ALEX Learning Activity

  

A Visit to the Doctor

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  This learning activity provided by:  
Author: Laura Buder
System:Vestavia Hills City
School:Vestavia Hills High School
  General Activity Information  
Activity ID: 2007
Title:
A Visit to the Doctor
Digital Tool/Resource:
 
Web Address – URL:
Not Applicable
Overview:

Students will take turns either being a patient or a doctor and conduct an unrehearsed dialogue as if they were on a brief visit to the doctor for a common illness or injury.

This activity was created as a result of the World Languages COS Resource Development Summit.
  Associated Standards and Objectives  
Content Standard(s):
World Languages
WLAN (2017)
Grade: 7-12
Level II
1) Communicate and share on familiar topics with a variety of words, phrases, and simple sentences in the past time frame.

a. Use the language to meet basic survival needs.

b. Participate in conversations on familiar topics using a variety of phrases and simple sentences.

c. Ask and answer questions on factual information.

d. Narrate incidents in the past time frame.

e. Describe activities and personal preferences in the past time frame.

Unpacked Content
Goals:
Communication
Modes Of Communication:
Interpersonal Mode
Evidence Of Student Attainment:
Novice High Level
Students:
  • exchange some personal information.
  • exchange information using texts, graphs, or pictures.
  • ask for and give sample directions.
  • make plans with others.

Intermediate Low Level
Students:
  • have a simple conversation on a number of everyday tasks
  • ask and answer questions on factual information that is familiar to them.
  • can use the target language to meet my basic needs in familiar situations.
Performance Descriptors:
Knowledge:
Students know:
  • question words and how to recognize and use them in conversation.
  • how to describe themselves in first person.
  • how to describe others in third person.
  • interpret information from texts, graphs, and pictures.
  • utilize the language to express needs.
Skills:
Novice High Level
Students are able to:
  • use basic greetings.
  • introduce themselves.
  • respond to yes/no questions.
  • respond to either or questions.
  • answer who, what, when where.
  • say age.
  • say what one likes/dislikes.
  • talk about places.
  • interpret meaning of question words when used in conversation and respond appropriately.
  • collect information using basic question words.
Intermediate Low Level
Students are able to:
  • ask and answer questions related to school subjects.
  • have a simple conversation on a variety of concrete topics.
  • relate information using basic informal commands.
  • construct verbs using formations that indicate past actions.
  • interpret meaning of question words when used in conversation and respond appropriately.
Understanding:
Students understand that:
  • effective communication requires knowing how when and why to say what to whom.
  • the purpose of language study is to communicate so one can understand others and be understood.
  • other understandings will depend on the theme being taught.
World Languages
WLAN (2017)
Grade: 7-12
Level II
6) Connect with other disciplines while using the target language, utilizing the past time frame.

a. Exchange information on patterns of behavior typical of their peer group in the target culture.

b. Examine authentic materials containing current events, social announcements, and classified ads.

Unpacked Content
Goals:
Connections
Evidence Of Student Attainment:
Students:
  • identify and describe daily life activities of their peer group in the target language culture.
  • identify and interpret basic information from authentic materials.
Performance Descriptors:
Knowledge:
Students know:
  • how their peers in the target language culture typically spend their freetime.
  • what a typical school day in the target language culture is like.
  • what kinds of media are popular among their peers in the target language culture.
Skills:
Novice High Level
Students are able to:
  • use map skills to identify countries and geographical features around the world.
  • identify resources needed to calculate exchange rates and measurments.
  • investigate other disciplines using the target language language.
Intermediate Low Level
Students are able to:
  • interpret simple statistics on daily life activities of their peers in the target language culture, such as schooling, freetime activities, and social media usage.
  • identify and interpret basic information from authentic sources, such as news articles, event flyers, invitations, and advertisements.
  • identify a few target language news sources and stores.
  • use the target language to learn about other disciplines.
  • use information learned in the target language in other disciplines.
Understanding:
Students understand that:
  • proficiency in a foreign language is a vehicle to gaining knowledge that can only be acquired through that language and its culture.
  • world language learning offers opportunities to uncover big ideas in and about other disciplines.
  • strategies used to acquire a language are transferable to other areas of learning throughout life.
  • a second language facilitates the acquisition of information about the world outside our experiences.
Learning Objectives:

*Students can participate in a conversation in the target language about their health symptoms with a variety of words, phrases, and simple sentences in the past time frame.

*Students can ask and answer questions in the target language on basic personal information.

*Students can narrate incidents regarding the start or cause of illness and injury in the past time frame orally in the target language.

*Students can give opinions and suggest remedies in the target language.
  Strategies, Preparations and Variations  
Phase:
During/Explore/Explain
Activity:

*Students will take turns either being a doctor or a patient for an unrehearsed conversation at an imaginary doctor’s visit with a partner.

*The partner taking on the role of the patient draws a common illness or injury out of a basket or cup and must complete the dialogue as if they are dealing with the complaint they drew.

*The partner taking on the role of the doctor must ask the patient about their basic information (birthdate, age, address, phone number) and symptoms, and give suggested remedies based on the complaints the patient expresses.

*The students will only have a note card with a list of required topics to cover as they complete the dialogue.

*The students should first do 2 practice rounds so that they have a chance to perform each role in the dialogue.

*Finally the students should choose a new illness or injury, choose a role to play, and record their conversation for an interpersonal speaking assessment. Students may use Voice Memos on their phones or another recording software or website. Students will submit their recordings to the teacher for assessment.
Assessment Strategies:

Formally assess whether the students can participate in a conversation in the target language about their health symptoms with a variety of words, phrases, and simple sentences in the past time frame. Use a rubric that checks for the inclusion of all required information and determines whether the student is speaking at the Novice High, Intermediate Low, or Intermediate Mid level. The rubric should examine the complexity of sentence structure, the variety of vocabulary, grammatical accuracy as it corresponds to comprehensibility, fluency, and pronunciation.
Advanced Preparation:

Teachers should:

*write illnesses and injuries on small note cards for students to draw out of a basket or cup.

*choose optimal partners or groups of 3.

*create the rubric to assess the recorded dialogue.
Variation Tips (optional):
 
Notes or Recommendations (optional):
 
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