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Achievement indicators:
Learners are able to...
• answer questions about specific details and inferences of the text
• find main idea of the text • identify the communicative purpose of the text
• find the meanings of some words used in the text • use some words related to the text
• identify coordinating conjunctions used in the text
• use coordinating conjunctions • list important points of a text
express their ideas related to the topic in written way PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
English for Biology Teachers
Bring It to Mind .
Answer these questions based on your understanding
1. How many kinds of diseases are there that you know? What are they?
2. How can a person get diseases?
3. How can we prevent from getting illnesses?
4. Have you ever heard Alzheimer’s disease? If yes, what is it?
Let’s Start .
1. Read the text carefully to know what Alzheimer’s disease is
Alzheimers Disease
By Michele Simon, JD, MPH Reviewed by
H
Robin Bennett, MS, CGC Last updated April 12, 2001
Alzheimers disease is a progressive, degenerative disorder that attacks the brain and results in disorientation,
with impaired memory, thinking, and judgement. People with Alzheimers also undergo changes in their behavior. This
combination of symptoms is also called dementia.
About four million Americans have Alzheimers disease, with men and women affected almost equally. Most people diagnosed with Alzheimers disease are older than age
65 and the risk increases with age. However, it can also occur in people as young as in their 30s. One in ten people over age 65 and nearly half of those over age 85 have Alzheimers
disease. In a national survey, 19 million Americans said they had a family member with Alzheimers disease.
The only established risk factors for Alzheimers are older age, family history of dementia, and inheriting mutations in certain genes. In most cases, Alzheimers disease isnt
caused by any one factor. Instead, it is usually a result of genes and environmental factors that researchers have not yet identified.
Contrary to what many people believe, memory loss, confusion, and disorientation are not part of the normal aging process. The trick is to be able to distinguish normal,
everyday forgetfulness from a disease process that could be Alzheimers disease. Symptoms of Alzheimers disease can include:
• Gradual memory loss • Decline in ability to perform routine tasks
• Disorientation • Difficulty in learning
• Loss in language skills • Impairment of judgment
• Personality changes
Alzheimers disease begins slowly. The first symptoms may only be mild forgetfulness. As the disease progresses, symptoms become more noticeable. For example,
someone with Alzheimers may forget how to do simple tasks, such as brushing their teeth or combing their hair. They no longer think clearly and begin to have problems speaking,
reading, or writing. People with Alzheimers can also experience drastic changes in personality, mood, or behavior. They can also become extremely confused, suspicious,
fearful, or quite passive. Eventually, people with Alzheimers disease become completely incapable of caring for themselves.
Adapted from: http:www.genetichealth.com ALZ_What_Is_Alzheimers_Disease.shtml
2. In pair, answer these following questions based on the text Present the
results in front of the class 1. What is Alzheimer’s disease?
2. What is dementia? 3. Who are easy to suffer from Alzheimer’s disease?
4. What factors can increase the risk of getting Alzheimer’s disease? 5. How do we distinguish Alzheimer’s disease from normal everyday forgetfulness?
6. What are Alzheimer’s disease symptoms? 7. What is the main idea of the last paragraph?
8. What does the writer want to tell us about?
3. Challenge yourself Answer these following questions based on your understanding
1. In your opinion, why is the disease called as Alzheimer’s disease? 2. Can we treat the Alzheimer’s disease? If yes, what treatment will it be?
English for Biology Teachers
4. Classify these following words into the column where they belong to
progressive degenerative
disorder disorientation
impaired judgment
dementia affected
early member
inheriting mutation
gen distinguish
decline impairment
symptom mild
noticeable drastic
extremely confused
suspicious fearful
eventually incapable
English for Biology Teachers
Noun Verb
Adjective Adverb
Grammar Battle .
1. Pay attention to the following explanation
Conjunctions are words used as joiners. There are actually different kinds of conjunctions. In this part, we will learn about coordinating conjunctions.
Examples of coordinating conjunctions are: for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so
Those words join equals one to another such as ¾ Words to words
Most children like cookies and milk. ¾ Phrases to phrases
The gold is hidden at the beach and by the lakeside. ¾ Clauses to clauses
What you say and what you do are two different things. Note:
A coordinating conjunction joining two independent clauses creates a compound sentence
. Examples:
9 Tom ate all the peanuts, so Phil ate the cookies. 9 I don’t care for the beach, but I enjoy a good vacation in the mountains.
2. Underline the coordinating conjunctions used in text “Alzhheimer’s
disease” 3.
Make a sentence of each following coordinating conjunction with your own words
1. and
2. but
3. or
4. for
5. so
