Colegio N° 14 “Juan José Paso” DE 2

Materia: Inglés
Profesor: Ángeles Illi Mail: angieilli@hotmail.com
Curso: 5to año
Alumno:
Envío de actividades: el alumno cuenta con 30 días para realizar y entregar el TP

Temas:

1) Illnesses

2) Story: “The Day I Swapped my Dad for two Goldfish”

Introducción al tema:

En estas clases vamos a seguir trabajando sobre el tema de las enfermedades. En PART A
vamos a focalizarnos en un texto sobre el sarampión (measles), y vamos a analizar similitudes y
diferencias con el Coronavirus. Además, vamos a observar cómo se utiliza el verbo modal CAN
en el contexto del texto “Measles” y ustedes me van a decir cuál es su función. En PART B

vamos a focalizarnos en Mumps (paperas). Para ello, leeremos un artículo sobre el

tema y lo van a relacionar con distintas imágenes y un video de youtube . Además,
vamos a seguir analizando cómo describir una enfermedad usando frases en inglés, como
venimos haciendo hace dos o tres clases. En PART C van a realizar un trabajo final de
elaboración individual.

Por otra parte, en PART D vamos a leer y trabajar sobre la historia “The Day I Swapped my Dad
for two Golfish.”

Desarrollo de actividades:

PART A
STEP ONE

1) Watch this video. Miren este video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?

v=mv9LILA8s5M
 a. Find 1 SIMILARITY and 1 DIFFERENCE between Coronavirus and Measles.
(encuentren 1 similitud y una diferencia entre el Coronavirus y la rubeola).

2) Read the following text. (no es necesario que entiendan todo, sino que lo lean para
poder realizar las actividades).

Measles
Overview

Measles is a childhood infection caused by

a virus. Once quite common, measles can
now almost always be prevented with a
vaccine.

Also called rubeola, measles can be

serious and even fatal for small children.
While death rates have been falling
worldwide as more children receive the
measles vaccine, the disease still kills
more than 100,000 people a year, most under the age of 5.

As a result of high vaccination rates in general, measles hasn't been widespread

in the United States for more than a decade. The United States averaged about
60 cases of measles a year from 2000 to 2010, but the average number of
cases jumped to 205 a year in recent years. Most of these cases originate
outside the country and occurred in people who were unvaccinated or who didn't
know whether or not they had been vaccinated.

Symptoms

Measles signs and symptoms appear around 10 to 14 days after exposure to the
virus. Signs and symptoms of measles typically include:

 Fever
 Dry cough
 Runny nose
 Sore throat
 Inflamed eyes (conjunctivitis)
 Tiny white spots with bluish-white centers on a red background found
inside the mouth on the inner lining of the cheek — also called Koplik's
spots
  A skin rash made up of large, flat blotches that often flow into one another
The infection occurs in sequential stages over a period of two to three weeks.

 Infection and incubation. For the first 10 to 14 days after you're infected,

the measles virus incubates. You have no signs or symptoms of measles
during this time.
 Nonspecific signs and symptoms. Measles typically begins with a mild
to moderate fever, often accompanied by a persistent cough, runny nose,
inflamed eyes (conjunctivitis) and sore throat. This relatively mild illness
may last two or three days.
 Acute illness and rash. The rash consists of small red spots, some of
which are slightly raised. Spots and bumps in tight clusters give the skin a
splotchy red appearance. The face breaks out first.
Over the next few days, the rash spreads down the arms and trunk, then
over the thighs, lower legs and feet. At the same time, the fever rises
sharply, often as high as 104 to 105.8 F (40 to 41 C). The measles rash
gradually recedes, fading first from the face and last from the thighs and
feet.

Communicable period. A person with measles can spread the virus to others
for about eight days, starting four days before the rash appears and ending
when the rash has been present for four days.

3. Estas imágenes las bajé de internet. Seleccionar para A, B y C la parte del

texto que relacionarían con las imágenes.
A
B

C
C

A
A1. Measles typically begins with a mild to moderate fever, often accompanied by a persistent
cough, runny nose, inflamed eyes (conjunctivitis) and sore throat. ____

A2. At the same time, the fever rises sharply. ____

A3. The disease still kills more than 100,000 people a year, most under the age of 5. ____

B1. The infection occurs in sequential stages over a period of two to three weeks. ____

B2. Once quite common, measles can now almost always be prevented with a vaccine. ____

B3. Measles can be serious and even fatal for small children. ____

C1. As a result of high vaccination rates in general, measles hasn't been widespread in the
United States for more than a decade. ___

C2. A person with measles can spread the virus to others. ____

C3. The United States averaged about 60 cases of measles a year from 2000 to 2010. ___

4. ¿How can you relate the video we watched in point 1) with the text? ¿Cómo pueden
relacionar el video que vimos en el punto 1) con el texto “Measles”?

(pueden transcribir la parte del texto o del video que estén relacionadas.)

