6-0 Objectives and Sequence

Bedside Manner

Students explore vocabulary and activities related to bedside manner, including topics such as patient interaction, misconceptions, the Hippocratic Oath, the communication between medical professionals, etc..

Defining Adjective Clauses

Students are introduced to defining adjective clauses as a common way to identify or describe a noun or pronoun.

Non-Defining Adjective Clauses

Students learn to use non-defining adjective clauses to add non-essential information to a sentence, a literary device commonly used in formal writing.

Changing Verbs to Adjectives and/or Adverbs

Students practice how to construct adjectives or adverbs from verbs as well as interpret the active or passive meaning of participles in sentences.

6-1 Adjective Clauses: A

Students practice defining adjective clauses with relative pronouns as both subjects and objects. Grammar 6-1 focuses on the relative pronouns, who, that, which, who, and whom.

6-2 Adjective Clauses: B

Students practice forming adjective clauses using the relative pronouns, whose, where, and when. Also, Grammar 6-2 practices preposition placement in adjective clauses.

6-3 Defining and Non-Defining Adjective Clauses

Students learn the differences between the two kinds of adjective clauses including the required relative pronouns and punctuation.

6-4 Participles

Students study both the active meaning of present participles as well as the passive meaning of past participles when used as adjectives or adverbs.

6-1 Health in the News - Research into Artificial Legs

Vocabulary and reading comprehension activity about the research into artificial limbs, specifically legs.

6-2 Health in the News - Bedside Manner classes

Vocabulary and reading comprehension activity about tests given to doctors, gauging their ability to maintain bedside manner with patients.

6-1 Linking Comparison and Contrast

Students learn linking devices specifically used to express similarity and difference, then combine sentences in a practice exercise.

6-2 Run-on Sentences and Comma Splices

Students learn how to identify and avoid run-on sentences and comma splices, then do a practice exercise correcting these types of errors

6-3 Comparison/Contrast Paragraph

Students brainstorm ideas in groups, then write a paragraph comparing and/or contrasting two similar professional medical situations.

6-1 Actors Training Med Students

Vocabulary and reading comprehension activity about the the bedside manner within the medical profession.

6-2 This is Water

Vocabulary and reading comprehension activity relating to an inspirational commencement speech by Pulitzer Prize nominated author, David Foster Wallace.

6-1 Unit Introduction

Unit introduction conversation activity. (group work)

6-2: Vocabulary Roleplay

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

6-3 Photo Discussion

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

6-4 Questions and Review

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

6-5 Applied Learning

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