Sing for The Unsung Heroes

Sing for The Unsung Heroes

Learning Objectives and Disclaimers

• Mention some occupations existing around us, their responsibilities and the challenges

• Create some sentences about the occupations that we see everyday

• Disclaimer: Opening online dictionaries or Google translate is highly suggested

I SEE, I THINK, I WONDER

Look at the picture and Write down what you see, think, and wonder about the professions/occupations

For EXAMPLE

I see a doctor with a stethoscope and medicines.

I think a doctor can heal people.

I wonder if being a doctor is difficult.

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WE LIVE AMONG HEROES

Read the following texts to identify the professions around us

There are many professions around us. A housemaid helps people to do housework. He or she usually cooks for the family. Then, some of you may also see a gardener take care of gardens and a babysitter takes care of people's children. 

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There are many professions around us. A housemaid helps people to do housework. He or she usually cooks for the family. Then, some of you may also see a gardener take care of gardens and a babysitter takes care of people's children.

What else do you think when you see a housemaid, a gardener, and a babysitter? What are the jobs' challenges?

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When you go to a small shop, you meet a shop assistant who helps you choose some products you want to buy. But, in a supermarket, you will take the product by yourself and pay your money to the cashier. Then, in the restaurant, you see a waiter who takes your order. The waiter gives your order to a chef who makes the food. After that, the waiter will come back with food and give it to you. In the barbershop, a barber cuts your hair. He or she makes you look better with a fashionable haircut.

What else do you think when you see a shop assistant, a cashier, a waiter, a chef, a barber? What are the jobs' challenges?

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When you want to read a book or a newspaper, you may go to the library. A librarian will help you to choose the book or newspaper you like. A journalist writes the newspaper that you read. A delivery guy is someone who usually brings your items that you order from shops.

What else do you think when you see a librarian, a journalist, a delivery guy? What are the jobs' challenges?

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At schools or universities, a teacher or a professor meets students and gives lessons to them. All of these jobs make your life easier, more pleasant, and help you to not do more work. These people work in a social sphere, so they need to be friendly and polite even when they are very tired.

What else do you think when you see a teacher and a professor? What are the jobs' challenges?

LET'S IDENTIFY

After seeing the following places, write the occupations that exist in the place and share your thoughts about their responsibilities and challenges. 

The occupations in a restaurant: Chef, Waiter, Waitress, Cashier, Dishwasher

• a chef has to cook good food, a waiter/waitress should bring the food to the table well without any mistake, a cashier has to accurately calculate the customers' expense on the services, and a dishwasher has to make sure the utensils clean

• Chef, waiter, and waitresses will have to handle many complaints and sometimes the customers do not give tips. They cannot even take a seat for a second if the place is slammed.

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What are the occupations that exist in the place?

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What are the responsibilities and challenges?

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What are the occupations that exist in the place?

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What are the responsibilities and challenges?

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What are the occupations that exist in the place?

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What are the responsibilities and challenges?

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Write some sentences about the figure of the Hero near you.

Smile to the unsung heroes and heroines around us