Unit 2: Skin Deep

1. Unit 2: Skin Deep Reading 3 English language program Fall 2014

2. Discussion • How would you define “beauty” – is it different for people vs. things? • “Beauty is only skin deep.” – This means beauty is only on the surface (like the skin), not underneath in someone’s heart, mind, or soul. Do you agree? • Do people (men or women) in your country change themselves to become more “beautiful”? What do they do?

3. Pre-Reading Skills • Check background knowledge • Complete the survey on p. 22. Do you understand all of the vocabulary? • Predict what you are going to read about • Look at pictures and titles • Scan (quickly read) and answer the questions in Part B. • Look for adjectives and nouns as key words and underlinethem • Ex: Maya  crossed eyes, beautiful, balls, children’s eyes

4. Pre-Reading Skills After predicting, read your questions before looking at the reading. Gist: main idea(use titles, subtitles, first paragraph) Detail: read all the choices and look for key words Main idea: (look for topic sentences) Inference: not directly stated – use overall idea Vocabulary/Reference: read entire sentence with key word

5. Vocabulary in Context Go back and read more completely to determine vocabulary words Check with a partner

6. Unit 2A Vocabulary fundamental - adj. basic and necessary alter - v. change predominately- adv. strongly, firstly notion- n. idea conform- v. behave or comply with rules, standards, laws devote- v. to put a lot of time into something; relationships or religion uniform- adj. the same; usually describes a thing mate- n. a partner gender - n. sex of a person or animal; male or female subjective - adj. describes a thought comes from opinion, not fact

7. Unit 2B Vocabulary external- adj. beyond; outside of someone or something chemicals n. a substance used or produced by a chemical process crucial- adj. extremely important leisure- n. fun; pleasure denote- v. to mark; show bravery- n. brave spirit; courage; magnificence criminal- n. person who breaks the law matured- v. developed; fully grown permanent- adj. continuing or enduring without change fade- v. goes away; disappears

8. Homework: Reading Journal #2 • Type one paragraph (4-5 sentences) on the following topic: • Do you agree that “beauty is in the eye of the beholder”? This means that every person has a different definition or idea about what is beautiful. Explain why you do or do not agree.