Texas Standardized Curriculum Framework
Lesson plans for ESL, ABE, GED, Study Skills and Workforce

Materials/Supplies

Side by side
Flash cards
Index cards

Contributors and Organizations

1. Ruth Brown - Meadowbrook
2. Jesse Handy - Meadowbrook
3. Gloria Watkins - Meadowbrook
4. Roxanne Richards - Houston Community College
5. Vanessa Jones - Harris County Department of Education
6. Sandra Boutte - Harris County Department of Education
7. Lauro McDellin - Community Family Centers

Objective

Student will be able to: recognize illnesses, make a doctors appointment, and sign and print their names.

Vocabulary (Alphabetize words)

headache, ear ache, stomach ache, fever, frequent urination, chills, nausea, vomiting, sluggishness, cough, runny nose, sprain, name & signature.

Text Books

Side by Side

Activity/Procedures

1. Role playing- Patient /doctor. One student is the Doctor and the other the patient. The Patient gets a card with a symptom and the Doctor has to ask appropriate questions to figure out ailment.
2. Match the picture of someone with a particular ailment with the symptom. (Board exercise)

Evaluation/Assessment

1. Role-playing activity-student acts out symptoms, class guesses ailment.
2. Mix and match symptoms and ailments.
3. Questions & answers.

Grammatical Focus

1. Spelling
2. Pronunciation
3. Asking appropriate questions
4. Writing name-print
5. Writing name-signature