Week of palliative care
Idiom of the week
Looking back: reading & listening skills
Speedy theory
Palliative care
Get to work
Week of palliative care
Idiom of the week
Looking back: reading & listening skills
Speedy theory
Palliative care
Get to work
Idiom of the week: Going the extra mile
Idiom: Going the extra mile
Example: “Nurses often go the extra mile to make patients feel comfortable.”
Idiom of the week
Idiom: Going the extra mile
Example: “Nurses often go the extra mile to make patients feel comfortable.”
Meaning: To do more than what is expected to help or support someone.
Looking back: Reading & listening strategies
Apply a reading or listening strategy
When you see or hear a word you don't know, think about if you can guess the meaning through context?
Look for words you do know that could lead to the meaning of difficult words
Is the word a verb (werkwoord) or a noun (zelfstandig naamwoord)
Still no clue = dictionary
Topic and main idea of a text
To find the topic (onderwerp) of a text, ask yourself: What is this text about?
To find the purpose (tekstdoel) of a text, ask yourself: Why did the author write this? What is the purpose of this text?
To find the main idea (hoofdthema) of a text, ask yourself: What is the author telling you (or explaining to you) about the topic in the text?
Have you encountered palliative care at internships or work? Can you share your experiences?
What do you think is more important with palliative care; medical treatment or emotional support?
Why is it useful to be able to talk about this in English, do you think?
Reading
You just saw a scene from the film The Fault In Our Stars,
Now, you have the following scene in writing on your table
We're going to read it together and answer questions about it afterwards
Getting to work
Think-pair-share
Answer the following questions by yourself and write it down, then, share it with your classmate, and write down extra information/ideas together
What is the main idea/subject of the film/book?
What do you think the reading goal is?
Does this story connect to palliative care? Why, or why not?
Summarize the text and make it so you capture the main idea/storyline in 1 sentence.
Write down what you think happens next to Hazel and Augustus (minumum of 3 sentences)
Do you think telling stories like in The Fault In Our Stars helps people understand palliative care? Why (not)?
How would you talk to patients in palliative care? What would you say or do to make them feel better?
Give me feedback using the Hamburger method