The computer helper is also good at looking at other kinds of sickness in the body. It can help doctors know what is wrong faster. This means people can get the right help sooner. A lady named Tina said this computer could have helped her know about her sickness faster. Doctors want to use this computer to help people all over the world.

Original news source: Scientists excited by AI tool that grades severity of rare cancer (BBC)

– Vocabulary Pictionary
Instructions: Divide the class into two teams. Write down key vocabulary words from the article (e.g., doctors, computer, cancer, sickness) on slips of paper. One student from each team will draw the word on the board without speaking or writing letters or numbers, while their team guesses the word. Each correct guess earns a point for the team.
– Sketch It
Instructions: Ask students to draw an image related to the article, such as a doctor using a computer or a computer analyzing a health problem. Afterward, they should show their sketches to their classmates and describe in simple English what they have drawn, using vocabulary from the article.
– News Reporter Role-play
Instructions: Pair up students and assign them roles as a news reporter and an expert (e.g., a doctor or a scientist). The reporter will ask the expert about the new computer helper and its impact on treating sicknesses. Encourage them to use information from the article and to practice simple question and answer exchanges.
– Think-Pair-Share
Instructions: Pose a question related to the article, such as "How do you think computers can help doctors?" Give students a moment to think individually, then pair them up to discuss their thoughts. Afterward, have a few pairs share their ideas with the class, encouraging them to use new vocabulary from the article.
– Opinion Spectrum
Instructions: Write down statements about the article on strips of paper (e.g., "Computers will become the main tool for diagnosing sicknesses" or "All doctors should use this new computer helper"). On one side of the room, place a sign that says 'Agree' and on the other side, a sign that says 'Disagree'. Read a statement and ask students to move to the side of the room that matches their opinion. Then, ask students from each side to explain their choice using simple English.

Doctors have a new ? ? that can look at pictures of a kind of sickness called cancer. It is really good at telling how bad the cancer is. The computer is better than the old way of looking at a tiny piece of the sickness. ? who study sicknesses think this computer helper can ? people feel better. They think it can help a lot of people every year. The computer helper is also good at looking at other kinds of sickness in the ?. It can help ? know what is wrong faster. This means people can get the right help sooner. A lady named ? said this computer could have helped her know about her sickness faster. Doctors ? to use this computer to help people all over the world.

1. What is a doctor?
2. Do you like going to the doctor? Why or why not?
3. What is a computer?
4. How do you feel when you are sick?
5. Do you think computers can help doctors? Why or why not?
6. What is cancer?
7. How would you feel if a computer could tell you about your sickness?
8. Do you think it is good to know about sickness fast? Why?
9. Have you ever seen pictures of inside your body? Did you like it?
10. Do you think it is important for people all over the world to get help from doctors?
11. Would you like to have a computer helper if you were sick? Why or why not?
12. Do you think this computer helper can make people happy? Why do you think that?

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