At the Hospital Lesson Plan

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At the Hospital Lesson Plan

Author: Joanne Yanova Page 1 of 33r: Katie Jones.

Preparation Time: 0 minutesLearning Objectives: To develop and practise

reading for specific information, hospitalvocabulary, and to review passive sentences.

Completion Time: 60 minutes

Skill/Grammar: Reading, Vocabulary, Writing,

Passive Voice

Age/Level: Lower Secondary/Intermediate

Resources: At the Hospital Worksheet, At the Hospital Answer Key

Warm-Up (5 minutes)

Students complete the mind map in small groups. Feed back to create a class mind

map on the board.

Key: The mind map may include the following words and phrases:

Pearson PHOTOCOPIABLE

Reading (10 minutes)

Students work individually to complete the table.

Students then add any new words/phrases to their mind map.

e.g. take someones temperatureexamine a patientwrite a prescriptionprescribe medicineoperate on someonetake a blood sampletake X-raystreat childrenprepare meals

mix, measure, hand out medicine

hospitals

activities

placespeoplenursesrsts

ns

ctors

harmacists

e.g. waiting roomhospital wardoperating theatreX-ray departmentpaediatric clinicA&E department

large kitchenpharmacy

e.g.doctopatien

specialistssurgeoradiologistspaediatriciansA&E dochefsp


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Key:

2

job place main activity

Kenny radiologist X-ray department takes X-rays

Ayoub paediatrician paediatric clinic treats children

Maria A&E doctor A&E department examines and treats patients

Mark chef large kitchen prepares meals

Laila pharmacist pharmacy mixes, measures, hands out

medicine

3 See the words and phrases in italics in the mind map.

Presentation (10 minutes)

Remind students that the focus of the sentence comes at the beginning of the

sentence. In the first sentence, the focus is on what happened (X-rays are taken ).

In the second sentence, the focus is on the person (Radiologists )

Elicit that the sentence where the focus is on the person is an active sentence

because radiologists are doing the action. The other type of sentence is a passive

sentence.

Analyse the two different sentences on the board.

1 X-rays are taken in the X-ray department.

SUBJECT VERB OBJECT

2 Radiologists take X-rays in the X-ray department.

Elicit the structure of the sentences:

Simple present (active): subject + verb + object

Simple present (passive): subject (object of the active sentence) + (am/is/are) +

past participle

Key:

4 a We should use the second sentence, Radiologists take X-rays in the X-ray department.

b We should use the first sentence,X-rays are taken in the X-ray department.

c This type of sentence is called a passive sentence.

d It is made using the verb to be + the past participle of the verb.

The object of the active sentence comes at the beginning of the passive sentence, e.g.

Radiologists take X-rays X-rays are taken.



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Practice (20 minutes)

Elicit that the sentences in activity 5 will be passive sentences. Students work

individually and check in pairs.

Key:

5 Children are treated in the paediatric clinic.

Patients are examined and treated in the accident and emergency department.

Meals are prepared in the large kitchen.

Medicine is mixed, measured and handed out in the pharmacy.

6 No. The verb wait is intransitive (intransitive is a word we use to describe verbs that

dont have or dont need objects. It is written as an I in your dictionary.) Waithas no

object that could come at the beginning of a passive sentence.

Elicit that the sentence in activity 6 cannot be changed into a passive sentence

because waitis intransitive and there is no object in the sentence.

Students make their own mind maps either individually or in small groups. Allow them

to use dictionaries if necessary.

Students write sentences based on their mind maps using the passive wherever

possible, e.g. Letters are posted at a post office. / Trains leave from the railway

station.

Check the students sentences.

Closure (15 minutes)

Students draw a grid which is 12 squares across and 12 squares down.

Students use their sentences to create crossword puzzles. For the clues, they should

copy out their sentences leaving a blank for each answer.

e.g. Letters are posted at a _____________________ office. (4 letters)

(Answer:post)

Trains leave from the railway _____________________. (7 letters)

(Answer: station)

Students exchange the puzzles.

Students find the missing words to complete the crossword puzzles.


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