Sample Lesson Plan !
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THEME: Health & Safety TOPIC: Health Care
Planning
LEVEL: LINC 1 (CLB 1) DURATION: 5 hours
Topic Outcomes:
— use and respond to a few courtesy formulas
— request assistance
O identify details in a listening text: a few keywords, short expressions
& use a simplified diagram or table
? fill out a very basic medical form
? describe personal health by filling in blanks in a short guided text
Vocabulary and Expressions: eye, tooth, nose, ear, arm, foot, head, neck, hand, mouth, hair, leg, back, stomach,
chest, fingers, toes, sick, headache, earache, stomach ache, toothache, backache, sore
throat, fever, a cold, the flu, What’s the matter? What’s wrong? I’m sick, I don’t
feel well, I feel terrible
Grammar: verb have
Pronunciation: /k/ (earache, cold, sick, clinic)
Computer Skills: Backspace, Delete, Insert, Print Preview, Print
Software: Microsoft Word
Resources:
• magazines and a list of body parts vocabulary
• a diagram of the body (e.g., Canadian Concepts 2, Second Edition, p. 95)
• illustrations of symptoms and illnesses (e.g., Canadian Oxford Picture Dictionary, p. 78–79) and a list of
vocabulary
• instructor-made handouts: 1. Health Problems
2. Ailment Cards
3. Making a Doctor’s Appointment
4. Finding the Doctor’s Office
5. Medical Form
• blank bingo sheets
• instructor-made Word computer file: Body Parts Vocabulary
Procedures:
Warm-up: Body Parts Vocabulary Review
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1. Instructor reviews vocabulary for body parts by having learners find pictures of body parts in
magazines and match them to a list of vocabulary.
2. Learners practice vocabulary by asking partners to point to various parts of own body.
3. Information gap: Learners label diagrams of a body by pointing to blanks on the diagram, and
asking partner for the word and spelling (What’s this? Please spell it).
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Listening Task: Health Problems
Pre-listening: Learners match a list of vocabulary for illnesses with pictures.
Listening: Learners listen to the dialogues on Handout 1, fill in the blanks on the worksheet, and then
practice the conversations with a partner.
Pronunciation: /k/ (earache, cold, sick, clinic)
Learners compile lists of words with the /k/ sound, noting the various possible spellings. Learners then
choose a list of words to be used in a bingo game, write those words on blank bingo sheets, and play
bingo as a fellow classmate dictates the words.
Grammar Task: Verb have (I have, he/she has)
1. Instructor introduces the verb have by referring to pictures of illnesses in picture dictionary, eliciting
sentences from learners to describe the ailments, and writing sentences on the board that demonstrate
the verb have with ailments.
2. Learners are then each given a card with an ailment written on it (Handout 2). They write a sentence
to identify their ailment using the verb have (e.g., I have a cold).
3. Learners use the sample conversations on Handout 1 as a model to talk to their classmates and then
write sentences to describe their classmates’ ailments.
Speaking Task: Making a Doctor’s Appointment
Pre-speaking: Working in groups, learners look at the pictures on Handout 3, identify the problems in the
pictures, and then fill in the blanks.
Speaking: Instructor models dialogue and class repeats. Learners practice dialogue with a partner,
substituting original ailment with other ailments illustrated on the handout.
Assessment: Assessment is based holistically on overall success in stating illness and requesting an
appointment and analytically on vocabulary, intonation, and intelligibility.
Reading Task: Finding the Doctor’s Office
Pre-reading: Learners look at the directory of doctors’ names in a medical building on Handout 4.
Instructor asks questions to ensure learners understand the purpose of the directory and models the
dialogue asking for assistance in finding doctors’ offices.
Reading: Learners answer the questions and then work in pairs to practice the dialogue.
Writing Task: Medical Form
Pre-writing: Learners brainstorm the information that is asked for in a doctor’s office (name, address, OHIP
number).
Writing: Learners complete form for a doctor’s office on Handout 5.
Assessment: Assessment is based holistically on overall success in completing the form and analytically on
completeness, accuracy of information, and spelling.
