Friday Lesson Plan
I.
Aim of Friday Lesson
a) Learn how to get prescription medicine and deal with drug labels
b) Learn relevant vocabulary and phrases
c) Learn the culture at American pharmacies
II.
Teaching Aids
-­‐ Overhead Projector
-­‐ Headsets/Earphones
III.
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Lab Classroom
Homework worksheets
Inductive Activity
a) Review of Thursday Class: Students in pairs role play the scenario they created
after Thursday class. Teacher gives oral feedback.
b) Follow-up Discussion: What do you predict will happen next to the girl student?
c) Audio: At the pharmacy
IV.
Reinforcement Activity
a) Story Retelling: Students summarize what the girl student did at the pharmacy
based on the audio.
b) Key Points: Jot down as many names of drugs as possible.
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.
1.
Exercise to Assess Student Learning
Discussion: What would you do if you were Mandy in this situation? Would you
go and see another doctor or directly follow the advice of Dr. Fulci?
Type your answer in the textbox below.
2.
Cloze: Using Key Glossary Vocabulary
Complete the following passage with the words or phrases you learn from the audio.
After her meet with Dr. Fulci on Thursday, Mandy had been thinking if his
______________ was wrong, and if she might need to see a second doctor. But finally,
she decided to take Dr. Fulci’s _____________ to the ____________. George was
amazed at the rich inventory at the store, where all kinds of medicine can be found,
including _______________, _________________, _____________________,
____________________ and etc. A ______________ at the store read the
_________________ provided by Mandy, and gave her two types of standard medicine:
______________ and ____________. He also taught Mandy how to read the drug
___________ and emphasized the importance of regular injections.
Glossary for the cloze: diagnosis, prescription, pharmacy, bug bites, sleeping pills,
antidepressants, aspirin, pharmacist, prescription, antibiotics, pain killers, label
3. Creating a Drug Label
Collaborate with the same partner you have been working with this week. First discuss how the
drug label below is designed and composed. Then together you should design a drug label in a
word document that resembles the one below and that fits in the scenario that you created after
Thursday’s class. Be ready to share your creation with the class later.
Thielen
Student
Health Center
2260 Thielen Student Health Center Iowa State University Ames, Iowa 50011-­‐2260 (515) 294-7983
Rx 001238
Dr. Fulci
Mandy Wang
Take 2 tablets by mouth into every six hours as
needed. Take until gone.
Zom-B-Gone Refills: 0
Date filled: 1-11-2011
9-12-2015
Pharmacist: M. Stubbs
Discard
after:
VII.
Conclude the Lesson
a) Epilogue
--- A 3-min video: On the Way to Recovery
b) Preview the next lesson
--- Discussion: At the end of the audio that was played at the beginning of the class,
the pharmacist asked for the girl student’s medical insurance before giving her the
bill. What is medical insurance? How does it function? How many types of
insurance do you know exist, and for what purposes?
c) Homework
--- Conduct some research online to enrich your knowledge about insurance. Take
notes and be ready to share your findings with the class next Monday.
Friday Class Schedule
Activity
Tentative Time Allotted
Inductive Activity
15
Reinforcement Activity
15
Culminating Activity
15
Exercise to Assess Student Learning
30
Conclude the Lesson
5
Total
80
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.