DOCTOR! DOCTOR!

OBJECTIVES:

1. To practice the Doctor Dialogue, p. 74-75 New Horizons, Grade 3
2. To practice listening comprehension
3. To practice speaking
4. To have fun, towards the end of 3rd year

PROCEDURE:

1. Warm up reviewing the body parts on p. 107 of New Horizons. Ask “What’s this?” and point to different body parts while playing criss-cross. Use different students and props in the classroom, to get responses like, “It’s Toshi’s ear.” Or “It’s Winnie the Pooh’s stomach.”
2. Review p. 74-75 of New Horizons with your JTE. Demonstrate the dialogue. Review new words. Practice the dialogue. Adjust this according to your regular classroom style.
3. Make lunch groups (5-6 people). Distribute “Doctor! Doctor!” worksheet. Read through the body part vocabulary, practicing pronunciation.
4. Next mime a pain in a body part, like your foot. Say “What’s wrong with me?” The JTE, should grab a lunch time hat, put it on, and say, “Oh! Amanda has a pain in her foot." To confirm this, you say, “Oh yes! My foot! My foot!” Repeat, switching roles, until students catch on.
5. Give each lunch group a lunch time hat. This is the “Doctor Hat.” Students wearing the hat are the doctor and can diagnose the ALT. Play Bingo. First group to diagnose 5 body parts in a row, wins. It takes about 20 minutes for one group to get Bingo.

NOTE:

This game is designed to complement 3rd year New Horizons but could easily be used in a conversation class or for a different grade level. Also, it can be modified as follows:

To Improve Participation: To get quiet students to speak, you can insist that the “Doctor!” hat rotate through the group. Or you can have everyone stand up, once a student has been the doctor in the group, he must sit down. Also, you can have especially Genki students be patients as well. In general, forcing all students to act out injuries does not work well.

To Improve Listening: As the game progresses, mime a pain in one body part but say something else. They must be good doctors and watch the ALT, not just repeat.

To Practice Writing: White out the English on the worksheet. When students correctly diagnose a problem, they must write the body part down. Also, the winning group can write their 5 winning sentences on the board, changing it to past tense.

To Combat Cheating: Have the JTE write down each body part each group diagnoses, as the game is played. You can compare the JTE’s list and the student’s worksheets at the end.

WARNING:

Rowdiness factor: HIGH! Do not play if you or your students are not comfortable getting wild and crazy.