English III · A1.3. National Autonomous University of Honduras, Faculty of Humanities and Arts, Department of Foreign Languages, English Section. PhD. Bessy Mendoza, MSc. Leonel Madrid. Students planning together on campus, with the flag of Canada, autumn maple leaves, mountains and Toronto.
English III · Lesson 6 · Step 1 of 4

URA + SofIA: Lesson URA and SofIA assistants

Resource · not graded
What you bring
From Lesson 5 (How are you feeling?): your product, your glossary and «I can describe common symptoms.»
What this prepares you for
The forum asks you to use Instructions + frequency with your classmates.

Goal of the lesson

I can understand simple medical instructions and labels.

Puedo entender instrucciones médicas y etiquetas sencillas.

Open the URA of Lesson 6 · III PAC

The URA has the explanation, audio, examples by career and the Cultural Corner of the III PAC. Take notes: you will use them in the forum.

Instructions + frequency

Imperatives: Take one tablet · Don't drive · Keep out of reach of children. Frequency: once / twice / three times a day · every 8 hours · before / after meals.

LabelMeaning
Take 1 tablet twice a day.In the morning and at night.
Take after meals.Eat first.
Do not exceed 4 doses in 24 hours.Maximum 4.
Keep in a cool, dry place.Not in the sun or the bathroom.
En español

Las etiquetas usan imperativo. «Twice a day» = dos veces al día. Practicamos con etiquetas ficticias; nunca con tratamientos reales.

Your AI assistants: SofIA

Recommended for this lesson: SofIA Profesional, about imperatives for instructions, frequency (twice a day) and labels. SofIA asks your name, your career and your lesson, then helps you step by step. It explains, gives hints and helps you create your own mini-lesson, flashcards or practice. It never does graded work for you.

Available: SofIA Gramatical · SofIA Léxica · SofIA Fonética · SofIA Comunicativa · SofIA Profesional · SofIA Cultural.

Open SofIA for Lesson 6 · III PAC

Your career, your examples

III PAC · September – DecemberHeritage & festivalSaturday, October 31Canada

Cultural Corner · Halloween (Canada)

This week: Halloween safety: write instructions for families (candy, allergies, streets).

Last Halloween, children in Canada wore costumes over their winter coats. It was very cold!

Key words

  • costume disfraz
  • coat abrigo
  • candy dulces

Fact

Irish and Scottish immigrants brought Halloween to Canada. Some Canadian children say Halloween apples! instead of trick or treat.

Your career

  • Health sciences: Cold weather safety.
  • Engineering & technology: Reflective costumes.
  • Business & economics: Candy and costume sales.
  • Education, humanities & communication: Ghost stories.
  • Environment, agriculture & tourism: Pumpkin compost.
Mirror Honduras. Do you know a ghost story from Honduras?

Official source

Mission: Find where Halloween comes from. Write 1 sentence in the past.

Cultural competency: I can say what Halloween is (Saturday, October 31), use Instructions + frequency to talk about it, and compare it with Honduras.

See it in my III PAC Cultural Passport

Language bridge · plurilingual and intercultural

Use every language you know to learn English, and use English to understand other people.

English ↔ SpanishNotice the difference

twice a day = dos veces al día · after meals = después de las comidas.

Other languagesFrench · Portuguese · Italian · German

Canadian labels are often in English and French: twice a day = deux fois par jour.

Observe, compare, reflectIntercultural

Pharmacies and prescriptions: some medicines need a prescription in Canada. How does it work in Honduras?

Mediation challengeBuild a bridge for someone

Explain a medicine label to a family member, in Spanish.

Your languages count: ask at home or in your community how to say it in Garífuna, Miskitu, the English of the Bay Islands or any other language you know, and add it to your glossary. Add it to «My languages» in your Passport →

Arts Corner · LiteratureCanada · 1980

The Paper Bag Princess

Robert Munsch

A famous Canadian picture book. Princess Elizabeth wears a paper bag and saves the prince from a dragon. She is brave and clever.

You use it in: 2 · Forum · Activity 20

Para docentes

Fuente de datos: data/source/in103_lessons.js (lección 6). Ingreso al UNAH Virtual Campus: data/links.json. H5P (práctica del sitio y calificado del Campus): data/h5p/. Anuncios: data/anuncios.json. Títulos y porcentajes según el Calendario. Inglés I: 12 lecciones (decisión de la Sección, 26-10-2026); las actividades 1–38 no cambian. Regenerar con python3 generator/build.py.