Greetings and self-introductions ・ Unit 4
Health and the doctor
体調と病院
🎯 Goal: Describe how you feel and simple symptoms
🎮 Play this in class🔑 Key phrases
- I have a headache.頭が痛いです。
- I've had a fever since yesterday.昨日から熱があります。
- I feel a little sick.少し気分が悪いです。
- Take care!お大事に!
⏱️ 50-minute lesson plan
1. Warm-up (5 min)
Check last homework. Ask the warm-up questions to relax.
- How do you feel today?
- What do you do when you catch a cold?
2. Input (10 min)
Introduce the key phrases one by one. The student repeats each 3 times; check meaning (short Japanese is OK).
3. Practice (15 min)
Run the unit's practice activity. Maximize student talking time.
Body parts review, then symptom cards: the student explains each symptom with 'I have…'.
4. Role-play (10 min)
Tutor plays the other person. Praise when the key phrases are used; fix only 2 things afterwards.
🎭 At a clinic abroad: the tutor is the doctor asking questions.
5. Free talk (5 min)
Use the discussion questions for free conversation.
- How do you stay healthy?
- Do you exercise?
- What do you do to relax?
6. Wrap-up (5 min)
Review today's phrases and give the homework. Write the lesson note right after.
📌 Memorize 5 sentences for a doctor's visit病院で使う文を5つ覚える
25-minute lessons: skip step 5 and shorten steps 3 and 4.