Tobacco Literacy Module II

Teacher’s Instructional Guide

Created by: Tammye E. Farmer, Florida State University

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Table of Contents

This instructional guide is intended for use with the foto-novela, BJ Has a Bad Day. After the

foto-novela has been read, at the instructor’s discretion, the following activities can be

photocopied and distributed to the students. The purpose of these activities is to ensure that the

students understand the health material in the foto-novela and to provide practice with the

vocabulary introduced.

Overview of Tobacco Smoking and Asthma

Review of Vocabulary Words

Fill in the Blanks

Word Search

Discussion on Smoking, Asthma & Quitting Smoking

Social Identification

Information on Asthma and Smoking

Additional Resources for Instructors

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Overview of Tobacco Smoking

and Asthma

Tobacco use is the single greatest cause of preventable disease and death in the United States.

Tobacco use causes more deaths than AIDS, alcohol, motor vehicles fatalities, homicides, either

illicit or illegal drugs, and suicide combined.

Asthma affects about 20 million Americans and nine million of them are children. Asthma-

related signs include coughing, wheezing, shortness of breath and chest tightness.

African Americans have one of the highest prevalence of asthma (second to Puerto Ricans).

They are also three times more likely to develop lung cancer or die from asthma than non-

Hispanic white adults who smoke.

About 60% of American children ages 4-11 years are exposed to passive or secondhand smoke

from parents or close relatives. These children are more likely to have bronchitis, pneumonia

and develop asthma.

This teacher’s instructional guide contains useful, practical and fun activities that can be used to

further educate students about the damaging effects of tobacco and asthma.

Learning Objectives

Vocabulary: Vocabulary words are included to help students learn important health information while they

are mastering basic literacy skills.

Appointment Asthma Asthma Attack Bronchitis Cigarette

Cough Doctor Exposed Pneumonia Severe

Smoke Smoking Trigger(ing) Wheeze(ing)

Sources: http://www.aaaai.org/patients/gallery/asthma.asp

http://www.americanheart.org/print_presenter.jhtml?identifier=4549

http://www.lungusa.org/press-room/press-releases/black-history-month-2007.html?print=t

After completing the activities, the students will be able to:

Identify the negative effects that smoking has on asthma.

Identify new health vocabulary words.

Identify resources to assist themselves and/or others in quitting smoking.

Identify people within their social environment who either have asthma or smoke.

Demonstrate basic literacy skills by identifying key events and main characters in the

story.

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Review of Vocabulary Words

Directions: Review the following words with the students to help enhance their

understanding of the words and the story.

a. Appointment – An arrangement to do something or meet someone on a particular time

and place.

b. Asthma – A chronic respiratory disease that is characterized by sudden recurring attacks

of labored breathing, chest constriction, and coughing.

c. Asthma Attack – Respiratory disorder characterized by wheezing; usually of allergic

origin.

d. Bronchitis – A chronic or acute inflammation of the mucous membrane of the bronchial

tubes.

e. Cigarette – A small roll of finely cut tobacco for smoking, enclosed in a wrapper of thin

paper.

f. Cough – To expel air from the lungs suddenly and noisily, often to keep the respiratory

passages free of irritating material.

g. Doctor – A person that is trained and licensed to practice medicine.

h. Exposed – To subject or allow to be subjected to an action, influence, or condition.

i. Pneumonia – An acute or chronic disease marked by inflammation of the lungs.

j. Severe – Very dangerous or harmful.

k. Smoke – The act of smoking a form of tobacco.

l. Smoking – The act of inhaling and exhaling smoke from the use of tobacco.

m. Trigger – To set off; initiate.

n. Wheeze – To breathe with difficulty, producing a hoarse whistling sound.

Source: http://www.thefreedictionary.com

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Fill in the Blanks

Directions: Complete the sentences by using the vocabulary words in the box below.

1. BJ began to cough and wheeze shortly after he entered the car.

2. The Doctor said that BJ had a severe asthma attack.

3. The asthma attack was caused by being exposed to cigarette smoke.

4. If BJ remains around smokers, he could develop other lung diseases such as bronchitis

and pneumonia .

5. Secondhand smoke is what was triggering BJ’s asthma.

Bronchitis Cough Exposed

Pneumonia Severe Triggering

Wheeze

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Fill in the Blanks

Directions: Complete the sentences by using the vocabulary words in the box below.

1. BJ began to and shortly after he entered the car.

2. The Doctor said that BJ had a asthma attack.

3. The asthma attack was caused by being to cigarette smoke.

4. If BJ remains around smokers, he could develop other lung diseases such as

and .

5. Secondhand smoke is what was BJ’s asthma.

Bronchitis Cough Exposed

Pneumonia Severe Triggering

Wheeze

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Word Search

Directions: Using the words below, find and circle each word in the word search puzzle. Words

may be vertical (up and down), horizontal (sideways) or diagonal.

E N Q H B Z F Z K J N P I C N

O L O U U Z Q Q S Y F N A G Z

I W H E E Z E C G J B E L B N

O A D A S T H M A N K U N R G

X P C O U G H F E E V M D O B

T P I M W X S C D H L O L N R

R O G S O M U Y K P J N E C N

I I A E M Q G B S E D I X H E

G N R V Z O B E K K O A P I P

G T E E C D K C K U C T O T B

E M T R R Q A I Z V T B S I J

R E T E F T O X N R O A E S S

K N E L T D E W H G R Z D U S

S T V A L G S M O K E R H N A

J X I R C B N E H C M Q S N B

Source: http://tools.atozteacherstuff.com/word-search-maker/wordsearch.php

APPOINTMENT ASTHMA BRONCHITIS

CIGARETTE COUGH DOCTOR

EXPOSED PNEUMONIA SEVERE

SMOKE TRIGGER WHEEZE

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Word Search

Directions: Using the words below, find and circle each word in the word search puzzle. Words

may be vertical (up and down), horizontal (sideways) or diagonal.

