Career Awareness Transcript
I like to use call and response games to build vocabulary.
Adding -ER to verbs is an easy way to start. It teaches the students how to play the game in addition to teaching them English:
Someone who (verbs) is: a (verb er). Here are some examples:
Someone who runs is: a runner .
Someone who gardens is: a gardener.
Someone who teaches is: a teacher.
A few days of this and we can move onto another pattern:
A person who makes music is: a musician.
A person who does magic is: a magician.
A person who works in a library is: a librarian.
There are more of these than you would think, such as: physician, technician, politician, custodian, historian, electrician, and veterinarian.
Again, we move on:
An expert in geology is: a geologist.
An animal expert is: a zoologist.
An expert on dinosaurs is: a paleontologist.
“Paleontologist” was always a favorite. One little guy had plans to be a restaurateur during the week and a paleontologist on the weekends.
Of course, he was the one who had the best response when I called out:
What do you call someone who studies the weather?
A Meat Eater Ologist!
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