Objectives

Level 1-2

The Body

• Identify parts of the body
• Use possessive adjectives (my, your, his, her, their) correctly in the context of body parts
  • Does your head hurt?
  • Yes, my head hurts.

• Indicate areas of pain
• Express states of being
• Identify common ailments
• Identify common symptoms
• Identify and read thermometer
• Identify communicable diseases
• Respond to questions about duration and symptoms of illness

Visiting a Doctor

• Practice making appointments
• Cancel and reschedule an appointment
• Ask for a translator
• Communicate a severe allergy or existing medical condition
• Respond to simple oral commands and questions

Visting a Pharmacy

• Identify types of medicines for common ailments
• Discuss difference between prescription and over-the-counter medicines
• Find specific info on Rx labels
• Request prescription refills

Level 3-4

Objectives for Level 1-2, plus:

The Body

• Identify internal organs and their functions
• Discuss being an organ donor

Getting Sick

• Use reflexive pronouns (myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, yourselves, themselves) to describe injuries:
  • I hurt myself.
  • You hurt yourself.
  • She hurt herself.
• Identify and discuss different illnesses: physical vs. mental; communicable vs. genetic
• Identify appropriate agencies or strategies for getting help

Staying Healthy

• Discuss behaviors to maintain good health, including
  • Nutrition - review healthy foods vs. junk foods
  • Exercise
  • Not smoking
  • Managing stress
• Discuss immunizations
• Identify common home remedies
• Interpret information about preventative medicine
• Discuss importance of early detection of diseases

Visiting a Doctor

• Describe tests that are given (routine and non-routine)
• Discuss malpractice and patient’s rights in the U.S

Visting a Pharmacy

Oxford Picture Dictionary Resources

Basic Oxford Picture Dictionary (red book)

• The Body, p. 58-9
• The Face & The Head, p. 60
• Aches, Pains, and Injuries, p. 62-3
• At a Medical Office, p. 66-7

Oxford Picture Dictionary (black book)

• The Body, p. 74-5
• Symptoms and Injuries, p. 78
• Illnesses and Medical Conditions, p. 79

Resources at Kestrel Heights

Beginner

• Going Places, Unit 21, "At the Doctor." Practice with body parts, Sample dialogue for Making A Doctor's Appointment, simple Patient Information Form, Illustrations of actions the doctor asks patients to do during a check-up. (Beginner)
• LifePrints: ESL for Adults. Chapter 8, "What the Doctor Said", p. 88-100. Reading activity about prenatal checkup; Medical History Form; Several activities chronicling Olga and her health problems(High beginner to Intermediate)
• A Conservation Book 1 - Vocabulary and activities pertaining to the body, going to the doctor, going to the veterinarian, going to the dentist. pp 149 – 168
• Speaking of Survival has a section on visiting the doctor. (pp 2-15)
• Jazz Chants - There are a couple of chants pertaining to the body (p. 8, p. 50); be sure to look at the corresponding questions/activities provided in the back of the book.

Intermediate / Advanced

• Book of Forms, p. 73, "Health History." Realistic form requiring students to check off ailments they've had.
• A Conversation Book 2 - Vocabulary and activities pertaining to “staying healthy.” pp 87 – 104
• Easy Stories Plus - Story called “Headache Medicine” about woman who goes shopping for headache medicine (p82).
• In the newspaper folder: A little comic strip about getting stitches and a longish article about Mexico’s health minister urging wealthy nations to offer flu aid for poorer ones.

Web Resources

All Levels

• Health Care Clip Art
• Heart Health ESL Curriculum Resources - Printable pdf files containing brief guides for presenting topics related to heart disease prevention; divided into guides for "Lower" and "Higher" levels. Each guide includes handouts for students. For example, see:
• Introduction to Heart Health, Lower Level (pdf) - Curriculum guide including a simple, illustrated reading about preventing heart disease and accompanying cloze activity.

Beginner

• Body game similar to musical chairs -- students have partners and try to not be the last one to follow instructions like “hand to knee” (putting hand on partner’s knee), etc.
• Picture Stories for Adult ESL Health Literacy
• East Side literacy has a great little lesson plan about body parts, complete with a labeled and an unlabelled body parts worksheet.
• East Side Literacy also has lesson plan about describing symptoms
• Draw the Monster - practice body part vocabulary by drawing a monster with the number of eyes, arms, legs, etc determined by a roll of the dice

Intermediate / Advanced

• Creative Writing Ideas - ideas for having students write poems and fiction in various formats. Could be used with any theme.