E N Q H B Z F Z K J N P I C N

O L O U U Z Q Q S Y F N A G Z

I W H E E Z E C G J B E L B N

O A D A S T H M A N K U N R G

X P C O U G H F E E V M D O B

T P I M W X S C D H L O L N R

R O G S O M U Y K P J N E C N

I I A E M Q G B S E D I X H E

G N R V Z O B E K K O A P I P

G T E E C D K C K U C T O T B

E M T R R Q A I Z V T B S I J

R E T E F T O X N R O A E S S

K N E L T D E W H G R Z D U S

S T V A L G S M O K E R H N A

J X I R C B N E H C M Q S N B

Source: http://tools.atozteacherstuff.com/word-search-maker/wordsearch.php

APPOINTMENT ASTHMA BRONCHITIS

CIGARETTE COUGH DOCTOR

EXPOSED PNEUMONIA SEVERE

SMOKE TRIGGER WHEEZE

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Discussion on Smoking, Asthma & Quitting Smoking

Directions: The questions in this section can be used to initiate discussions between the students

and the instructor. The discussion can be integrated with the social interaction activities.

How many of you know someone who has asthma? (Integrate with social identification

activity).

How many of you know someone who smokes? (Integrate with social identification

activity).

How do you feel about their smoking?

Have you ever shared with someone the harmful effects of smoking?

If you were a smoker and decided to quit smoking, would you go for help?

If you or someone you know decides to quit smoking, do you know where to go for help?

Did you Know?

People who get help

quitting are twice as

likely to quit.

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Social Identification (FOR INSTRUCTOR ONLY)

The social identification activity is designed to assist the students in identifying people within

their social environment who either have asthma or smoke.

Directions: Write your name in the center circle. Fill in the other circles with words that

identify different people you know who smoke OR have asthma. Choose the social connection

from the list provided. You may use the connection more than once, if necessary.

Identify those who SMOKE

ME Friend

Friend

Spouse

Cousin

Coworker

Teacher

Uncle

Classmate

- Aunt

- Boyfriend

- Classmate

- Cousin

- Coworker

- Client

- Friend

- Girlfriend

- Neighbor

- Spouse

- Teacher

- Uncle

- Other

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Social Identification (Part I)

Directions: Write your name in the center circle. Fill in the other circles with words that

identify different people you know who smoke OR have asthma. Choose the social connection

from the list provided. You may use the connection more than once, if necessary.

Identify those who SMOKE

ME

- Aunt

- Boyfriend

- Classmate

- Cousin

- Coworker

- Client

- Friend

- Girlfriend

- Neighbor

- Spouse

- Teacher

- Uncle

- Other

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Social Identification (Part II)

Identify those who have ASTHMA

ME

- Aunt

- Boyfriend

- Classmate

- Cousin

- Coworker

- Client

- Friend

- Girlfriend

- Neighbor

- Spouse

- Teacher

- Uncle

- Other

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Social Identification (Part III)

Identify those who SMOKE and have ASTHMA

ME

- Aunt

- Boyfriend

- Classmate

- Cousin

- Coworker

- Client

- Friend

- Girlfriend

- Neighbor

- Spouse

- Teacher

- Uncle

- Other

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Information on Smoking, Asthma, and Quitting

Directions: Share the following basic information on smoking and Asthma with the class. Links

and additional information can be found under the “Additional Resources for Instructors”

section that you may use to setup your lesson plan.

Asthma is a problem with the air tubes that carry air to the lungs. If

the tubes become narrower or close up it is hard to breathe. In an

asthma attack, you feel like you cannot get enough air. While

asthma is common in children, the majority of people with asthma

are adults.

Risk Factors

Family history

Air pollution

Smoking

Cigarette smoke

Low birth weight

Overweight/Obesity

Exposure to chemicals

Dust, animals hairs at

home

Allergies

Source: www.floridaliteracy.org/FLCHLP/files/SE%20Files/Chapter%205%20SE_69-

80web.pdf

Warning Signs

Wheezing sound

when you breath

Trouble breathing

Tight feeling in your

chest

Examples of Treatments

Use an inhaler

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Additional Resources for Instructors

Listed are additional supplemental resources that can be used to gather more information about

smoking and asthma.

American Asthma Association

http://www.Asthma.org

American Heart Association

http://www.americanheart.org

American Lung Association

http://www.lungusa.org

Florida Literacy Coalition

http://www.floridaliteracy.org

Florida Healthy Kids

https://www.healthykids.org

Nemours

http://nemours.org

The Office of Minority Health

http://minorityhealth.hhs.gov

Florida QuitLine

http://www.doh.state.fl.us/tobacco/quitline.html

Community health center provide medical are to all members of a community, regardless of

ability to pay. To find a community health center in you local area, go to The Florida

Association of Community Health Center website at www.fachc.org, or phone (800) 456-8263.

In addition, The Florida Department of Health (DOH) strives to promote, protect and improve

the health of all people in Florida. Local County health departments provide local health

services. To find a local health department in your area you can call (850) 245-4330 or go to

www.doh.state.fl.us.

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For more information on how to quit call:

(1-877-822-6669)