Who Do You Want to Be When You Grow Up?

Why Choose This Lesson?

• Interactive Warm-Up and Vocabulary Building
  Students start with a fun and interactive activity, matching job titles to pictures. This visually engaging warm-up introduces essential vocabulary and sets the stage for discussions about professions and aspirations.
• Engaging Reading and Listening Activities
  Reading exercises challenge students to identify professions from job descriptions. A listening task follows, where students match spoken clues to the correct job, improving comprehension and reinforcing newly learned vocabulary.
• Grammar Practice on Expressing Future Goals (Optional)
  Students explore the difference between “would like to be” and “want to be,” learning how to express their dreams and plans politely or confidently. This section includes matching exercises and sentence-building tasks to solidify their understanding of expressing future goals.
• Speaking Practice and Critical Thinking
  Through partner discussions and guessing games, students describe professions using clues and share their aspirations for the future. Questions like “What do you want to be?” and “Why?” encourage personal expression, creativity, and practical language use in a relatable context.

Ideal For:

• elementary ESL learners aiming to develop vocabulary, grammar, and speaking skills
• teachers seeking a versatile and inspiring lesson that adapts to 45 or 60 minutes will find this resource valuable for engaging young learners.

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