Dr Dog
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1 This is the Gumboyle family.
2 And this is their dog. He is a doctor.
3 Dr Dog was in Brazil at a big conference with other doctors.
4 At home Grandad and the Gumboyle children got ill.
5 “Let’s call Dr Dog back,” said Ma Gumboyle.
6 So the Gumboyles sent a fax to Brazil. (We are all ill, please come home.)
7 So Dr Dog came home.
8 Kurt had a very bad cough. “It’s very stupid to smoke,” said Dr Dog.
9 “Smoking is very bad for your lungs. It fills the lungs up with dirty tar.”
10 Gerti never put on her raincoat. So she got a bad cold.
11 “Your tonsils look bad,” said Dr Dog.
12 So he took her tonsils out.
13 Kev Gumboyle was scratching his head.
14 “He’s got lice in his hair.”
15 Dr Dog put smelly shampoo on Kev’s hair.
16 Baby Gumboyle never washed his hands after going to the toilet.
17 He was scratching his bum. “He’s got worms,” said Dr Dog.
18 Dr Dog gave Baby Gumboyle some medicine to kill the worms.
19 Fiona Gumboyle had earache.
20 Dr Dog gave Fiona some medicine.
21 Grandad had too many baked beans and too much beer.
22 He got a tummy ache.
23 So Grandad went to the toilet.
24 He farted so much that he went right through the roof.
25 Now Dr Dog got ill. “Too much stress,” said his doctor. You need a holiday.
26 So Dr Dog went away.
27 “Oh, no,” said Dr Dog when he saw the bottle. (See you soon. The Gumboyles.)
Preteach the following words:
ill, bad, to smoke, cough, lungs, dirty tar, a cold, tonsils, scratch, lice, smelly, bum, worms,
earache, tummy ache, to fart, roof, bottle
Possible post-text activities
1 Worksheet with pics of important words and phrases. Pic have numbers and children write
numbers against words or phrases.
2 Copies of pages on wall, children work in small groups of two or three. The first three
groups (9 kids) receive the first nine sentences of the text in jumbled order. They look at the
pics on the wall and order their sentences. Groups 4-6 receive sentences 10-18, groups 7-9
receive sentences 19-27.
Teacher reads out text and children check.
Concerning the article we could say that the children have received the sentences in three
batches (Groups 1-3 sentences one to nine, etc. They have to order the sentences. As a
resource the picture book should be available for the children to check. At home each child
draws one illustration which fits each respective sentence. All the illustrations and sentences
taken together make up the book, illustrated by the children.
3 Teacher presents pictures again and elicits story from the children. (Textreconstruction)
4 Chant
5 Erarbeitung eines Dialogs
6 Worksheet: family
Nurse: Good morning.
Patient: Good morning.
Doctor: Peter/Sally come in.
What’s the problem?
Peter/Sally: My tummy hurts.
Doctor: Let me see.
(Examines his/her tummy)
Peter /Sally: Ouch that hurts.
Doctor: Do you like sweets?
Peter/Sally: I love sweets.
Doctor: Sorry, no more sweets.
Nurse: Good morning.
Patient: Good morning.
Doctor: Peter/Sally come in.
What’s the problem?
Peter/Sally: My head itches.
Doctor: Let me see.
(Doctor examines his/her head)
Peter /Sally: What is it?
Doctor: You’ve got lice.
Peter/Sally: Oh, no.
Doctor: Here’s a shampoo.
Peter/Sally: Thank you.
Nurse: Good morning.
Patient: Good morning.
Doctor: Peter/Sally come in.
What’s the problem?
Peter/Sally: I’ve got a bad cough.
Doctor: Let me see.
(Doctor examines him/her)
Doctor: Do you smoke?
Peter/Sally: Mmmmh.
Doctor: No more cigarettes. You’ve got dirty tar in your lungs.
Patient: Oh, no.
Kurt has got a cough,
a bad cough.
