1. Think about: How often do you go to the doctor? Do you get sick when you travel? If you did, would you be able to explain your symptoms and understand the diagnosis?

2.  Do you know these TV series? What are they about?

3. First task Access www.watchtvseries.to and choose an episode of House or Grey’s Anatomy.www.watchtvseries.to Take notes on any medical vocabulary your hear on the episode you’ve chosen. Access www.dictionary.cambridge.org/us/ and www.medilexicon.com/ and check what the pieces of vocabulary mean.www.dictionary.cambridge.org/us/ www.medilexicon.com/ Prepare a glossary and bring it to class.

4. Now... Form groups of 4 students and discuss the vocabulary you learned with your episode. Summarize to your partners what it was about. Present vocabulary to class.

5. Second task In the same groups you will have to: 1. Choose a disease. 2. Find information about its symptoms and treatment. 3. Make a presentation to class about it. 4. Write a blog post about the disease you chose on our class blog.

6. Resources Episode Guides: House: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0412142/?ref_=fn_a l_tt_1 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0412142/?ref_=fn_a l_tt_1 Grey’s Anatomy: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0413573/?ref_=fn_ al_tt_1 Episodes: http://www.watchseries.to http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0413573/?ref_=fn_ al_tt_1 http://www.watchseries.to

7. Vocabulary: www.dictionary.cambridge.org/us/ www.medilexicon.com/ www.englishclub.com/english-for-work/medical- vocabulary.htm

8. Evaluation You will be evaluated according to the following criteria: 1. Organization (2 points) 2. Language (2 points) 3. Group work (2 points) 4. Presentation (2 points) 5. Blog post (2 points) You will be evaluated by yourselves, by the classmates and by your teacher.

9. Conclusion Now that you watched these two drama medical series and learned so much about health, how about watching comedies on the same subject? Scrubs and Nurse Jackie are great options, you should give them a try. Here are the links for you to see them: http://watchtvseries.to/serie/scrubs http://watchtvseries.to/serie/nurse_jackie

10. Credits This webquest was developed aiming at advanced level students who have a satisfactory knowledge of grammar, however need to acquire specific vocabulary. It was created by Caroline Gaspar, Gabriela Alves, Isabella Herédia and Vivianne Lopes, undergraduate students at UERJ, under the supervision of professor Janaina Cardoso for the discipline “Use of Technology for English Language Teaching”, in November 2014.