Applying for a Job Unit Lesson 1

Text Speak and Abbreviations Lesson

Warm up activity: The class completes the Text Speak worksheet

independently.

Group Reading Activity: The class reads various classified ads from
the newspaper and discusses the meaning of the various
abbreviations they encounter.

Independent Activity: The students complete an abbreviation

creation activity, independently. (Diaz, Beatriz B. Magy, Ronna, and
Sala-Isnardi, Federico. Future 2 English for Results. White Plains, NY:
Pearson Education, 2010. Print. 153)

Group Activity: The students compare their answers from the

previous activity and misconceptions are clarified. As a group, the
class completes a classified ad interpretation activity. (Diaz, Beatriz B.
Magy, Ronna, and Sala-Isnardi, Federico. Future 2 English for Results.
White Plains, NY: Pearson Education, 2010. Print. 153)

Group Activity: The students are introduced to various online

resources for finding jobs, rental properties, and vehicles for sale. At
this point, the students are tasked with finding a local example of
each and writing down the important details.