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Objective: The student will demonstrate an understanding of
the guidelines for interacting with someone ill by participation
in a role play.
Language Arts Standard: Writing, Listening & Speaking
Sample Literary Platform: "A Day's Wait" Prentice
Hall Bronze
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Needed:
The Prop Box with 3 telephones
Colored Pencils and 8" x 11" sheets of paper
(for making a get well card)
A blanket or sheet for the patient sitting in a chair
Brainstorm Form
Appropriate Rubric: One for each student to complete
during each role play 
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The Lesson:
• Identify Need
• Introductory Activity: "Brainstorm" serious
illnesses
• Define Steps and Sequences of Skill
1. Telephone ahead to determine
what time would be good for a visit.
Use cell phone & roll play call.
2. Wear clean clothes and clothing that is "quiet."
Face mask required?
3. Some hospitals will not allow cell phones.
4. Check in with the nurse's station.
5. Knock on the door. Get permission to enter slowly
6. Read your friend's body language and facial expressions.
7. Get near eye level with the person.
8. Greet the person, then let him chose the conversation.**
9. Do not ask "how are you doing?" Don't talk about
fun things you are doing.
10. Make the visit short. Look at person's cues.
11. Close the conversation with "Thank you. I will be
thinking about you."
** "I brought you some
flowers and a card."
• Model the Skill
• Role Plays/Classroom Discussion - See Role Play Evaluation
Sheet Below or tell your printer to just print page 2.
• Applications: See Brainstorm
• Independent Uses
*Extensions: Make a "get
well" card. Use appropriate graphic and language.
Reading a thermometer: What's normal? Reading Labels on Medicines.
Vocabulary:
Fever- reading a thermometer
Acute vrs. Chronic
Terminal Illness
Hospital words:
Idioms:
"I'm burning up."
"This is killing me."
"It makes me sick."
Role Play Rubric:
Role Play # ........
Date:_________ Observer's Name: _________________________
Student as Visitor_______________ Student as Patient____________
Student as Nurse ___________
Student at Reception Desk_________
Social
Skill: ___________________________________
| Observations: Did the visitor... |
No |
Yes |
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Check in with the nurse's station. |
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| Knock
on the door. Get permission to enter and enter slowly. |
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| Read
the friend's body language and facial expressions. |
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| Get
near eye level with the person. |
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Greet the person, then let him chose the conversation.** |
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| Avoid
asking "how are you doing?" |
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Avoid
talking about fun things the visitor has been doing |
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| Make
the visit short. |
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Look at person's cues. |
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| Close
the conversation with "Thank you. I will be thinking
about you." |
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Score or Points |
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Other
Standards Address in Lesson:
6th
Grade
Reading
Standards
1.2 Identify and interpret figurative language and words with
multiple meanings.
1.5 Understand shades of meanings in related words.
2.7 Make reasonable assertions about a text through accurate,
supporting citations
Writing Strategies
1.1 Choose the form of writing (e.g. personal letter, poem
or narrative) that best suits the intended purpose.
1.6 Revise writing to improve the organization and consistency
of ideas.
Speaking Applications:
2.4 Offer a logical sequence of information and engage the
listener, foster an acceptance of an idea.
7th
Grade
Reading
Standards
2.1 Understand and analyze the differences in structure and
purpose between various categories of informational materials.
3.3 Analyze characterization as delineated through thoughts,
words and speech patterns.
Writing Strategies
1.4 Demonstrate the mechanics of writing (e.g., quotation
marks, commas at the end of dependent clauses) and appropriate
English usage.
Speaking Applications:
1.2 Determine a speaker’s attitude toward a subject.
1.6 Use speaking techniques, including voice modulation ,
inflection, tempo, enunciation and eye contact for effective
communication.
8th
Grade
Reading
Standards
1.1 Analyze idioms, analogies, metaphors and similes to
infer the literal and figurative meanings of phrases.
3.4 Analyze the relevance of the setting (e.g. place, time,
customs) to the mood, tone and meaning of text.
Writing Strategies
2.1 Write a clear, coherent incident, event or situation
by using well chosen details.
2.5 Present information purposely and succinctly and meet
the needs of the intended audience.
Speaking Applications:
1.2 Paraphrase a speaker’s purpose and point of view and
ask relevant questions concerning the speaker’s content,
delivery and purpose.
1.3 Organize information to achieve particular purposes
by matching the message, vocabulary, voice modulation, expression
and tone to the audience and purpose.
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