W. A. Ward Dear English Teachers!

pre-reading Time: 10 min.
aim:
prepare students to read the text about jobs. 
Divide the class into three groups. Tell them you are giving them 3 photos. Ask 
them to discuss the photo in groups and describe the people without telling jobs 
described in the photo. The other groups should find the profession. The groups’ 
description of the photos will continue in turn.
1.
Draw the students’ attentions on the questions.
answers:
a 
1. 
cook
– 
2. 
hairdresser
– 
3. 
shop assistant
– 
B
students' own answers.
C
students' own answers.
While-reading Time: 15 min.
aim
: reading for specific information 
2.
Ask students to read the text quickly. 
Jobs for teenagers
About half of 16 and 17-year-olds in the UK have got jobs, and three quarters of 
this age group also go to school. they do (1) part-time
jobs before or after school 
and at weekends. The most common jobs are (2) 
babysitting (
very popular with 
girls) and paper rounds (popular with boys). Cleaning and working in a shop are 
also popular jobs. 
in the Uk, school students are not allowed to work more than two hours on a 
school day, or more than twelve hours in total during a school week. They are 
not allowed to work before 7 a.m. or after 7 p.m. (but babysitters can work later). 

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Teacher’s book
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They must have at least two weeks’ holiday from school each year when they 
don’t work at all.
Teenagers do part-time jobs because they want to (3) 
earn some money. 
However, they don’t usually earn very much. In the UK, there is (4) 
a minimum 
wage for adults: £5.52 an hour. For 16 and 17-year-olds, it is £ 3.40 an hour. For 
children under 16, there is no minimum wage, so many teenagers work for £ 2 
or £3 an hour.