Transcript Unit Opener

From Mystery to
Medicine
Unit 3
Unit 3 Learning Goals
 I will be able to develop questions.
 I will gather information from electronic,
expert, and print resources and draw
conclusions from that information.
 I will also organize and summarize
information.
 Finally, I will take notes.
Genres and Titles
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Informational Article
Biography
Realistic Fiction
Historical Fiction
Medicine: Past and
Present
Sewed Up His Heart
The Bridge Dancers
The New Doctor
The Story of Susan La
Flesche Picotte
Shadow of a Bull
Your Experiences
 Turn to Page 208.
Brainstorm with your
partner, what does it
mean that Medical
Science is always
“work in progress?”
 What do you see in
this illustration? Do
you recognize any of
the things in this
doctor’s office?
Think back, have you
ever been sick?
What did you do? Did
you go to the doctor’s
office? The hospital?
What are some of
your experiences with
medicine?
Think-Pair-Share!
K-W-L-+
 What do I already KNOW about medicine?
 What do I WANT to know and learn in this
unit?
 What did I LEARN about mystery to
medicine? (We will come back to this
chart and answer at the end of the unit!)
 What are some other areas that I would
like to research even more about this unit?
Word Knowledge
infect
infection
infectious
disinfected
microbe microscope
antibodies
antibiotic
smallpox flask
pride
spared
He disinfected wounds with
carbolic acid.
 Infect
 Infection
 Infectious
 Disinfected
What do these words have in common?
What do these words mean?
Can you use them in a sentence?
Antibodies can fight off
smallpox.
 Mircrobe
 Mircroscope
 Antibodies
 Antibiotic
 Micro- and anti- are what parts of
speech?
 How does the root word change when the
prefix is added?
The scientist prepared the
flask.
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Smallpox
Flask
Pride
Spared
 Consonant blends. Each sound retains its
sound as the word is blended or read aloud.
 l, r, and s family
Preview and Prepare:
Browse
 Read the title and name of the author.
 What do you think this story has to do with
medicine?
 What clues did you use?