Computer Task: Editing (Use as a follow-up activity if not enough time)
Learners open an instructor-made file containing a list of misspelled vocabulary for parts of the body,
correct the spelling, insert the date and their name, print preview, and print for evaluation. Learners can
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keep this vocabulary page for reference.
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Sample Lesson Plan ! LINC 1
Handout 1: Health Problems
Planning
Conversation 1 Conversation 2 Conversation 3
Larisa: Hello Zahra. How are Viktor: Hello Ibrahim. How are Shani: Hello Lillian. How are
you? you? you?
Zahra: I don’t feel well. Ibrahim: Not so good. Lillian: I feel terrible.
Larisa: What’s the matter? Viktor: What’s wrong? Shani: What’s the matter?
Zahra: I’m sick. I have a Ibrahim: I’m sick. I have a stomach Lillian: I’m sick. I have a
headache. ache. backache.
Larisa: Oh, I’m sorry. Viktor: Oh, that’s too bad. Shani: Oh, I’m sorry.
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Worksheet
Conversation 1
Larisa: Hello Zahra. How are you?
Zahra: I don’t feel well.
Larisa: What’s the ?
Zahra: I’m sick. I have a .
Larisa: Oh, I’m sorry.
Conversation 2
Viktor: Hello Ibrahim. are you?
Ibrahim: Not so good.
Viktor: What’s wrong?
Ibrahim: I’m ____________. I have a stomach ache.
Viktor: Oh, that’s too bad.
Conversation 3
Shani: Hello Lillian. How are you?
Lillian: I feel terrible.
Shani: What’s the matter?
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an earache
Lillian: I’m sick. I have a .
Shani: Oh, I’m sorry .
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Handout 2: Ailment Cards
Photocopy and cut along the lines to produce cards. Distribute to learners for use in parts 2 and 3 of the
grammar task.
a toothache a headache a backache
a stomach ache the flu a sore throat
a fever an earache a cold
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Handout 3: Making a Doctor’s Appointment
Planning
Secretary: May I help you?
Maria: I need to see the doctor.
Secretary: What’s the matter?
Maria: I have a fever.
a headache an earache a backache
a cold a fever a stomach ache
1.___________ 2.____________ 3. _____________
___
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4. ____________ 5. ______________ 6. ___________
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Handout 4: Finding the Doctor’s Office
房
间 Building Offices
Medical
Doctors Room No. Doctors Room No.
医⽣生 Dr. A. Akemi 502 Dr. O. Mimar 705
Dr. J. Bronsky 801 Dr. R. Peck 205
Dr. Keith Brown 103 Dr. A. Roberts 301
Dr. Alba Diaz 608 Dr. Richard Smith 711
Dr. P. Goldberg 412 Dr. A. Schlanger 210
Dr. M. Jugloff 303 Dr. W. Tam 512
Dr. H. S. Lee 512 Dr. Mary Tisdale 608
Dr. K. Malik 202 Dr. A. Weinberg 410
Where is the doctor’s office? Write the room numbers.
1. Dr. Tisdale 608
2. Dr. Tam 512
205
3. Dr. Peck
4. Dr. Brown 103
5. Dr. Smith 711
6. Dr. Diaz 608
7. Dr. Goldberg 412
8. Dr. Jugloff 303
9. Dr. Bronsky 801
10. Dr. Schlanger 210
Work with a partner. Practice the conversation.
A B
Excuse me. Yes?
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Where’s Dr. Tam’s office? Room 512.
Thank you. You’re welcome.
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Sample Lesson Plan ! LINC 1
Handout 5: Medical Form
Planning
Last name ____________________________________________
First name ____________________________________________
Date of Birth _______________________ ¨ Male
Day Month Year ¨ Female
Address ________________________________________________
City____________________________________________________
Province _______________________________________________
Postal Code _________________
Telephone Number ( _______) ____________________
OHIP Number ____________________
Complete the sentences.
1. I am ______________.
(a woman, a man)
2. I am ________ years old.
3. I am ____________.
(married, single)
4. I am __________________.
(healthy, sick)
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