Working on Thanksgiving: three people whose jobs never stop
Three short interviews with people who work on Thanksgiving Day, an emergency room nurse in Chicago, a hotel chef in Boston and an airline pilot in Atlanta; students read for detail, practice the present perfect simple and continuous and interview holiday workers in a whole-class hot seat.
B1Adults45 minInterview
About this lesson
A B1 reading lesson (interview). Graded texts with key words, comprehension questions and printable versions.
- Level
- B1
- Skill
- Reading
- Type
- Interview
- Students
- Adults
- Time
- About 45 minutes
- Topic
- Thanksgiving
- Activities
- Key words, Speaking / writing task, Reading text, Multiple choice, True / False, Grammar explanation box, Gap-fill, Table to fill in
- Key words
- shift, emergency room (ER), burn, get used to, route, flight attendant
- Access
- Premium
By the end, students can
- Read three short interviews for the main idea and for detail about working on a holiday
- Use the present perfect simple and continuous for experience and duration: I've worked seven Thanksgivings / We've been preparing since Monday
- Interview classmates in role about a job and write a short interview