I.
Aim of Wednesday Lesson a) Learn to use English to discuss symptoms with doctors b) Learn medical terminology c) Learn the culture at American hospitals
II.
Teaching Aids
-­‐ Overhead Projector - Lab Classroom
-­‐ Headsets/Earphones - Homework worksheets
III.
Inductive Activity a) Review of Monday Class: Students in pairs role play the scenario they created after
Tuesday class. Teacher gives oral feedback. b) Follow-up Discussion: What do you predict will happen to the girl student in the lesson today? c) Audio: At the hospital
IV.
Reinforcement Activity a) Story Retelling: Students summarize what the victim did at the hospital based on the audio. b) Key Points: Jot down the vocabulary and phrases about symptoms.
V.
Culminating Activity a) Listen Again: With headsets on, students listen to the audio for the second time, and compare their attempt at retelling the story to the actual audio as they do this.
b) Vocabulary & phrase learning: Glossed transcript of the audio is available with just a click.
VI.
Exercise to Assess Student Learning
1.
Fill in the blanks: use the correct form of “ have ” and “ feel ” to complete the following sentences.
1). Tim __________ a high fever last night, and was sent to the hospital by his parents.
2). I __________ nauseous at the dinner table after eleven hours of basketball and three hours of yoga yesterday.
3). Professor Gucci __________ a sore throat for this whole week, and we are having trouble hearing him.

4). Lora __________ big headache last week, but she seems to have recovered now. You can tell because she is not holding her head anymore.
5). He __________ itchy all over my body and can’t bear it any more.
6). Kevin said in a low voice: “I __________ so dizzy that I have to lie down.”
2.
Matching: What is the person in each picture suffering from?
Look at each picture carefully. Find the corresponding symptom from the inventory and write the number of the symptom below the picture.
Inventory of Symptoms
1.
Lose consciousness
2.
Bleeding
3.
Bruise
4.
Burning sensation
5.
Diarrhea
6.
Dizzy
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Fatigue
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Fever
9.
Hallucination
10.
Headache
11.
Itchy
12.
Nauseous
13.
Sore throat
14.
Swollen
15.
Vomiting
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3.
Research: What other symptoms are often heard at the doctor’s office?
Go to Edupics.com
and explore more expressions used by people to describe their feelings of illness. Take notes if necessary. Be ready to share your research results with the class. You will also need to use them for your homework.

VII.
Conclude the Lesson a) Preview the next lesson
--- Discuss what will happen next to the attacked student in the video. b) Homework
--- Continue exploring symptoms of illness outside class. With the same partner from last class, write a continued scenario from the one you did after Tuesday’s class. Create a dialogue at the hospital between a doctor and a patient. The patient needs to explain how s/he feels. Be ready to role-play your scenario on Thursday.
VIII.
Wednesday Class Schedule
Activity
Inductive Activity
Tentative Time Allotted
15
Reinforcement Activity
Culminating Activity
15
15
Exercise to Assess Student Learning
Conclude the Lesson
30
5
Total 80
Disclaimer: All images in the matching exercise come from Google Images.
NOTE: Depending on how the actual class goes, the time limit for each exercise can be flexible: not all items on all exercise worksheets will be explained if the class runs out of time. In that case, the plan is to provide self-motivated students with a source of practice outside of class.