Swine flu!

At the moment, Ukraine is under a "quarantine" because of a swine flu pandemic. Many, many people are hesitant to venture out of their homes, and when they do, lots of them wear surgical masks. It's quite interesting, to say the least...

So, for English club tonight, I decided to do a class on being sick. They all got a kick out of that. Here's what we did:

1. Two-minute list of anything that has to do with doctors and/or being sick.
2. Spelling game of illness-related words:
medicine
temperature
thermometer
cough
sneeze
congested
injection
fever
achy
symptoms
3. Discuss phrases like "a runny nose", "to take a temperature", "blow your nose", etc.
4. Role-play a patient, describing symptoms with a doctor.
5. Discussion:
-Why are people so scared of getting sick?
-What are you doing to prevent getting sick?
-What advice would you give to someone to prevent getting sick?
6. Quotation discussion- I found 3 quotes and printed them up for discussion. We read through each one and then discussed what they mean. You can elaborate on each as much as you want, given what your objective is. Here are the quotes I used:

· God heals and the doctor takes the fee. –Benjamin Franklin

· The first wealth is health. –Ralph Waldo Emerson

· {7} Do not be wise in your own eyes; Fear the LORD and depart from evil. {8} It will be health to your flesh, And strength to your bones. –Proverbs 3:7-8

They liked it, and we had a really productive discussion about the quotations.