level pre-1 el civics objective #15: emergency...

Level Pre-1

EL Civics Objective #15: Emergency Services

EL Civics Objective 15: Demonstrate basic

knowledge of the emergency services available and ways to contact and use them.

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ToMt.SanAntonioCollegeESLstudentandteacher:

Inyourclass,youwilllearn

1. Tousethetelephoneforcallingemergencyserviceagencies.2. Callemergency services: fire department, police department, etc.

3. Inanemergency,useEnglishtoaskforsomeonewhospeaksyournativelanguage.

4. Identifysafetyandemergencysignsnormallypostedinthecommunity.

Youwilldotwotasks:

Task1:Call911inarole-play

Task2:IdentifyEmergencyandSafetySigns

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TableofContents

LessonsforELCivicsLevelPre-1

PartOne:EmergenciesandNon-EmergenciesWhatisanemergency?Knowthesecrimesoremergencysituationsandrelatedvocabulary:

• caraccident• fire(house,car,brushfire)• robbery/robber• purse/walletstolen• child/petinhotcar• drunkdriving• heartattack• foodallergicreaction• swallowpoison• attack(physicalfight)• ambulance• beesting• faint

• heatstroke• CPR• Heimlichmaneuver• medicalemergency• choking• notbreathing• brokenbone• burn• drowning• bleeding• smoke• unconscious• overdose

Whattodowhendrivingandyouseeanambulanceorfiretruck• behindyou• atanintersection

PartTwo:EmergencyandSafetySignsVocabularyflashcardsKnowthesesignsandtheirmeaning(whatisit;whatdoyoudo)

• hospital• stopsign• schoolcrossing• walk//don’twalk• caution• donotenter• slow

• roadworkahead• reducedspeed• flammable• poison• noparking• exit• incaseoffire,takestairs

• biohazard(don’ttouch)

PartThree:TelephoneSkills

Practicecallingpeople–sampledialoguestorepeatandpracticePracticecalling911toreportacrimeoranemergencyPracticenon-emergency–callthePoliceDepartmentaboutaproblem

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ProjectedTimeline

Tasks ProjectedDueDate

CurriculumPackettostudents Week9

PartOnepractice Week10

PartTwopractice Week11

PartThreepractice Week12

RolePlay911call(Task1)andIdentifyEmergencySigns(Task2)

Week13

Makeupsdue Week15

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PART1IdentifyEmergenciesandNon-

Emergencies

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VocabularyPractice: Write the word under the picture.

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ClassActivity:LearningaboutEmergencies

MatchingActivity:Labeleachpicturewithaword.

Words

caraccident housefire falldown

poison faint heartattack

Pictures

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ClassActivity:LearningaboutNon-Emergencies

MatchingActivity:Labeleachpicturewithaword.

Words

hurt sick bleeding

burn allergy cut

Pictures

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ClassActivity:EmergencyQuestionsandAnswers

Wh-QuestionsWhatdoIdo? Lieheronherside.

Getoutofthehouse.

WhatdoIdonext? Puticeonhishead.Givehersomewater.

Whatdoyouneed? Ineedanambulance.Ineedafiretruck.Ineedthepolice.

Wheredoeshefeelpain? Hefeelspaininhisback.Hefeelspaininhisleg.

Wheredoyoufeelpain? Ifeelpaininmychest.Ifeelpaininmyhead.

Wheredoesithurt? Ithurtsinmystomach.Ithurtsinmyshoulder.

Yes/NoQuestionsAmIabletohelp? DoIstayinthehouse?Areyouokay? DoyouspeakChinese?Ishehurt? Doeshehaveafever?Issheinjured? Doessheneedhelp?Isitbroken? Doesithurt?Areweokay? Doweknowtheproblem?Areyousafe? Doyouseesmoke?Aretheyburned? Dotheyneedanambulance?

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ClassActivity:EmergencyorNot?

ListenandTalk:Listentothestories.Writedownwhatishappening.Decideemergencyornon-emergency.Askyourclassmate:Whatisyouranswer?Isitthesameasyouranswer?

Whatiswrong? Emergency?1.

2.

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PART2EmergencyandSafetySigns

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VocabularyPractice: Write the word under the picture.

