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Employable Me Teacher’s Notes

Videos 1. Employable Me Trailer 2. Ashley's Bachelor Pad 3. Ben's anxiety coping mechanism

Focus on the first ques.on. Ask students what’s themost useful to learn: impression / rightimpression/therightimpression/createtherightimpressionHopefullythey’llsaythela>er.Gothrough the remaining fourques.ons ina similarway.Then studentsanswer theques.ons ingroupsofthree.

Displaythecollageonpage4.Givestudents30secondstolookatitandthentellapartnertheirfirstimpressionofeachpersonbeforeopenclassfeedback.Youmaywanttorevise:helooks+adjec.ve//shelookslike+nounphrase//theylookasif/asthough+clause.

Say that the people in the collage have something in common: they’re all looking for work.Dividetheclassintosixgroupswithaminimumoftwopeoplepergroupandassigneachgrouponeofthepeopleinthecollage.Theirtaskistousetheirimagina.ontodecidewhatkindofjobthepersonislookingfor,whatjobsthey'vedoneinthepast,theirstrengthsandweaknessesetc.

Tellstudentsthattheyarea>endingatalkon.psforjobseekers.Beforethetalkstarts,theyhavetheopportunitytomeettheothera>endees.Saythattheyshouldintroducethemselvestoasmanypeopleastheycanandtelleachotherabouttheirworkexperienceandanythingelsethatcameupinstep4.AQerwards,havesomeopenclassfeedback,bothoncontentandlanguage.

NowsaythatthesepeopleappearedinaBBCdocumentary.Aswellasbeingunemployed,theyhavesomethingelseincommon.Playthefirstcliptoseeifstudentscaniden.fywhatitis.(Theyhaveaneurologicalcondi.on.)Whatdostudentsthinkthedocumentaryisabout?(Theirhuntforajobandhowtheycanbeanassettotheworkplace.)

Displaythecollageonpage3againandindicatethefirst,fourthandsixthpeople.TelltheclassthattheyhaveToure>eSyndromeandaskifanybodyknowswhatitis.Ifnot,explainbriefly(seeh>p://www.toure>es-ac.on.org.ukformoreinforma.on).Nowindicatethesecondpersonandsay that he is au.s.c. Again, ask if anyone knows what that means (see h>p://www.au.sm.org.uk).Finally,askwhystudentsthinkthesepeoplemighthavedifficultyinfindingajob.

Displaytheques.onsonpage3.Tellstudentstoworkinpairsandthinkofonewordthatcanbeusedtofillthegapsinallfourques.onsappropriately.(Answer:impression)

Now focus on the fiQhperson in the collage. Tell students that they are going to see a shortvideo.Playthesecondvideoandstudentstellapartnereverythingtheyunderstood.

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Display(orhandoutcopiesof)thetextonpage5.Studentsshouldchoosewhichofthewordsinitalicsarecorrect.One,twoorallthreeop.onsmaybecorrect.Thenplaythevideoagainsothatstudentscanseewhichwordswereused.(Answersonpage6.Thewordsusedinthevideoareblue,thewordswhichcouldalsobecorrectaregreen,andtheincorrectwordsarered.)

Asafollow-up,sendstudentsthelinktothethirdvideo.TellthemtowatchathomeandnotedownthreethingstheylearntaboutBenandthreeitemsofvocabulary.Studentstalkaboutthisinpairsatthebeginningofthenextclass. Ifstudentsare interested,theycanwatchthethreedocumentariesintheEmployableMeseriesonYouTube.

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Whatshouldyoudotocreatetheright__________atajobinterview?

Whichplace/book/song/filmhasleQalas.ng__________onyou?

Canyoudoan___________ofafamousperson?

Whenyoumeetsomebodyforthefirst.me,howcanyoumakeagood__________?

Haveyoueverhadthewrong__________aboutsomeone?

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Narrator Twenty-nineyearoldAshleyhasaformofau.smcalled Aspergersyndrome.Helivesonhisown/byhimself/byhis owninLiverpool.

Ashley Well,thisismyhumbleabode/mycasa/mybachelorpad,if youwill.It’snotmuch,butitservesmyneeds.So,thisismy livingroom.ThisiswhereIspendmostofmy.me.Oneofthe firstthingsyou’llno.ceisthatit’sdeep/completely/bright purple.Iforonelikepurple-it’smyfavouritecolour.Purpleis consideredthecolourofmadnessforsomereason.Thecolour andmyselfhavesomethingincommon:we’reunusual, somethingthat’srarelyseen,yetcompletely/sadly/o7en misunderstood.

Narrator LikemanypeoplewithAspergersyndrome,Ashleyhasabove averageintelligence,buthe’sneverevenbeenofferedan interview.Heenjoys/occupies/feedshismindwithhisvery par.cularinterests.

Ashley EversinceIwasveryyoung,Ihavehadthispassionforthe Victorianera.

Narrator Ashley’seventurnedhispassionintoaVictorian-inspired novel.

Ashley BaltazarBazalge>ehadchocolatebrownhairanda thickbeard/goatee/handlebarmoustachesobroadit coveredthewidthofhisen.reface.

Narrator Isthatyou?

Ashley Yes,I’veheavilybasedthischaracteronmyself.Idon’tdeny/ refuse/admitit.Theplanetaryringthatcircledhisworld archedacrosstheskylikeagiantrainbow…..

Narrator Andhetakes/spends/useshoursmemorisingtelevision sitcoms.

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ANSWERSNarrator Twenty-nineyearoldAshleyhasaformofau.smcalled Aspergersyndrome.Helivesonhisown/byhimself/byhis owninLiverpool.

Ashley Well,thisismyhumbleabode/mycasa/mybachelorpad,if youwill.It’snotmuch,butitservesmyneeds.So,thisismy livingroom.ThisiswhereIspendmostofmy.me.Oneofthe firstthingsyou’llno.ceisthatit’sdeep/completely/bright purple.Iforonelikepurple-it’smyfavouritecolour.Purpleis consideredthecolourofmadnessforsomereason.Thecolour andmyselfhavesomethingincommon:we’reunusual, somethingthat’srarelyseen,yetcompletely/sadly/o7en misunderstood.

Narrator LikemanypeoplewithAspergersyndrome,Ashleyhasabove averageintelligence,buthe’sneverevenbeenofferedan interview.Heenjoys/occupies/feedshismindwithhisvery par.cularinterests.

Ashley EversinceIwasveryyoung,Ihavehadthispassionforthe Victorianera.

Narrator Ashley’seventurnedhispassionintoaVictorian-inspired novel.

Ashley BaltazarBazalge>ehadchocolatebrownhairanda thickbeard/goatee/handlebarmoustachesobroadit coveredthewidthofhisen.reface.

Narrator Isthatyou?

Ashley Yes,I’veheavilybasedthischaracteronmyself.Idon’tdeny/ refuse/admitit.Theplanetaryringthatcircledhisworld archedacrosstheskylikeagiantrainbow…..

Narrator Andhetakes/spends/useshoursmemorisingtelevision sitcoms.

Ashleyquotesfromsitcom.

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