1. Monday July 25, 2011
Southside ABE - ELL 4
Agenda and Goals

2. Our goals for tonight:
 We will write in our journals about what makes
us laugh.
 We will discuss the phrase “laughter is the best
medicine”.
 We will learn and discuss new vocabulary words
about medicine.
 We will read a prescription label and an article
about “The Best Medicine” for information.
 We will take a spelling pre-test for Unit 6.

3. Journal Writing
 What makes you laugh?
 I laugh when________ because__________.
 How do you feel when you laugh?
 When I laugh, I feel_______________
because_______________________.
 Is laughing important? Why or why not?
 I think laughing____important because_______.

4. Table discussion
 With the people at your table, talk about what
you wrote in your journals about laughing.
 Share:
 What makes you laugh?
 How do you feel when you laugh?
 Is laughing important? Why or why not?
 Then, talk about this phrase:
 “Laughter is the best medicine.”

5. Lesson 5 Vocabulary
 Work with a partner to look up two of the
vocabulary words in the dictionary.
 Then, we will share the meaning of the words
with the class.
•medicine •pharmacy
•drug •refills
•generic •dosage
•side effect •warning
•quantity •vitamins
•prescription •over-the-counter
•expiration

6. Reading for information
 Page 112
 Get ready to read.
 What kinds of medication do people take
most often?

7. Read, Listen and Discuss
 What are some questions you should ask
before taking a new medication?
 What kind of information is usually on a
prescription label?
 What are three ways of being sure you are
using medication safely?

8. Word Study: the prefix re-
 Add re- to the beginning of some verbs to mean do
the action again.
 fill --> refill
 The pharmacist refilled my prescription last month.
 I took all of the pills, so the pharmacist will refill the
prescription again this month.
 Other Examples:
 print --> reprint
 read --> reread
 use --> reuse
 write --> rewrite

9. Sample Prescription Labels

10. Prescription Questions
 Let’s write a list of questions you could ask
about a prescription:
-Think about what you need to know so you can take
your medication safely.
 Does this medicine make you tired?

11. What is “The Best Medicine”?
 You will get an article called “The Best Medicine” that
says:
 Pair A -OR- Pair B
 Find a partner that is the same letter as you: A or B.
 Read the article together
 Answer Questions for Pair A or Pair B together
 Then, find a new partner that is the opposite letter.
 (If I am Pair A, I will find a partner that has Pair B.)
 Share your answers to the questions with your new
partner, and have your partner share his/her answers with
you.
 Write your partner’s answers down on your paper.

12. Spelling Pre-test
 Unit 6
 Test on Thursday!