People who work with Jimmy think he is very good at his job. A lady named Heather says Jimmy was very patient with her when she was learning to be a nurse. A doctor named Brian says Jimmy is very kind and knows a lot about being a nurse. Even though Jimmy has been a nurse for a very long time, he wants to keep working for three more years. He thinks working with younger people helps him stay young and healthy.

Original news source: Belfast Royal Victoria Hospital: I'm nearly 80 and still nursing (BBC)

– Vocabulary Pictionary
Instructions: Divide the class into two teams. Prepare a list of key words from the article (e.g., nurse, hospital, patient, kind, healthy). One student from a team comes up to the front and draws a picture on the board representing one of the words, without writing any letters or words. Their team has to guess the word within a set time limit. If they guess correctly, the team gets a point. Then it's the other team's turn. The team with the most points at the end of the game wins.
– Charades
Instructions: Write down phrases or sentences from the article on slips of paper (e.g., "helping sick people," "working at a big hospital"). Students take turns acting out the phrase without speaking while the rest of the class tries to guess what it is. This will help reinforce their understanding of the article's content and the meaning of the phrases.
– News Reporter Role-play
Instructions: Pair students up and have one student be the news reporter and the other be Jimmy Cooper or one of his colleagues. The news reporter interviews Jimmy or the colleague about his decision to continue working. They can use information from the article to answer questions. After a few minutes, have the pairs switch roles. This activity encourages speaking practice and comprehension of the article's details.
– Headline Creation
Instructions: Ask students to imagine they are newspaper editors and to create a catchy headline for an article about Jimmy Cooper. Encourage them to use adjectives and strong action words to grab the reader's attention. Examples could be "Super Senior Nurse Continues to Inspire at Belfast Hospital" or "Dedicated Nurse Refuses Retirement to Keep Saving Lives." This helps students practice word order, adjectives, and summarization skills.
– Opinion Poll
Instructions: Conduct a class survey asking whether students think it's a good idea for someone as old as Jimmy to keep working. Provide sentence starters for students to give their opinions, such as "I think Jimmy should keep working because…" or "I think Jimmy should retire because…". Tally the results on the board and discuss as a class, using the article to support their opinions. This activity helps beginners practice giving opinions and using because to explain reasons.

Jimmy Cooper is a very old ? who works at a big hospital in Belfast. He is almost 80 years old but he doesn't want to ? working. He tried to stop working once when he was 69, but he got ? and came back. ? loves his job helping very sick people get better. He started being a nurse after he met some other nurses a long time ago. People who work with Jimmy think he is very ? at his job. A lady named Heather says Jimmy was very patient with her when she was learning to be a nurse. A doctor named ? says Jimmy is very kind and knows a lot about being a nurse. Even though Jimmy has been a nurse for a very long ?, he wants to ? working for three more years. He thinks working with younger people helps him stay young and healthy.

1. What is a nurse?
2. Do you like to help people? Why or why not?
3. How would you feel if you were very old like Jimmy?
4. Jimmy got bored when he stopped working. What do you do when you are bored?
5. Do you think it is good to work when you are old? Why?
6. What job do you want to do when you grow up?
7. Jimmy likes to work with young people. Do you like to play with people older or younger than you?
8. Do you think working can make you stay young and healthy? Why or why not?
9. Jimmy has worked for a long time. What thing do you like to do for a long time?
10. Do you think being patient is important? Why?
11. Have you ever met someone very kind? Who was it?
12. Jimmy wants to work for three more years. What do you want to do in three years?

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