People's Reproductive Health
Unit Disclaimer
This unit discusses the importance of access to, and protection of, people's reproductive health and rights. The authors of this unit chose to use the term "people's reproductive health" in lieu of "women's reproductive health" to be inclusive to nonbinary communities and/or individuals to whom our themes may apply. This unit will cover the right to autonomy of one's own body--mainly regarding pregnancy and thereafter--and touch subjects such as abortion and use of contraceptives. The suitability of this unit for your students remains at your discretion, given the socio-political and religious contexts that exist in our contemporary societies regarding these topics.
Unit Assessment: Oral Project
The final assessment for this unit will be a small group presentation given by the students on one of the lessons' topics. You should make that end-goal clear to your students before starting out, so that your students will know to pay attention to the materials presented, which are crucial to completing that final project. The materials are located in the teacher toolbox page for this unit. As an additional challenge, you may elect to assign groups their lessons only after all lessons have been taught, that way your students will double up on their focus on all lessons of the unit.
Listening
Listening is the focus of Lesson 1 of this unit, but it is targeted across the 3 lessons offered. Students will listen for detail in Lessons 1 and 3 and for gist in Lesson 2. Aside from these controlled and guided practices, listening will occur naturally in this unit which is rich in opportunities for communication in English.
Speaking
Though speaking is the focus of Lesson 2 of this unit, it also occurs across all lessons. Students will have the opportunity to speak in pairs, in small groups, in class, and in a final presentation. This unit is replete with activities that involve discussions, recitations, drills, and questions.
Vocabulary
Vocabulary that is specific to the theme of this unit is given in writing in Lessons 1 and 3 of this unit, and orally in Lesson 2. Students will be introduced to the new words and their definitions, and they will have plenty of opportunities to articulate them--in conversations and at times by writing or playing puzzles .
Pronunciation
Pronunciation is the focus of our Lesson 3, which targets phonemes, word intonation, and connected speech. In addition to that, Lesson 1 has a video and Lesson 3 has two recordings with native English. Finally, you will present, explain, and recite several items across all three lessons. All these oral deliveries will serve as model for pronunciation.