General English II

6th Class

Unit 3/ Health: Lessons C-D

Class overview

Using expressions like Really? and

Oh! To…
• Show surprise
• Encourage people to say more.
 Class objective
By the end of the lesson,
students will be able to…
• Comment and ask follow-
up questions
• Show surprise
• Encourage people to say
more.
 Warm-up: burn out
Instructions:
• Write down a definition of
the word “burn out” (don’t
look in the dictionary)
Burn out

Definition:
Overworked or exhausted,
especially to the point of no longer
being able to maintain a particular
level of performance or dedication.
If you keep working nights and
weekends, you're going to get
burned out.
Why can people be burned out?
Act. 1/ Symptoms of stress

Instructions:
• Look at the following picture:
• Answer the questions, what are
some symptoms of stress? Do you
know more?
 Symptoms of stress/vocab.
• Headaches
• Low energy
• Muscle pain • Increased
heart rate.
• Stomachach
e • Backache
• • Fatigue/ burn
Acid reflux
out
• Insomnia
• Impatient
• Increased • Frustration
breathing
• Angry
• Grinding
teeth • Sad/ “down”
• Forgetful
• Anxiety
 Act.2/ Symptoms of stress

Instructions:
• Create a small “burn-out test” (5 questions)
• Write down your questions in a word document (table)
• Make sure your test identify stress symptoms
• Ask 3 different classmates (in break out rooms)
• Follow the next format
• Then, share your results in the chat:
• 5 affirmative answers = you’re a stress ball
• 4 affirmative answers = you’re anxious
• 3 affirmative answers = you’re a regular guy/girl
• 2 affirmative answers = you’re a cool guy,
• 1 affirmative answers = you’re Mr. Fresh himself
Act.2/ Symptoms of stress

Questions Student Student Student

1/Michelle 2/Alberto 3/Melanie
1.- Do you have Yes, she does No, he No, she
frequent doesn’t doesn’t
headaches?
Burn out vocabulary

• Irritability
• Feeling drained
• Depression
• Frequent illness
• Lack of interest
• Feeling apathy
• Sleeplessness
• Stress
Act.3/ Signs of burnout

Instructions:
• Read the article given by the teacher.
• Access to the following link:
• https://flipgrid.com/66fcb1ee
• Record yourself answering, what are the causes of stress?
• Discuss in class:
• What is stress at the workplace/University?
• How can we cope with it?
• Use the expression “Really? How come?” to encourage people to talk:
• I think stress sometimes is positive.
• Really, how come?
• Continue with the next activity
Class
summary
• By the end of the class,
students were able to
comment how they can
help and support each
other in case they feel
burned out.
Homework 
For this lesson, your evidence
should be
• Activity 2: Symptoms of stress (word
document)
• Activity 3: Signs of burnout (flipgrid)
Thank you