EDHP588
Student teaching
Yu-Ching Yang (Virginia)
Dr. Gena Burgess
03/ 17/ 09
Lesson Plan
Topic: Internal organs and major diseases
Level: Low intermediate
Duration: 60 minutes
Description of class:
 Class: English class
 Setting: Manual Arts Adult School, ESL setting
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Number of students: 30 (Age: 18 and above)
Linguistic backgrounds: All Hispanic
Goals of class: Learn vocabulary of internal organs and disease
Prior knowledge: Students have learned some external organs, and they
understood those internal organs in Spanish
Goal:
 Students will be able to identify major organs, major diseases and common
medical procedures.
Objectives:
 Terminal Objective:
a. By the end of the lesson, students will be able to pronounce new vocabulary
correctly.
b. By the end of the lesson, students will be able to match internal organs witch
related diseases.
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Enabling Objectives:
a. Students will be able to speak different internal organs.
b. Students will be able to speak major diseases.
c. Students will be able to complete worksheet to show that they understand the
relationship between internal organ and disease.
Materials & Equipment:
 Transparency of vocabulary (See Appendix 1 and 2)
 Worksheet (See Appendix 3)
 Whiteboard & markers
 Paper and pen
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Overhead projector
Procedure (60 minutes):
 Motivation and Warm-up:
a. The teacher first explains the purpose of this lesson.
b. The teacher asks students what internal organs and diseases they have already
known
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Guided Practice
Activity I : Vocabulary (the whole class)
a. The teacher uses transparency to teach different internal organs (Appendix
1), and leads the class to pronounce these new words.
b. The teacher uses transparency to teach different major diseases (Appendix
2), and leads the class to pronounce these new words.
c. The teacher teaches students the relationship between internal organs and
diseases.
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Independent Practice
Activity I : Complete the worksheet
a. The teacher breaks the class into pairs and hands out the worksheet
(Appendix 3) for them to complete.
b. The teacher walks around to provide any help if needed.
Activity II : individual presentation
a. The teacher asks student to share their answers in the class.
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Closure and Extra-class work/homework
a. The teacher mentions what the class has learned today, and asks students
whether they have any question or not.
Evaluation:
 The enabling and terminal objectives are met by the following assessment.
a. From the worksheet (Appendix 3), the teacher can understand if students
understand the relationship between internal organs and diseases
b. Through the presentation, the teacher can know whether students can
pronounce the new vocabulary or not.
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Appendix 1: Vocabulary of internal organs
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Appendix 2: Vocabulary of major diseases
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Appendix 3: Worksheet
List A:
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Heart
Lungs
Brain
Liver
Stomach
Bones
Joints
8. Pancreas or Kidneys
List B:
1. When you have arthritis, you have problems with your ___________.
2. When you have osteoporosis, you have problems with your __________.
3. When you have diabetes, you might have a problem with your __________ or
__________.
4. When you have high blood pressure, it could damage your ____________.
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When you have asthma, it affects your _______________.
When you have an ulcer, it’s in the _______________.
When you have hepatitis, it’s a problem in the ____________.
When you have a stroke, it’s in the ___________________.
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