From Mystery to Medicine “The New Doctor”

Listen and Speaking Strategies 1.3. identify how language (e.g., sayings, expressions, usages) reflects regions and cultures I can identify how saying and expressions are related to different parts of the country and different cultures.

THE NEW DOCTOR Unit 3, Story 5 Summary: The genre of this story is realistic fiction. The story is set in small village in New Mexico, where the opening of a new modern medical clinic threatens to replace the local, curandera, or healer. A young girl (Lupe) has always taken an interest in the work of her friend Manuelita who is her village's curandera. She worries how Manuelita is adjusting to the arrival of the new clinic and doctor there. Her curiosity about the new clinic also draws her there. She meets the new doctor and sees all the modern equipment. She finds the new doctor very likable but then feels she is being disloyal to her friend Manuelita She also worries that too many people will go to the clinic and stop using Manuelita's services. One day, a medical emergency brings both healers together with the new doctor confronted with needing to accept some of the ways of Manuelita, the curandera. This is a tale of confrontation and change and the push between new ways and old.

threshold stethoscope facilities superstition curandera WordBest GuessDictionary DefinitionSentencePicture

threshold Lupe trips and scrapes her knee on the threshold.

Threshold Make your best guess Use the sentence (context clues) to help you guess the meaning. “Lupe trips and scrapes her knee on the threshold.” Talk with your partner and write down your guess.

threshold Part of a doorway She tripped on the metal band across the threshold. stethoscope facilities superstition curandera WordBest GuessDictionary DefinitionSentencePicture

threshold Part of a doorway She tripped on the metal band across the threshold. stethoscope facilities superstition curandera WordBest GuessDictionary DefinitionSentencePicture

threshold She tripped on the metal band across the threshold.  Part of a doorway

threshold Part of a doorway She tripped on the metal band across the threshold. stethoscope facilities superstition curandera WordBest GuessDictionary DefinitionSentencePicture

stethoscope Dr. Johnson lets Lupe listen to her own heartbeat with the stethoscope.

Stethoscope Make your best guess Use the sentence (context clues) to help you guess the meaning. “When you visit a nurse practitioner, she takes the stethoscope and listens as you breathe in and out.” Talk with your partner and write down your best guess.

threshold Part of a doorway She tripped on the metal band across the threshold. stethoscope facilities superstition curandera WordBest GuessDictionary DefinitionSentencePicture

threshold Part of a doorway She tripped on the metal band across the threshold. stethoscope Instrument used for listening to sounds in the chest When you visit a nurse practitioner, she takes the stethoscope and listens as you breathe in and out. facilities superstition curandera WordBest GuessDictionary DefinitionSentencePicture

stethoscope When you visit a nurse practitioner, she takes the stethoscope and listens as you breathe in and out.  Instrument used for listening to sounds in the chest

threshold Part of a doorway She tripped on the metal band across the threshold. stethoscope Instrument used for listening to sounds in the chest When you visit a nurse practitioner, she takes the stethoscope and listens as you breathe in and out. facilities superstition curandera WordBest GuessDictionary DefinitionSentencePicture

facilities Dr. Johnson says she does not have special facilities for delivering a baby in the temporary building.

Facilities Make your best guess Use the sentence (context clues) to help you guess the meaning. “Our school has wonderful facilities for students and staff.” Talk with your partner and write down your best guess.

threshold Part of a doorway She tripped on the metal band across the threshold. stethoscope Instrument used for listening to sounds in the chest When you visit a nurse practitioner, she takes the stethoscope and listens as you breathe in and out. facilities Things meant to make a job easier Our school has wonderful facilities for students and staff. superstition curandera WordBest GuessDictionary DefinitionSentencePicture

facilities Our school has wonderful facilities for students and staff.  Things meant to make a job easier

threshold Part of a doorway She tripped on the metal band across the threshold. stethoscope Instrument used for listening to sounds in the chest When you visit a nurse practitioner, she takes the stethoscope and listens as you breathe in and out. facilities Things meant to make a job easier Our school has wonderful facilities for students and staff. superstition curandera WordBest GuessDictionary DefinitionSentencePicture

superstition “Superstition has no place at a time like this,” says Dr. Johnson.

Superstition Make your best guess Use the sentence (context clues) to help you guess the meaning. “Am I superstitious if I believe my back will break when my daughter steps on a crack?” Talk with your partner and write down your best guess.

superstition Am I superstitious if I believe my back will break when my daughter steps on a crack?  A belief based on fear

threshold Part of a doorway She tripped on the metal band across the threshold. stethoscope Instrument used for listening to sounds in the chest When you visit a nurse practitioner, she takes the stethoscope and listens as you breathe in and out. facilities Things meant to make a job easier Our school has wonderful facilities for students and staff. superstition A belief based on fear Am I superstitious if I believe my back will break when my daughter steps on a crack? curandera WordBest GuessDictionary DefinitionSentencePicture

curandera Manuelita is a curandera.

Curandera Make your best guess Use the sentence (context clues) to help you guess the meaning. “Curanderas use special herbs to heal the body.” Talk with your partner and write down your best guess.

threshold Part of a doorway She tripped on the metal band across the threshold. stethoscope Instrument used for listening to sounds in the chest When you visit a nurse practitioner, she takes the stethoscope and listens as you breathe in and out. facilities Things meant to make a job easier Our school has wonderful facilities for students and staff. superstition A belief based on fear Am I superstitious if I believe it is bad luck to walk under a ladder? curanderahealerCuranderas use special herbs to heal the body. WordBest GuessDictionary DefinitionSentencePicture

curandera Curanderas use special herbs to heal the body.  healer

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Things meant to make a job easier Vocabulary Match Up: Write the number next to the vocabulary word to match the word to it’s definition A. Curandera_____1. a belief in things that are not real or possible B. Threshold_____2. healer C. Facilities_____3. the part of the doorway one steps over D. Stethoscope_____4. Things meant to make a job easier E. Superstition_____5. instrument used by a doctor to listen to a persons chest