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Swahili at the Doctor

Eighth graders learn to talk about being sick in Swahili (kwa daktari) — kuumwa kichwa (headache), kuumwa tumbo (stomachache), homa (fever), dawa (medicine), mgonjwa (sick). Now they can say what hurts.

Grade 8At the Doctor50 minutes1 class periodACTFL / World LanguagesExplicit teaching4 StandardsACTFL
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Lesson at a Glance

Everything you need before the bell rings

Learning Objectives

Students will be able to…

  • ✓Say what hurts.
  • ✓Learn health words.
  • ✓Match words to meanings.
  • ✓Visit the doctor.
Essential Question

What hurts? How do you say you’re sick and see a doctor in Swahili?

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Interactive Task
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Match the Health Word

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The Lesson · Language Flow (Warm-Up · Present · Practice · Speak · Reflect)

50 minutes, five moves

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1

Warm-Up — What Hurts?

6 min

How do you say you’re sick in Swahili?

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Mime a headache.
  • Ask the Swahili phrase.
  • Set the goal.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Watch.
  • Guess.
  • Get ready.
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Present — At the Doctor

12 min

Students learn.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Send students to Match the Health Word.
  • Match each one.
  • Note “nina…” (I have…)

🎒 Student Actions

  • Match.
  • Say.
  • Note it.
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Practice — Practice

13 min

Students practice.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Say “nina kuumwa kichwa” (I have a headache).
  • Say a symptom.
  • Ask for dawa.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Say it.
  • Say.
  • Ask.
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Speak — Speak

13 min

Students speak.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Role-play doctor & patient.
  • Say what hurts.
  • Trade roles.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Role-play.
  • Say it.
  • Trade.
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Reflect — Reflect

6 min

Students close.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Name a health word.
  • Say what hurts.
  • Complete the exit ticket.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Name one.
  • Say it.
  • Complete the exit ticket.
Standards Alignment

Built to the standards you report on

Aligned to the ACTFL World-Readiness Standards for Learning Languages (Novice-High).

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Communication 1.1

Interpersonal: describe symptoms.

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Communication 1.2

Interpretive: understand health words.

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Communication 1.3

Presentational: say what hurts.

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Comparisons 4.1

Compare health expressions.

Differentiation

One lesson, every learner

Multilingual Learners

ELL / EMERGING READERS
  • Health cards with words.
  • Frame: “nina ___.”
  • Use a body diagram.

Support & Access

IEP / 504
  • Start with homa & dawa.
  • Match one pair at a time.
  • Use pictures.

Stretch & Extend

GIFTED / EARLY FINISHERS
  • Add mafua (a cold).
  • Role-play a clinic visit.
  • Ask for medicine politely.
Materials

What to gather

  • 📽️Screen / board
  • 🩹Health word cards
  • 💻Match the Health Word
  • 🧍Body diagram
  • 📓Notebooks
  • 🎫Exit-ticket slips
Vocabulary

Key terms — hover for a quick definition

daktaridoctormaumivupainkuumwa kichwaheadachekuumwa tumbostomachachehomafeverdawamedicinemgonjwasickhospitalihospital
Evaluate

Exit Ticket

Preview the three formative checks. Tap “Sample answer” to see what mastery looks like — hide them before you print for students.

QUESTION 1
How do you say “headache” in Swahili?
kuumwa kichwa.
QUESTION 2
What does “homa” mean?
Fever.
QUESTION 3
What does “mgonjwa” mean?
Sick.

Reflect: at the doctor.

Have students say one symptom in Swahili (“nina ___”). A printable Swahili health sheet is in the World Languages library.

Study · Flashcards

Study the key terms

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Practice · Quiz

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Practice · Worksheet

Printable worksheet

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.

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Date: ____________

Part A · Write the word that matches each meaning

Word bank: daktari, dawa, homa, hospitali, kuumwa kichwa, kuumwa tumbo, maumivu, mgonjwa
  1. stomachache
  2. sick
  3. pain
  4. hospital
  5. medicine
  6. doctor
  7. headache
  8. fever

Part B · Show what you learned

  1. How do you say “headache” in Swahili?
  2. What does “homa” mean?
  3. What does “mgonjwa” mean?
Answer key — Part A: 1) kuumwa tumbo · 2) mgonjwa · 3) maumivu · 4) hospitali · 5) dawa · 6) daktari · 7) kuumwa kichwa · 8) homa
Part B: 1) kuumwa kichwa. 2) Fever. 3) Sick.