Lesson Objectives:

• To understand where and how people used to work
• To explain how people work today

2 minutes

• What work do your family do?
• Where do they work?
• Do they wear special work clothes?

Starter

Listen to the two audio extracts

Questions

1. What work did Mary do?


2. Would you like to have Mary’s job?

Describe working here, focusing on one of your five senses:

• Sight
• Hearing
• Taste
• Touch
• Smell

Fabrics are made from two main types of fibres:

• Natural fibres – from a natural source, such as plants and animals
• Synthetic fibres – are man-made from chemicals.

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What are your clothes made from?

Where would you get your clothes from?

Each table will write a paragraph of more than 4 lines from the following subjects:

• What type of fibres?
• Made in which country?
• Where did you buy them?
• Why are there different styles of clothes?
• Would you like to make clothes?

Be ready to explain your answers to the rest of the class

Produce a poster that describes in words and pictures where your family get their clothes.

Please include:

• The hours that they work
• The clothes that they wear at work
• What they like about their work