Planning sheet 6.1: Topic planner for Chapter 6 ‘Health’
This planning document provides you with an overview of the contents of Chapter 6 of the Cambridge IB English B coursebook. This chapter offers course material for the topic option ‘Health’, and is supported by the IB English B website resources.
You may find this document helpful when:
searching for specific texts, resources, grammar exercises
searching for links to TOK, CAS and the extended essay
creating your own lesson and unit plans for this topic
preparing curriculum documents for your department or leadership team
giving students a quick overview of each chapter.
In this planning document, page numbers refer to the Cambridge English B for the IB Diploma coursebook. The online resources refer to worksheets (ws) and assessment resources (as) available on the supporting website which can be found at ibdiploma.cambridge.org
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Website/article: ‘Homeopathy In Singapore’ (page 206).
News article: ‘Alternative medicine, a growing trend’ (page 208).
Article: ‘Ayurvedic Medicine Facts’ (pages 213–14).
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Assessment sheet 6.1. ‘Answers to activities in Chapter 6’ (filename: IB_elb_6_assess_as1).
Worksheet 6.1 ‘Looking at quotes and sources in Text 6.2’ for Activity 1.8 on page 207 (filename: IB_elb_6_resources_ws1).
Worksheet 6.2 ‘Ayurveda – self assessment graph’ for use with Activity 1.20 on page 215 (filename: IB_elb_6_resources_ws2).
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Understanding the differences between the adjectives that end in -ing and -ed (page 210).
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Expand topic-specific vocabulary.
Explore the topic of alternative medicine.
Build reading comprehension skills.
Build discussion and writing skills.
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Links to TOK
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Links to Extended Essay
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Links to learner profile
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Links to CAS
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Students discuss the use of euphemisms in promoting alternative medicine (page 204).
Students are invited to discuss the role of the scientific method in homeopathy (page 206).
Students learn more about the concept ‘placebo’ and its role in testing the effectiveness of alternative medicine (page 211).
Students discuss the differences between ‘facts’ and ‘beliefs’ (page 213).
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Students are invited to analyse the language that is used on websites that promote alternative medicines. A suggested title reads ‘How does Ayurveda Retreat use language to convince readers of the validity of Ayurvedic medicine and encourage them to visit their health centre?’ (page 212).
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Balanced – Students are asked to find a balance between open-mindedness and scepticism when exploring the subject of alternative medicine (page 203).
Open-minded – students are encouraged to be open-minded when discussing the effectiveness of homeopathy (page 206).
Reflective – Students are encouraged to reflect on their own personality traits, using Ayurvedic terminology (page 215).
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Interview: ‘Expert Susie Orbach answer questions about the negative effects of culture on self-esteem and body image’ (pages 219–20).
News article: ‘Addicted to fairness creams?’ (pages 223–24).
News article: ‘Isabelle Caro, Anorexic Model, Dies at 28 (page 229–30).
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Worksheet 6.3 ‘Text 6.6 – word-sorting exercise’ to use with Activity 2.21 on page 231(filename: IB_elb_6_resources_ws3).
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Students learn about and practise using parallelisms. (pages 225–26).
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Expand topic-specific vocabulary.
Discuss topics related to the beauty industry and self-image.
Build reading comprehension skills.
Build discussion and writing skills.
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Links to TOK
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Links to Extended Essay
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Links to learner profile
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Links to CAS
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Students are asked to define ‘beauty’ (page 216).
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Students are encouraged to spread awareness about the beauty industry by organising events around this theme (page 220).
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Unit 6.3: Writing a news report
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News article: ‘Fat Phobias harm Zulu women’ (pages 233–34).
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Worksheet 6.4 ‘Using the 5 Ws to analyse a news report’ for use with Activity 3.2 on page 233 (filename: IB_elb_6_resources_ws4).
Worksheet 6.5 ‘New reports’ for Activities 3.4–3.6 on pages 235–36 (filename: IB_elb_6_resources_ws5).
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Inquirers - Students come to understand the importance of inquiry in journalism (page 233).
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Students understand the range of devices used in new reports.
Students practise writing a news report.
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Two stimulus images, a and b, for the individual oral can be found on page 237.
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Assessment sheet 6.2 ‘Key words for the individual oral exam’ for Activity 4.1 on page 237 (filename: IB_elb_6_assess_as2).
Assessment sheet 6.3 ‘Assessing an individual oral response’ for use with Activities 4.5 and 4.6 on page 238 (filename: IB_elb_6_assess_as3).
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Reflective - Students are encouraged to listen to, and give feedback on, peer recordings of individual orals (page 238).
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Students become familiar with the assessment criteria for the individual oral.
Students explore ways of preparing for their individual oral exam.
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