The doctor who used music instead of medicine: Modals in the Past

HEALTH & EMOTIONS WARM-UP
Students begin with discussion on stress, relaxation, and how emotions influence health. Ranking and agree/disagree tasks introduce opinions about medicine, therapy, and alternative treatments, preparing learners for the topic of healing.

MEDICAL VOCABULARY
Learners explore essential health terms such as recovery process, clinical trial, placebo, chronic disease, immune system, prescription, and side effects. Vocabulary tasks include fill-in-the-blanks, synonyms, and antonyms to build strong understanding.

READING, LISTENING & GRAMMAR
Students read The Doctor Who Used Music Instead of Medicine, a true-inspired story about a neurologist using music therapy to support Alzheimer’s patients. Listening tasks reinforce the idea through a doctor’s testimony. Grammar practice focuses on modals in the past (must have, might have, should have, can’t have), helping students express deduction, possibility, and regret.

DISCUSSION, ROLE PLAY & HOME PRACTICE
Learners participate in debates on whether music can heal, role plays between doctors and skeptical relatives, and discussions about alternative therapies. Homework includes matching, sentence correction, and rewriting tasks using modals in the past.