STEP TWO

5. Cuando decimos

“Measles can be serious and even fatal for small children” and

“A person with measles can spread the virus to others”,

a qué nos estamos refiriendo? Tick the correct option:

a. Describing the CAUSES of Measles.

b. Expressing POSSIBLE SITUATIONS about Measles.

c. Describing the SYMTOMS of Measles.

6. Complete the chart

6. a. Circle the correct option

Describing Causes-Expressing Possible Situations-Describing Symptoms
Modal Verb CAN
SUBJECT CAN VERB COMPLEMENT
can serios and even fatal
for small children.
A person with spread
measles

7. Complete

We use the modal verb CAN for _____________________________. First, we use the Subject,
then ___________then the verb and finally the ______________. For example, we say
“Measles can be serious and even fatal for small children” and
“______________________________________________.”

8. Match

1. Masks can a. kill many children.

2. Coronavirus can b. prevent people from getting
Coronavirus.
3. We can c. kill millions of people.
4. Measles can d. create a vaccine for
Coronavirus

8. A friend of yours is studying English. What can he do to pass the subject? Un amigo de
ustedes está estudiando inglés. ¿Qué puede hacer para aprobar la materia? Usen las
siguientes palabras para armar oraciones:

read the texts- watch the videos-study Grammar-pay attention in class-ask questions to
his/her teacher

1. He/She can read the texts.

 PART B
b
a .
.

d
c

1) Lean el texto “What is Mumps?” No es necesario que entiendan todo, sino que les
sirva para realizar las actividades. Las imágenes a, b, d y d las saqué de Internet. ¿Con
qué partes del texto las relacionarían? Transcribir la parte del texto aquí:

a._________________________________________________________________

b._________________________________________________________________

c.__________________________________________________________________

d._________________________________________________________________

2) Este video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8c_UJwLq8PI apareció en YOUTUBE

cuando googleé “how a virus spreads so easily”. Watch the video. ¿Con qué parte del texto
lo relacionarían? Transcribir aquí la parte del texto que relacionaron:

______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________

What Is Mumps?
Mumps is an infection caused by a virus. It can infect many parts of the body, but is best 
known for causing swelling of the parotid glands. These glands, which make saliva (spit), 
are in front of the ear, around the jaw.

Mumps used to be a common childhood illness in the United States, especially in kids 5 t
o 9 years old. It's much rarer now, thanks to the mumps vaccine.

What Are the Signs & Symptoms of Mumps?
Many kids have no symptoms, or very mild symptoms that feel like a cold. Those who do 
get symptoms might:
have a fever
have a headache
lose their appetite
feel tired, achy, and generally unwell

Within a couple days, the parotid glands can swell and get painful. This makes the cheek
look puffy. The pain gets worse when the child swallows, talks, chews, or drinks acidic jui
ces (like orange juice). One or both parotid glands can swell. Sometimes one swells a fe
w days before the other.

Rarely, someone might get:

encephalitis or meningitis
orchitis (inflammation of the testicles)
oophoritis (inflammation of the ovaries)
pancreatitis (inflammation of the pancreas)
hearing loss

Is Mumps Contagious?
Mumps is contagious. It spreads in tiny drops of fluid when someone with the virus sneez
es, coughs, talks, or laughs. Contact with objects they use - like dirty tissues, straws, or d
rinking glasses - also can pass the virus. If they don't wash their hands, any surface they 
touch can spread mumps to others who touch it.

Someone with mumps is most contagious from 2 days before symptoms start to 5 days a
fter they end. Anyone who is infected can pass the disease, even if they don't have symp
toms.

Who Gets Mumps?
Mumps happens most often in school-age kids and college students. Outbreaks are rare, 
but can happen. An outbreak is when many people from one area come down with the s
ame disease. Experts are looking into why outbreaks still happen and ways to prevent th
em.
Most people who get mumps never get it again.

3) Consider these sentences from the text:

a) This makes the cheek look puffy. 
b) The pain gets worse when the child swallows

¿A qué hacen referencia estas oraciones? Select the correct option:

A) Describing the CAUSES of an illness.

B) Describing the SYMPTOMS of an illness.
C) Explaining the ORIGIN of an illness.
4) ¿Qué conclusión podemos sacar? Para responder esta pregunta, completar:

Select the correct option.

Describing Causes of an illness—Describing Symptoms of an illness—Explaining the
Origin of an illness
Present Simple
Subject (IT) Verb+ S Complement
This the cheek look puffy.
gets

We use Present Simple for describing ____________________________. First, we use

the Subject, then the______+______ and then the Complement. For example, we say
“This makes the cheek look puffy” and “___________________________________”

5) Reorder the sentences using Present Simple

a) quickly-measles-spreads. Example: Measles spreads quickly.
b) makes-you feel tired-mumps. ____________________
c) begins-Measles-with fever. _____________________
d) of small red spots-consists-the rash. ____________________
e) occurs- when people are largely asymptomatic-transmission. ________________
 PART C
1) Let’s go back to our previous classes, when we talked about POSSIBLE
SITUATIONS, GIVING ADVICE and SYMPTOMS of an illness and how to write
them in English. How did we form the sentences? ¿Cómo formamos las
oraciones?

