Purpose:

To help learners read labels on medicine bottles and packages

Preparation time:

20 minutes

Materials

Drug labels or photocopies of labels; pictures of people with various ailments

Preparation:

Write or type some specific information about each drug label. For example, “Why would you take this medication?” How much/many should you take?” “How many/much should a child take?”

Procedure:

1. Pre-teach and/or review vocabulary that students will need during the activity. You can use pictures or real items (medication bottles, packages, tablespoon/teaspoon, etc.). Help students become familiar with key words on each label. For example, if you want them to answer “how much,” teach them to scan for the word “dosage.”
2. Pair students and give each pair some labels and questions to answer together.
3. Switch pairs. One student has the label, and the other student asks questions about dosage, etc.