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Chickenpox

An example of a role-play made by year 5 and 6 students. The drama presents the students’ understanding of an immune response for chickenpox.

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Look what I found, look what I found. Look what I found, look what I found.
We’ve got foe.
We have foe.
Look what we’ve got. Chickenpox
We’ve got foe, we’ve got foe.
Surround it, surround it.
5, 6, 7, 8.
Pow, pow, pow, pow, pow, pow, pow.
Our job here is done. Yes.
Here’s hoping the macrophage comes.
I am the macrophage, and I am hungry
Yum, yum, yum, yum, yum, yum, yummy, yummy, yum, yum. Oh, a tasty dinner.

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Rights: The University of Waikato
Published: 18 October 2010
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