Do you have supplementary classes to do? Or do you have groups of students that randomly arrive from time to time? Have you ever been stuck with a 2-hour long lesson to do? Have you been asked to evaluate your students but not told exactly how or what to do?

Here's a quick and easy lesson plan. It's a three parter:

(Part 1)

1) Follow this link and copy and paste the grid into a word document. For my lesson, I deleted the job names so that I could do a grand unveiling after the kids had tabulated their scores, but you may want to keep the original as is - the instructions are pretty clear. I also changed "Sumo Wrestler" for "K1 Fighter" and "Burglar" for "Gangster".

http://www.edochan.com/teaching/job.htm

2) Write on the board:

I like__________________.
Do you like _________________?
Yes, I do.
No, I don't.

I presented a few examples (like: studying, playing computer games, shopping, sleeping...) and practiced with the students. "I like shopping. Do you like shopping?".... and took some of their suggestions as well.

3) Give each student a grid. Either have them pair up (as per the original instructions) and ask each other the questions, or you can ask the questions while circulating the classroom to make sure they understand what to do.

4) While the students tabulate their scores in the right-hand column, write the job names on the board in order (that the students can copy into the left-hand column). Pretty much all of them have been Konglicized and are easily understood....

5) The student's highest score is their future job. Laugh uproariously at the results.... and then continue on with...

(Part 2)

The text:

My name is ____________________. I am __________________.
My best friend is ____________________________. I like (him/her) because (he/she) ____________________________________________.
I like _______________________ but I don't like _____________________________.
Next year, I will ________________________________________________.
In the future, my job will be ___________________________. I (agree/disagree). <--- write result from lesson one here.
One day, I will ____________________________________________________.

6) Individually, the students fill in the blanks. I found that things went easier if I wrote it all on the board, then went line by line (in grade 6).

(Part 3)

7) This can either be left as a text, or you can take it to the next level and have the kids memorize their "English speeches". The language is simple enough, with the students writing as per their own ability (for example, a more advanced student wrote "I like him because he is a nice guy", but a lower-level kid wrote "I like him because he is happy"), and when all the parts are done, it ends up being a good integration of listening, reading, writing, speaking (albeit rote) and grammar.

Nah - Did it with my Grade 6 group - but think it's appropriate for Middle School too.

The memorization was pretty good, and getting the kids to say the speech in front of the class will also burn almost an entire class period. I have a small, close-knit group and they helped each other (prompting) recite...

Useful powerpoint, thanks for adding it. 

I tried to print the worksheet from the printer-friendly version of the webpage but it didn't come out properly, so I typed up my own and attached it below, in case anyone else is having the same problem.  I left the jobs blank because I tell the students at the end of the activity. 

hahaha EMERGENCY LESSON LOL this morning i had class that I wasnt prepared to, and had 15 min to prepare...............thx for this..i'm gonna use job for you~ kekekek

Yeah, you rock.  I decided that my lesson for class today was too hard and needed something easier.

I'm sorry but I still don't understand how to do the worksheet. Can someone please walk me through step by step? I don't know what the 'Yes and 'No' are about and how you come up with the score. 

 wanted to use this lesson for my regular classes

You saved me today. I forgot I had English club, and I was able to use this lesson and be ready with ONLY thirty minutes of time for preparation. My students loved it, and were able to recieve a lot of feedback on their writing skills. It's a great icebreaker 

Thanks for posting this will definitely come in handy sometime!!

this sounds really good for conversing with the students and having them talk with each other...this in the end is boosting their confidence! awesome ideas...thanks :)