Hands on activity

My Dialogue is based on the first day at work; The Warm up is asking the students for words they will find in the reading. 

Do you know this word of phrase?  

• Show around
• Follow
• Open-door policy
•  Drop off
•   Handle
•  Treat
•   Reasonable
•   Last, but not least
•   Fill out
• Cubicle

First day at work:

Maria Cristina: Ida Luz, my name is María Cristina. Mrs. Castillo asked me to show you around.

Ida Luz: It´s nice to meet you.

Maria Cristina: Follow me. I´ll start the tour at the front desk. This is where we meet customers when they come to the office.

Ida Luz: It´s a nice area, customers probably like it.

Maria Cristina: Mrs. Castillo´s office is by the window. You can ask her questions any time.

Ida Luz: It´s nice to have a boss with an open door policy.

Maria Cristina: Yes, It´s great. To the left is the Human Resources Department. You can drop off your contract and other employment papers there later.

Ida Luz: How should I ask for in HR?

Maria Cristina: Ask for Luz Adriana. She handles all of the new employees. Just past HR is the cafeteria. If you have time this week, I´ll treat you to lunch and introduce you to the other representatives.

Ida Luz: I´d like that. Is the food good there?

Maria Cristina: It´s pretty good and reasonable too. Next, this hallway is where you can find the bathrooms and the meeting rooms.

Ida Luz: What meetings are held there?

Maria Cristina: We have our weekly sales meeting there.

Ida Luz: This is a big office.

Maria Cristina: It´s big, but we´re almost done. Last, but not least, here is the sales division. There are fourteen of us that share this space, but we each have our own cubicle.

Ida Luz: Sounds great.

Maria Cristina: Well, Ida Luz, it was nice meeting you. I´ll leave you at your desk. The papers you need to fill out for Human Resources are on your desk.

Ida Luz: Thanks for the tour, María Cristina.  J

ACTIVITIES

Comprehension activities 

1.    Where did Maria Cristina start the tour of the office?

A.   at the front desk.

B.   at the cafeteria.

C.   at the sales division

D.   at Mrs. Lorena´s office

2.    Which department does Ida Luz see in order to drop off his employment papers?

A.   Marketing Department

B.   Finance and Accounting Department

C.   Human Resources Department

D.   People Resources Department

    3. The food is good and reasonable at the cafeteria.

                       TRUE   _____             FALSE  ______

3.    What type of meetings are held in the meeting rooms?

A.   Weekly sales meeting

B.   Office parties

C.   Weekly marketing meetings

D.   Monthly sales meetings.

4.    How many people are there in the sales division?

A.   12.

B.   10.

C.   15

D.   14.

Put in order

The teacher takes the dialogue and divides it into several sections (or as many sections as there are students in the class). Each student gets one section of the story.  Students must then move around the class and by listening to each section read aloud, decide where in the story their section belongs.  Eventually the students have to put the entire story together in the correct sequence. 

Task completion activities

We can do puzzles, games, map-reading, and other kinds of classroom tasks in which the focus is on using one’s language resources to complete a task.

1.    Ida Luz was excited about her new office. She had a ________ in the corner with a desk and chair.

A.   Place.       B. Cubicle.         C. Cube.      D. Square

2.    Lorena promised to have an _________ so her employees can ask her questions at any time.

A.   Open door policy.  B. Open box policy.  C. Open office policy.  D. Open window policy.

3.    She had to _______ his contract with the human resources department because it handles all the employment paperwork.

A.   Drop on.     B. Drop down.     C. Drop out.      D. Drop off

4.    Luz Adriana ________ all the incoming phone calls from customers.

A. Picks        B. Handles.          C. Hands.        D. Carries

5.    Maria Cristina always ________ his best customers to lunch.

A.   Offers.      B. Treasures.      C. Treats.       D. Gifts.

6.    Luz A´s salary wasn´t high so she was happy that the cafeteria prices were___________

A.   Expensive.       B. Provided.       C. Reported.      D. Reasonable

7.    A lot of jobs require you to ________ a job application.

A.   Fill up.       B. Fill over.        C. Fill down.        D. Fill out

8.    Rosa__________ the teacher to the office

A.   Jumped.       B. Went.        C. Dropped off.        D. Followed

9.    And ____________ I would like to show you our coffee room, where we meet for lunch every day.

A.   Last, but not least.   B. Least, but not last.    C. Last but not more.    D. Final, but not least.

10. It was nice to __________ the new person because I remember how hard it is to be the newest employee!.

Take around.   B. Show around.   C. Show off.   D. Show down

Matching

               1.  .Show around                                   A. To give a tour

               2. Follow                                                B. To pay for someone

               3. Open door policy                              C. To walk behind someone

         4. Drop off                                              D. To complete a document

               5. Handle                                               E. The idea that you can ask    your boss                                                                                                    questions at any time.

               6. Treat                                                   F. Not expensive

               7.  Reasonable                                      G. To leave something

                8. Last, but not least                              H. The final thing, but not the least      

                                                                       important thing.

              9. Fill out                                                   I. To manage; to be responsible for.

             10. Cubicle                                              J.   A small space in an office with a 

                                                      desk and a computer.