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ClassActivity:LearningaboutEmergencyandSafetySigns

MatchingActivity:Labeleachpicturewithaword.

Words

schoolcrossing flammable hospital

biohazard donotenter poison

Pictures

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ClassActivity:LearningaboutEmergencyandSafetySigns

MatchingActivity:Labeleachpicturewithaword.

Words

don’twalk noparking roadworkahead

caution incaseoffireusestairs exit

Pictures

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PART3CallinginanEmergency

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HowtoCall911:EmergencyInformation

1. Dial9112. Nameemergency3. Giveyourname4. Givelocationofemergency5. Tellwhoandhowmanypeopleneedhelp6. Giveotherimportantinformation7. Endthecall

Examples

Operator: What’syouremergency?You: Myhouseisonfire.

Thereisarobberinmyhouse.Myhusbandishavingaheartattack.Thereisacaraccident.Mydaughterisnotbreathing.Iseeachildinahotcar.

Operator: Whatisyourname?You: MynameisFeiWu.

ThisisElenaOrtiz.

Operator: Whereisyourlocation?You: Myaddressis1508WashingtonDriveinDiamondBar.

I’mat3433ColimaRoadinRowlandHeights.I’monthecornerofGrandandTempleinWalnut.I’minfrontoftheStarbucksonFoothillinPomona.

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Operator: Isanyonehurt?

You: Wearealloutofthehouse.Nooneishurt.Onepersonishurt.Someoneishavinganallergicreaction.Sheisnotbreathing.Amanisbleeding.Ithinkhislegisbroken.Myfriendisunconscious.Mysonischoking.

Operator: CanyoudoCPR?

You: Yes,Ican.No,Ican’t.

Operator: CanyoudotheHeimlichManeuver?

You: Yes,Ican.No,Ican’t.

Operator: Pleasestayontheline.Thepolicearecoming.Anambulanceisontheway.

You: Thankyou.Ihearthesirensnow.

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911Operator:Hello.Thisis911.Whatisyouremergency?

Man:Hello.Mycarisonfireinmyhouse.

911Operator:Staycalm.Whatisyouraddress?

Man:Itis655NorthGrandAvenueinWalnut.

911Operator:Whatisyourname?

Man:MynameisJohnSmith.

911Operator:Thankyou.WalnutFireDepartmentiscoming.

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ClassActivity:StripStoryConversation

ReadandTalk:Readthesentences.Inpairsorsmallgroups,cutupthesentences.Mixthemupandputtheminorder.Don’tlookatyourbook.Practicetheconversationwithapartner.

Hello.Thisis911.Whatistheemergency?

Myhusbandfelloffofaladder.Heishurt.

Pleasestaycalm.I’mgoingtoaskyousomequestions.

DoyouhavesomeonewhospeaksChinese,Spanish,Vietnamese?

No,IonlyspeakEnglish.Whatistheaddressoftheaccident?

Theaddressis4416JeffersonStreet.NearMt.SAC.

Whatisyourfirstname?Whatisyourlastname?

MynameisMary.MylastnameisJones.

Mary,isyourhusbandbleeding?

No,heisnotbleeding.Hecannotmove.

Thankyou,Tony.Anambulanceiscomingrightnow.

Thankyou,operator.Iheartheambulance.

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ClassActivity:PracticeConversation

TalkwithaPartner.

Therehasbeenanaccident!Call911.

QuestionstoPractice:

Whatisthelocation? DoyouspeakSpanish?

Whathappened? Ishebleeding?

Whatisyourname? Didshefaint?

Isthepersoninjured? Doyouneedanambulance?

To Mt. San Antonio College ESL student and teacher:

For the test, you will do two tasks:

Task 1: Call 911 in a role-play 17 points

1. Ask, “Does someone speak………?”2. Name the emergency.3. Give your first and last name.4. Give your location. Where are you?5. Answer 3 specific questions.6. Tell the 911 operator, “Thank you.”

Task 2: Identify Emergency and Safety Signs 8 points 1. Say the name of the sign. What is this?2. Tell what it means. What do you do?

Example: “What is this?” “This is a stop sign.” “What do you do?” “Stop here and look for cars.”

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Congratulations!

You finished the

project.