Compare/ contrast: zebra/ horse
What would you do: You want to raise awareness about a rare disease that a loved one is facing
Use: identified
Category: Things that make us unique. Name 5+ items
Root: Path/ Patho (empathy, pathology, sympathy, apathy)
suffer, feel, disease
place
light
blood
Define: Advocates
How do they feel? How do you know?
Compare/ contrast: rare disease/ common disease
What would you do: you are at the doctor's office and have been waiting for over an hour
Give 2+ meanings: treat
Give 2+ meanings: rare
How do they feel? How do you know?
Give 2+ meanings: patient
Idiom: Once in a blue moon. Do you want your favorite team to win once in a blue moon? Why or why not?
Use: Advocates
Sequence (first, next, then, last, etc.): The steps for getting diagnosed with a rare disease.
what is a rare disease?
Idiom: Once in a blue moon. What does this mean?
Category: Diseases. Name 5+ items
What would you do: You have been admitted to the hospital for a ruptured appendix and you have a lot of school work later in the week
Recall: name any 3 things you remember from the article
Opinion: should rare diseases be given the same amount of research money as more common diseases? why or why not?
Define: identified
Break it down: you want to organize a fundraiser for a rare disease. What steps will you take?
Break it down: You are starting to feel sick. Name 3+ steps you can take to feel better
What would you do: Your friend has just been diagnosed with a rare disease that makes their hands feel very painful throughout the day
Define: Solidarity
What happens if you're sick and the doctors don't know what's wrong?
How can you participate in Rare Disease Day?
why are rare diseases difficult for doctors to treat?
Use: Solidarity