5-0 Objectives and Sequence

Patient History

Students explore vocabulary and activities related to patient history, including discussions, dialogues, grammatical rules and cultural awareness.

Unfinished Duration

Students review and practice forms for describing the duration of unfinished actions and states.

Connecting the Past to the Present

Students expand their knowledge about explaining present situations by connecting past actions.

Indefinite Vs. Definite Past

Students learn how to explain completed actions that have occurred in either finished or unfinished time periods.

5-1 Unfinished Actions or States

Students practice using the present perfect simple to describe duration of unfinished states as well as the present perfect continuous to describe duration of unfinished actions.

5-2 Present Results

Students review using the present perfect simple to describe past completed actions with present results as well as longer, possibly unfinished actions with the present perfect continuous.

5-3 Indefinite Past

Students learn to use the present perfect simple to describe actions that have completed in unfinished time periods vs. using past tenses for actions that completed in finished time periods.

5-1 So You Want To Be A Doctor?

Vocabulary and reading comprehension activity about the the issue of student loans and the difficulty of making it through a medical education. 

5-2 Junk Food, Stress, and Exercise

Vocabulary and reading comprehension activity about lifestyle choices that we can make to affect our health. 

5-1 In Your Own Words - Paraphrasing

Students learn how to paraprase and practice how to rephrase sentences without changing the meaning.

5-2 In Your Own Words - Summarizing

Students learn how to write a proper summary. They then read a magazine article, discuss its main points and summarize those points in a short paragraph.

5-1 What Are Parasites?

Video-listening activity based on parasites and their effects on the host. 

5-2 Taking a Patient's History

Listening activity showing tips and hints on how to correctly interview a patient about their history.

5-1 Unit Introduction

Unit introduction conversation activity. (group work)

5-2: Vocabulary Roleplay

Groups discuss and roleplay a medical scenario in a variety of jobs.

5-3 Photo Discussion

Students generate photos to match unit vocabulary and discuss with the class.

5-4 Questions and Review

Students reflect on their understanding of the unit with a whole class Q&A.

5-5 Applied Learning

Students work together to master a certain grammatical aspect of the unit and teach to the rest of the class.