Dr Dog, Dr Dog.
Gerti has got a cold,
a bad cold.
Dr Dog, Dr Dog.
Kev has got lice,
lots of lice.
Dr Dog, Dr Dog.
The Baby’s got worms,
lots of worms
Dr Dog, Dr Dog.
Fiona’s got earache,
terrible earache.
Dr Dog, Dr Dog.
Grandad’s got tummy ache,
terrible tummy ache.
Dr Dog, Dr Dog.
Oh, dear, oh dear,
what a mess
six ill Gumboyles
that’s a lot of stress.
Cross curricular teaching: Sachunterricht Krankheiten und Vorbeugung,
Deutschunterricht: Kreatives Schreiben. Stell dir vor dein Hund ist Arzt.
Nurse:
Patient:
Doctor:
Patient:
Doctor:
Patient:
Doctor:
Patient:
Doctor:
Good morning.
Good morning.
Next please. What’s the problem?
My tummy hurts.
Let me see.
Ouch that hurts.
Do you like sweets?
Yes, I love sweets.
Sorry, no more sweets.
Nurse:
Patient:
Doctor:
Patient:
Doctor:
Patient:
Doctor:
Patient:
Doctor:
Good morning.
Good morning.
Next please. What’s the problem?
My head itches.
Let me see.
What is it?
You’ve got lice.
Oh, no.
Here’s a shampoo.
Patient:
Thank you.
Nurse:
Patient:
Doctor:
Patient:
Doctor:
Patient:
Doctor:
Patient:
Doctor:
Good morning.
Good morning.
Next please. What’s the problem?
I’ve got a bad cough.
Let me see.
What is it?
Do you smoke?
Mmmh.
No more cigarettes. You’ve got
dirty tar in your lungs.
Patient:
Oh, no.
Kurt has got a cough,
a bad cough.
Dr Dog, Dr Dog.
Gerti has got a cold,
a bad cold.
Dr Dog, Dr Dog.
Kev has got lice,
lots of lice.
Dr Dog, Dr Dog.
The Baby’s got worms,
lots of worms
Dr Dog, Dr Dog.
Fiona’s got earache,
terrible earache.
Dr Dog, Dr Dog.
Grandad’s got tummy ache,
terrible tummy ache.
Dr Dog, Dr Dog.
Oh, dear, oh dear,
what a mess.
Six ill Gumboyles
that’s a lot of stress.
Kurt had a very bad cough. “It’s very stupid to
smoke,” said Dr Dog.
Dr Dog was in Brazil at a big conference with
other doctors.
This is the Gumboyle family.
“Smoking is very bad for your lungs. It fills
the lungs up with dirty tar.”
So Dr Dog came home.
At home Grandad and the Gumboyle children
got ill.
And this is their dog. He is a doctor.
So the Gumboyles sent a fax to Brazil: “We
are all ill, please come home.”
“Let’s call Dr Dog back,” said Ma Gumboyle.
Baby Gumboyle never washed his hands after
going to the toilet.
So he took her tonsils out.
Kev Gumboyle was scratching his head.
He was scratching his bum. “He’s got worms,”
said Dr Dog.
“He’s got lice in his hair.”
Gerti never put on her raincoat. So she got a
bad cold.
Dr Dog put smelly shampoo on Kev’s hair.
“Your tonsils look bad,” said Dr Dog.
Dr Dog gave Baby Gumboyle some medicine
to kill the worms.
So Dr Dog went away.
Dr Dog gave Fiona some medicine.
“Oh, no,” said Dr Dog when he saw the bottle.
(See you soon. The Gumboyles.)
So Grandad went to the toilet.
Grandad had too many baked beans and too
much beer.
He farted so much that he went right through
the roof.
Fiona Gumboyle had earache.
Now Dr Dog got ill. “Too much stress,” said
his doctor. You need a holiday.
He got a tummy ache.