible answersare:
policeman,babysitters,
mandatories,milkmen,
“matsoni”man,people
selling clothes,fruit,
vegetable,sweets,ice-
cream and so on.
Assessment/
3 min
3 min Teacherdeliversself-
assessmentschemesand
asksthe studentstofill in
them
Studentsfill inself-
assessmentschemesand
realize theirstrengthsand
weaknessesaboutreading
skills
Handouts7

5. Handout 1
StudentA
- What is your favorite professionand why?
- My favorite professionis…… because……
studentB
- My favorite professionis……… because …….
- What’syour favorite professionand why?

6. Handout 2

7. Handout 3
Milkman
Lollipop person
Handout 4
This person helps schoolchildren to cross the road while they
are going to school. He has got the sign “STOP” and when
drivers see this sign, they stop the cars
This person brings milk and other items such as juice, cram,
yoghurt, bread and potatoes to his customers’ house.

8. Handout 5
Read the text about Ernie Wilkins and Penny Wilcox. They have specific jobs in
England.
Ernie Wilkins, Milkman
Ernie Wilkins has been a milkman for 20 years. He loves his job, but not
everybody can understand why. For a start, he has to get up early every day. He
gets up at one o’clock in the morning and starts working at two o’clock. Then he
puts all the mild onto his electric milk truck or lorry. And nowadays milkmen don’t
just bring you milk. They often sell juice, cram, yogurt, bread and potatoes. It
usually takes him three quarters of an hour to prepare his truck or lorry. Then he
drives round the streets in his town and leaves bottles of milk and other items at
his customer’s doors. When they wake up, everything is waiting there.
Ernie loves the peace and quiet of the early morning. He loves being outdoors,
but he doesn’t like when it’s very cold in the winter. Watching the sun come up is
always a special moment for him. Ernie is very caring. He loves the fact that
everybody knows him and old people often ask him for help. When Ernie finishes
work at 9am, he is tired but happy.
Penny Wilcox, Lollipopperson
Penny Wilcox is 55 years old. She doesn’twant to work long hours and so the job
she started last year is perfect for her. She justworks for half an hour in the
morning and half an hour in the afternoon. The official name for her job is a
SchoolCrossing Guide. She works outsidethe schoolat the times when students
arrivein the morning and leave in the afternoon. When there is a group of
students waiting, shewalks into the middle of the road and stops the traffic. She
wears brightyellow jacket and carries a sign which say STOP. The sign looks like a
lollipop that’s why everybody calls Penny and her colleagues “lollipop people”.
When drivers seeher and her sign, they muststop and let the children cross.
Penny is a very sociable person and sheloves talking to the children each
morning. The only thing she doesn’tlike is that somedrivers get angry and shout
when they haveto stop. Penny thinks that in the pastdrivers werefriendlier.
She's unhappy that there have been some serious accidents and lollipop people
have been hurt. But Penny knows a lot of children and won’t stop working if they
need her.

9. Handout 6
Fill in the chart according to the text
Names profession Workinghours Duties- what do they
do everyday?
Likes-what do
they like about
theirjob?
Dislikes- what do they
dislike about their
job?

10. New words:
lollipop
sign “STOP”
Traffic

11. yogurt
customer
colleague

12. Electric milk
truck or lorry
accident

18. Handout 7
Fill in a self -assessmenttestabout yourself.
I understoodthe main ideaeasilywhen I
first read the text
I found the main facts and necessary
informationeasily
I knew the most words inthe text