This document discusses coronavirus and provides questions to prompt discussion about the virus. It defines key terms related to coronavirus like COVID-19, virus, disease, and vaccine. Students are asked questions about where they were when they learned about the virus, potential causes of the virus, and precautions to take on public transportation and in restaurants during the pandemic. The document also discusses potential vaccines and balancing health with economic impacts.
This document discusses coronavirus and provides questions to prompt discussion about the virus. It defines key terms related to coronavirus like COVID-19, virus, disease, and vaccine. Students are asked questions about where they were when they learned about the virus, potential causes of the virus, and precautions to take on public transportation and in restaurants during the pandemic. The document also discusses potential vaccines and balancing health with economic impacts.
This document discusses coronavirus and provides questions to prompt discussion about the virus. It defines key terms related to coronavirus like COVID-19, virus, disease, and vaccine. Students are asked questions about where they were when they learned about the virus, potential causes of the virus, and precautions to take on public transportation and in restaurants during the pandemic. The document also discusses potential vaccines and balancing health with economic impacts.
• Talk about viruses. • Have you ever heard of a pandemic virus before Covid-19?
• Where were you when you learnt about
Coronavirus?
• Have you heard of any reason why the virus stroke?
• What do you think is the cause of Coronavirus?
What are its consequences? Define these words:
• Coronavirus • Disease
• Virus • Contagious
• Covid-19 • Intensive Care Unit
• Transmission • Vaccine
• Pandemic • Social distance
In group, ask and answer each other the following questions:
• What precautions must be used when taking public
transportation during our current situation?
• Can animals transmit Coronavirus? If so, have you heard of
any case of an animal with Covid-19? Why? Why not?
• Do you think Covid-19 can be found in clothes?
• Are there any precautions you consider way too extreme
when dealing with Covid-19? Here are some examples of expressions used to talk about coronavirus:
• Covid-19 is scary as nothing I have ever lived before. It
gives me the chills all that could happen because of Covid-19. • If you don’t keep social distance and protect yourself, you might get Covid-19. • Homemade remedies to prevent the virus may not be effective. They just don’t work! • Some people say Coronavirus is the biggest pandemic in history! It has caused more diseases than any other. In group, discuss these questions:
• Have you heard of any vaccine for Coronavirus? Would you
take it or have taken it as part of a trial experiment?
• Do you agree with the activation of economies in different
countries? Which is more important health or economy? Explain your answer.
• What are the precautions one must take in restaurants due