Grades(s) 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
Subjects(s) Language Arts

OBJECTIVES :
- Use of the vocabulary of illnesses, medicine
- Interact in a situation between a doctor and a patient
- Write a class story using the past about a person who had health problems. (it can be a fun story)

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PROCEDURE
Step 1: I will show off in class with a bandage around my wrist and expect students to ask me: what’s the matter? (Vous avez un problème à la main, Madame?) or any question that can introduce them smoothly to the lesson.

Step 2 : Students will have to study all the vocabulary they have in their textbook about health problems: se blesser à la tete, se casser la jambe, se bruler, ec. The vocabulary will have to be contextualized. (the vocabulary in the textbook Discovering French is unfortunately not in context. It is meant to be learnt in isolation)

Step 3: Students read a dialogue in which one boy tells his friend about the health problems he is suffering from. Students should answer later comprehension questions about the dialogue.
Step 4 : Students, in pairs, look at some pictures they have in the textbook and choose one person who has some kind of an illness and write a parallel dialogue.
Step 5: Now it is the students’ turn to show understanding of the vocabulary they have learned. They will be shown a card with the name of an illness written on it, and by acting out, their peers will have to guess what the illness is.
Step 6 : As a follow up, students will have to tell a story of a person who had been suffering from many illnesses. Each student has to give a sentence. the use of cohesive devices is a must.




This task is very appropriate to beginners and intermediates of any language. It is very efficient as it engages students in retaining vocabulary through acting it.