Sleeping on the Job

Photo Prompts

Int – Adv
Teens & Adults
Grades 6–12

Critical thinking is an important skill for analyzing issues and judging their validity.

Look at a photo of a man sleeping on the floor of a server room in front of a laptop. What does the image represent? Does it have positive or negative connotations? Let your students be the judge!

Discuss the photo in class with your students. Describe the photo or determine its meaning together.

You may want to teach some of the suggested vocabulary below. Please note that these tasks build on each other, so doing them in order is helpful.

Focus

topic-based
writing
speaking
critical thinking
workplace
productive

Vocabulary

server room
overworked
sleep-deprived
stress
information technology
formal
system failure
troubleshooting
update
A spinning paper plane