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Introduction Mohammad Delowar Hossain Senior English Teacher New Model Multilateral High School Sukrabad, Dhaka Class: Nine Subject: English First Paper Unit: Nine Lesson: 1 Duration: 45 Minutes

Conventional (Usual) jobs Selling sweets at a local market Boatmen’s living by sailing boats A teacher’s engagement in teaching

Unconventional jobs A street hawker earns his living A riverside village woman engaged in dry fish fostering A woman taking care plants in a garden

Jobs around

Learning outcomes By the end of the lesson, students will be able to ---  describe familiar objects.  read intensively and extensively.  use comparisons as different aspects  participate in discussion.

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Let’s know the meaning of some new words Timber Wood used for buildings or making other things Medicinal Used for treating medical problems Entrepreneur A person who sets up a business, taking on financial risks in the hope of profit

No Figure 1. Boring office work Figure 2. Started nursery business Figure 3. Business spread From dependent to an independent life style Figure 4. Never attracts job circular Figure 5. Very much busy in cultivating plants Figure 6. Manages plots nicely

Preparing foods Going countryside Collecting unknown saplings Hobbies of Sayeed Kamal

Pair work and controlled speaking 1.What is the best thing that ever happened to this man? 2. Why does Kamal like his job? 3. What is the problem with his job? 4. What attitude do you find here in Kamal when you read these lines ‘May be I do not earn enough like many other people around me. But I least earn enough for my family, employees and me to run a decent life.’? Answers: 1.Loosing his last job is the best thing that ever happened to this man. 2. Kamal likes his job because he can see the moon from his nursery or walk through the trees in the soft moonlit night. 3. He can’t earn enough money in all seasons. It is the problem with his job. 4. Kamal feels satisfaction. He knows that dissatisfaction is the main cause of being unhappy. He wants to lead his life in a decent way without frustration.

Grammar Focus Comparison ‘to’ and ‘with’ To compare ‘to’ point out or imply resemblances between objects regarded as essentially of a different order. Example: Life has been compared to a pilgrimage, to a drama, to a battle. To compare ‘with’ mainly to point out differences between objects regarded as essentially of the same order. Example: The Bangladesh Parliament may be compared with the British Parliament. Dhaka has been compared with Calcutta; it may be compared with modern London.

Group Work Topic ‘I must say I’m a very happy man!’ says Sayeed Kamal. Group A Agree Group B Agree Group C Agree Group D Agree

Evaluation Asking and answering questions 1. What do you mean by conventional and unconventional jobs? 2. Why are people not involved in the traditional ways of living now-a-days? 3. What are the scopes of getting self-employed? 4. Do you need to lead a decent life? Why?/Why not?

Evaluation cont. Think some good and unacceptable aspects of Sayeed and write five ones in each of the column. One is done for you; Good aspects of SayeedUnacceptable aspects of Sayeed 1.simple old fashioned

Home work Write a paragraph about ‘Unconventional Jobs around you’

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