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Persian Professions

Eleventh graders learn job words in Persian (mashâghel) — pezeshk (پزشک, doctor), mo’allem (معلم, teacher), âshpaz (آشپز, cook), khânande (خواننده, singer), vakil (وکیل, lawyer) — and can talk about careers and their own goals.

Grade 11Professions50 minutes1 class periodACTFL / World LanguagesExplicit teaching4 StandardsACTFL
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Lesson at a Glance

Everything you need before the bell rings

Learning Objectives

Students will be able to…

  • ✓Learn job words.
  • ✓Match words to meanings.
  • ✓Say what you want to be.
  • ✓Discuss careers.
Essential Question

Mikhâhi chi beshi? How do you talk about jobs and careers in Persian?

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Interactive Task
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Match the Profession

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The Lesson · Language Flow (Warm-Up · Present · Practice · Speak · Reflect)

50 minutes, five moves

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Warm-Up — What Do You Want to Be?

6 min

How do you talk about jobs and careers in Persian?

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Mime a job.
  • Ask the Persian word.
  • Set the goal.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Watch.
  • Guess.
  • Get ready.
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Present — Professions

12 min

Students learn.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Send students to Match the Profession.
  • Match each one.
  • Note “mikhâham ___ besham.”

🎒 Student Actions

  • Match.
  • Say.
  • Note it.
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Practice — Practice

13 min

Students practice.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Name 3 jobs.
  • Say pezeshk & mo’allem.
  • Say what you want to be.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Name.
  • Say.
  • Say it.
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Speak — Speak

13 min

Students speak.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Say “mikhâham pezeshk besham.”
  • Ask a partner’s dream job.
  • Trade answers.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Say it.
  • Ask.
  • Trade.
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Reflect — Reflect

6 min

Students close.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Name a job.
  • Say a future goal.
  • Complete the exit ticket.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Name one.
  • Say it.
  • Complete the exit ticket.
Standards Alignment

Built to the standards you report on

Aligned to the ACTFL World-Readiness Standards for Learning Languages (Intermediate-Mid).

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Communication 1.1

Interpersonal: discuss careers.

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Communication 1.2

Interpretive: understand job words.

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Communication 1.3

Presentational: state a goal.

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Connections 3.1

Connect to work & careers.

Differentiation

One lesson, every learner

Multilingual Learners

ELL / EMERGING READERS
  • Job cards with words.
  • Frame: “mikhâham ___ besham.”
  • Repeat aloud.

Support & Access

IEP / 504
  • Start with pezeshk & mo’allem.
  • Match one pair at a time.
  • Use pictures.

Stretch & Extend

GIFTED / EARLY FINISHERS
  • Add more careers.
  • Interview a partner.
  • Write a career goal.
Materials

What to gather

  • 📽️Screen / board
  • 💼Profession cards
  • 💻Match the Profession
  • 🗣️Interview sheet
  • 📓Notebooks
  • 🎫Exit-ticket slips
Vocabulary

Key terms — hover for a quick definition

mashâghel (مشاغل)jobs / professionspezeshk (پزشک)doctormo’allem (معلم)teacherâshpaz (آشپز)cook / chefkhânande (خواننده)singervakil (وکیل)lawyerpolis (پلیس)police officerkâr kardan (کار کردن)to work
Evaluate

Exit Ticket

Preview the three formative checks. Tap “Sample answer” to see what mastery looks like — hide them before you print for students.

QUESTION 1
How do you say “teacher” in Persian?
mo’allem (معلم).
QUESTION 2
What does “âshpaz” mean?
Cook / chef.
QUESTION 3
What does “vakil” mean?
Lawyer.

Reflect: professions.

Have students write what they want to be in Persian (“mikhâham ___ besham”). A printable Persian professions sheet is in the World Languages library.

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Study the key terms

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Practice · Quiz

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Practice · Worksheet

Printable worksheet

A print-and-go review sheet with a built-in answer key. Tap “Show answer key” to reveal answers, or print the clean version for students.

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Part A · Write the word that matches each meaning

Word bank: khânande (خواننده), kâr kardan (کار کردن), mashâghel (مشاغل), mo’allem (معلم), pezeshk (پزشک), polis (پلیس), vakil (وکیل), âshpaz (آشپز)
  1. teacher
  2. singer
  3. to work
  4. cook / chef
  5. police officer
  6. doctor
  7. lawyer
  8. jobs / professions

Part B · Show what you learned

  1. How do you say “teacher” in Persian?
  2. What does “âshpaz” mean?
  3. What does “vakil” mean?
Answer key — Part A: 1) mo’allem (معلم) · 2) khânande (خواننده) · 3) kâr kardan (کار کردن) · 4) âshpaz (آشپز) · 5) polis (پلیس) · 6) pezeshk (پزشک) · 7) vakil (وکیل) · 8) mashâghel (مشاغل)
Part B: 1) mo’allem (معلم). 2) Cook / chef. 3) Lawyer.