Giving advice: _______________________________________________

Possible situations: __________________________________________

Symptoms : SUBJECT (IT)+VERB+S+COMPLEMENT

Now read the text on Hepatitis B. Do you find any of those structures? Ok, lean el
texto sobre la Hepatitis B. ¿Encuentran alguna de esas estructuras? No van a
encontrar todas, pero sí algunas.

Trasnscribe them here. Transcribirlas aquí

__________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________

Hepatitis B is a liver infection caused by the hepatitis B virus (HBV). HBV
is transmitted when blood, semen, or another body fluid from a person

infected with virus enters the body of someone who is not infected. This
can happen through sexual contact; sharing needles, syringes, or other

drug-injection equipment; or from mother to baby at birth. For some

people, hepatitis B is a short-term illness, but for others, it can become a

long-term, chronic infection. Risk for chronic infection is related to age at

infection: approximately 90% of infected infants become chronically

infected, compared with 2%–6% of adults. Chronic hepatitis B can lead to

serious health issues, like cirrhosis or liver cancer. The best way to prevent

hepatitis B is by getting vaccinated.

2) Ahora vamos a hacer el trabajo final sobre el tema “Enfermedades”. Van a

elegir una enfermedad, la que ustedes quieran, como por ejemplo la gripe,
diabetes o la psoriasis y describirla en 5-6 oraciones. Para eso, pueden
referirse a los SYMPTOMS, POSSIBLE SITUATIONS or GIVING ADVICE sobre la
enfermedad. Es necesario que la escriban con sus palabras, no pueden copiar
y pegar.

PART D

You are going to listen to and read this story as you do the activities. Link for
the audiobook: https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=AlfmgKkHtxY&ab_channel=ClassTeacher

1. 1. Read up to p. 9 (watch up to MINUTE 2’) and match.

a) Baseball cards__
b) Punching ball__
1
c) Show a book___ 2
d) Go out___
e) Swap___

5
4
3
 1.2. Read up to p. 9 (watch up to MINUTE 2’) and select the sentence
that best summarizes the story.

a) The boy shows Nathan a punching ball, baseball cards, transformer

robots, books, an old space ship, a puppet and a penny whistle. ___

b) His mum is out, his dad is reading the newspaper, his sister is
playing and Nathan offers the boy two goldfish. ___

c) The boy and his sister are at home and Nathan wants to swap two
goldfish for something. ___

2. Read up to p. 16 (WATCH UP TO MINUTE 4’ 10’’) and choose the best

sentence that summarizes the story.

a) Nathan doesn’t want the boy’s games and finally they swap the
goldfish for the boy’s dad. ___

b) The boy says his father can swim better than a goldfish.___

c) The boy has a great idea, but his sister says the boy is a liar. ___

3. Read up to p. 33 (WATCH UP TO MINUTE 9’32’’) and select a, b or c to

summarize the story.

a) Nathan asks his mum: “Can we buy some goldfish food?” and his
mum gets angry and tells them to look for their dad. ___

b) His mum comes home, gets angry and tells the boy and his sister to
look for his father. They swap the goldfish for a guitar. ___

c) His mum comes home, and gets angry. They go and look for their
dad but they only find a guitar and a gorilla mask. The sister asks
“Can I put on the gorilla mask?”____
4. Read up to p. 46 (WATCH UP TO MINUTE 12’51’’). List 5
elements/people/animals that are SWAPPED.

5. Finish reading the story and complete

HORROR STORY-FANTASTIC
GENRE (circle the correct answer)
STORY-THRILLER

CHARACTERS (personajes)

5 ELEMENTS IN THE STORY

6. When saying “Can I have my dad back, please?” “Can I put on the
gorilla mask?” and “Can we speak to Blinky?” what are we doing?

a) Asking about abilities. ___

b) Asking about permission. ___

c) Asking about likes. ___

7. Complete the chart

Asking about: (select the correct option)

Abilites-Permission-Likes
Modal CAN Subject Verb Complement

8. Reorder the sentences.

A child asks:
1. Out-can-I-go?
2. Can-the window-I-open?
3. To the toilet-can-go-I?
4. Come-we-Can-to your party tomorrow?
 5. Here-can-sit-we?

9. Make questions with CAN using the words from the box.

Play the trumpet-write e-mails-watch TV-climb the tree-draw pictures-talk with you

Recursos:

https://www.cdc.gov/hepatitis/hbv/index.htm

https://kidshealth.org/en/parents/mumps.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8c_UJwLq8PI

https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/measles/symptoms-causes/syc-20374857

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mv9LILA8s5M

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlfmgKkHtxY&ab_channel=ClassTeacher

Criterios de evaluación:

Se evaluará la interpretación de consignas, la habilidad para describir una enfermedad

usando conocimientos previos así como los temas vistos en clase, y la habilidad para
interpretar la historia en PART D.