Duties and privileges

1. Tell the class to imagine that they are responsible for finding a suitable candidate to fill a position they know something about: a new teacher or student, a school secretary, killer, for example.
2. They have to write out an informal job description which might serve as a letter for circulating among likely candidates, or as a basis for interview.
3. The description should include all the duties and privileges associated with the position: You must be on duty at least seven hours a day. You can/may have a company car. and qualities or qualifications that the candidate should have: You should have a friendly, warm personality. You must be able to drive.
4. For homework, students write about the duties and privileges of a job they are familiar with: what they do themselves as a profession, or one of their parents or other members of the family do.