Eighth graders learn health words in Mandarin — 生病 (shēngbìng), 头疼 (tóu téng), 发烧 (fāshāo), 医生 (yīshēng), 药 (yào) — so they can say how they feel and visit a doctor in Chinese.
Students will be able to…
Not feeling well? At the doctor, you need the right words. How do you say you’re sick in Mandarin?
Project this and match each Mandarin health word to its English meaning — tap the Mandarin, then tap the English.
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At the doctor you need the right words — how do you say you’re sick in Mandarin?
Students learn.
Students practice.
Students speak.
Students close.
Aligned to the ACTFL World-Readiness Standards for Learning Languages (Novice-High).
Interpersonal: describe symptoms.
Interpretive: understand health words.
Connect to health.
Compare health expressions.
Preview the three formative checks. Tap “Sample answer” to see what mastery looks like — hide them before you print for students.
Have students role-play telling a doctor one symptom in Mandarin (like “我头疼”). A printable health sheet is in the World Languages library.
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A quick self-check with instant feedback, drawn from this lesson’s key terms.
A print-and-go review sheet with a built-in answer key. Tap “Show answer key” to reveal answers, or print the clean version for students.