Exercise written by: Rka krdi

Topic: Health and illness

Lesson Plan
Target group: students aged 16, with learning difficulties (dyslexia
and/or poor basic skills)
Topic of the lesson: Reading medicine labels

Guided practice
(Please, dont forget that it is a class especially designed for students with
learning difficulties such as dyslexia or poor basic skills.)
The teacher displays the following pictures and he/she practices with the
students the next questions. The teacher always displays the question as well.
Then he/she reads it aloud and asks students to answer the question. Then the
teacher writes the answer on the flipchart.
The pictures and the questions:

What is this?

What is this?

What is this?

What is this?

How many tablets should you take each time?

How many times a day should you take the tablets?
How long should you take the tablets for?

Take 1 tablet
twice daily
for a week

How many capsules should you take each time?

How many times a day should you take the capsules?
How long should you take the capsules for?

Take 2
capsules 2
times daily
for a month

How many spoons should you take?

How many times a day should you take the medicine?

Take 1
spoon 3
times a
week
until
finished

Less-guided practice
Put the students into pairs. Give them the next worksheet and they have to fill int
he sentences together. Tell learners they can use the vocabulary cards from
Wram-up exercise to help them if they wish.
The teacher monitors and assists if learners require it.
Then the teacher elicits correct answers and write them on the board.
Worksheet:
1. Take __ t _ _ _ _ _
2. __ t _ _ _ _ daily.

Take 1 tablet
2 times daily
until finished

3. Take __ c _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
4. _ t _ _ _ _ daily.
5. For _ week.

Take 3
capsules 2
times daily
for three

6. Take __ s _ _ _ _ .
7. _ _ _ _ t _ _ _ _ a w _ _ _ until _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.

Take 2
spoon 4
times a
week
until
finished

Independent practice
Give each student a copy of the next worksheet. Have the students read the
labels and answer the questions with whole sentences (in writing). The teacher
monitors and assists if learners require it.
Worksheet:
How many tablets should you take each time?
How many times a day should you take the tablets?
How long should you take the tablets for?

Take three
tablets three
times daily
for a week

How many capsules should you take each time?

How many times a day should you take the capsules?
How long should you take the capsules for?

Take two
capsules four
times daily for
a month

How many spoons should you take?

How many times a day should you take the medicine?

Take 2
spoon s
once a
week
until
finished