SUGGESTIONS FOR TEACHERS:

1. Divide the alphabet up amongst the class, giving each group or pair several letters to work with, and ask students to try to add one or two more items under each letter.

This should also encourage students to use some interesting reference books on which the Health A to Z was based, such as the Oxford Guide to British and American Culture and the Longman Dictionary of English Language and Culture (both these books are reviewed in our web pages).

Students may need to be quite creative for some letters, e.g. Y, so make sure that pairs or groups have some "easier" letters as well as the more difficult ones.

2. HEALTH A TO Z can also be used to play JEOPARDY with your students. This is how you can play it: give your students definitions of A to Z entries. They have to guess what the question is for each definition.

FOR EXAMPLE: one of the competitors or teams is given the following definition: "A system of exercises for the body and the control of breathing for those who want to become fitter". They have to ask the question: "What is yoga?" to win a point. The competitor or team with the highest number of points wins. Jeopardy is known in Poland as a VABANK QUIZ.

3. You can also divide your students into two groups. One group is given entries and the other definitions. Walking freely round the room and talking to as many students as it is necessary, the members of the groups have to find matching pairs, i.e. entries and their definitions.