Visiting the eye doctor

Practice the basic vocabulary needed to visit an eye doctor

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Lesson plan overview

Task	To practice speaking with an eye doctor during a routine exam.
CLB level	CLB Stage I (CLB 3-4)
Delivery method	Online
Class size	10-15 students (vary the number of activities according to your class size)
Estimated time	1.5 to 3 hours (depending on how many parts of the lesson you complete)
CLB Skills and Competencies	*Speaking:* Interacting with others Getting things done Sharing information *Listening:* Interacting with others Comprehending instructions Getting things done Comprehending information *Reading:* Comprehending information
Language focus	Learn the vocabulary needed to understand this topic. Complete the optional “Part B: Building Sentences” activities below to help your students move from understanding vocabulary to using that vocabulary to create simple sentences. Use the appropriate grammar structures and vocabulary to respond personally to the reflection questions. (Encourage students to respond in full sentences.)
Cultural focus	Students understand how eye care fits into the Canadian health care system.
Specific task learning objectives	To learn basic vocabulary needed for a visit to the eye doctor (optometrist and optician). To practice these words and phrases in a role play.
ESL Directions original video (🎥) and audio (🔊) activities?	This lesson includes original video (🎥) and audio (🔊) activities.
Resource attribution	ESL Directions original resources are marked below with an asterisk (*). Feel free to use these, but please give credit to ESL Directions.

Part A: Vocabulary acquisition and practice
This is a self-contained, complete lesson plan (about 1.5 hours) focused on vocabulary.

Part B: Building sentences
Part B takes your students further by giving them some tools to build simple sentences (using the vocabulary they learned in Part A).

Use Part B (about 1.5 hours) if you want to focus on:

Sentence production.

Specific lesson-related grammar points. Note: Every lesson also includes similar practice exercises for subjects, verbs, and objects — the basic building blocks of most English sentences.

Part C: Reflection Questions
These topic-related discussion questions work at the end of either part A or B.

Lesson plan

Part A: Vocabulary acquisition and practice

Warm-up: Introducing the topic and defining our terms

Today, we’re going to talk about visiting an eye doctor.

What are eyes?
What is an eye doctor?
What is another name for an eye doctor?
What are glasses?
What is the name of the person who helps you choose the right glasses?

Skill-building activities

Vocabulary flashcards*
Listen to the vocabulary again* (Pay attention to how to say each word and what it means.)
Visiting the eye doctor* 🎥

Skill-using tasks

Listen and read: Audio and frame sequence* 🔊
Comprehension questions*
Role play* (Ask students to take turns reading the role play. Ask them to explain what each sentence means.)
Who says what?* (Move the tiles to under the eye doctor or the patient.)
Unjumble*
What’s the difference?* (Learn about the different professionals who take care of people’s eyes.)

Assessment/review tasks

Part B: Building sentences

Find a list of all of the grammar-based activities on this website.

Introducing the topic

In this part of the lesson, we’re going to work on creating short sentences from the vocabulary we learned in Part A.

To help us, we’ll focus on:

Present simple tense third-person singular.
Subject, verb, and object word order.

Skill-building and skill-using activities

Present simple tense third-person singular

Quick guide: Third-person singular in the present simple tense*
Let’s practice*
Forming the third-person singular in the present simple tense* (A more detailed explanation that you can teach in class or send home with your students.)

Word order in English sentences

Today, we’ll look at three important parts of English sentences.

What is a subject?
What is a verb?
What is an object?

Let’s practice!

Quick definitions: Subjects, verbs, and objects*
Unjumble the sentences*
Create sentences in subject/verb/object order*
Subject/verb/object explainer* (A more detailed explanation that you can teach in class or send home with your students.)

Assessment/review activities

Amelia visits the eye doctor*🎥 (Watch a story using the lesson vocabulary and grammar points.)

Amelia goes to the eye doctor: Reading passage and comprehension questions* 🔊 (Read the story, and identify the grammar points.)

Part C: Reflection questions

What are three words or phrases that you learned today?
Have any of you been to an eye doctor in Canada?
Have your children been to an eye doctor?
How was going to the eye doctor? Did you speak directly to the doctor? Did you understand the doctor?
What is covered by Alberta Health Services? What do you have to pay for?
What are the names of some eye problems you might have?
Have you ever had eye surgery?
Is it easy to get an appointment to get your eyes checked?
How often should you get your eyes checked?

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