Lesson Plan: Robotic Duck Helps Kids with Cancer
II. While Reading Activities
Word Inference
- chemotherapy |ˌkēmōˈTHerəpēˌkemōˈTHerəpē| noun the treatment of disease by the use of chemical substances, especially the treatment of cancer by cytotoxic and other drugs.
- communicate |kəˈmyo͞onəˌkāt| verb succeed in conveying one’s ideas or in evoking understanding in others: a politician must have the ability to communicate.
- acute |əˈkyo͞ot| adjective (of a disease or its symptoms) of short duration but typically severe: acute appendicitis.
- quack |kwak| verb [no object] (of a duck) make a characteristic harsh. sound.
- partnership |ˈpärtnərˌSHip| noun the state of being a partner or partners: we should go on working together in partnership.
- Merge |mərj| verb combine or cause to combine to form a single entity: [no object] : the utility companies are cutting costs and merging with other companies
- emit |əˈmit| verb (emits, emitting, emitted) make (a sound): she emitted a sound like laughter.
- decades |ˈdekād| noun1 a period of ten years: he taught at the university for nearly a decade.
- therapeutic |ˌTHerəˈpyo͞odik| adjective- relating to the healing of disease: diagnostic and therapeutic facilities.
- precision |prəˈsiZHən| noun-the quality, condition, or fact of being exact and accurate: the deal was planned and executed with military precision.
Source: New Oxford American Dictionary
Grammar Focus: Word -Recognition
It can be therapeutic to educate a child or it can just be therapeutic for them to play with a duck and not even talk about the medical aspect of things.
Reading Comprehension Fill-ins
To deal with the painful pricks of syringes, children often need to develop coping strategies that either give them a sense of control in an uncertain environment or distract them during moments of extreme stress, experts say.
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