READING 3ENGLISH LANGUAGE PROGRAM

FALL 2014

Unit 2: Skin Deep

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?

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

underline them Ex: Maya crossed eyes, beautiful, balls, children’s eyes

Pre-Reading Skills

After predicting, read your questions before looking at the reading.

1. Gist: main idea (use titles, subtitles, first paragraph)

2. Detail: read all the choices and look for key words

3. Main idea: (look for topic sentences)

4. Inference: not directly stated – use overall idea

5. Vocabulary/Reference: read entire sentence with key word

Vocabulary in Context

Go back and read more completely to determine vocabulary words

Check with a partner

Unit 2A Vocabulary

fundamental - adj. basic and necessaryalter - v. changepredominately- adv. strongly, firstlynotion- n. ideaconform- v. behave or comply with rules, standards, lawsdevote- v. to put a lot of time into something;

relationships or religionuniform- adj. the same; usually describes a thingmate- n. a partnergender - n. sex of a person or animal; male or femalesubjective - adj. describes a thought comes from

opinion, not fact

Unit 2B Vocabulary

external- adj. beyond; outside of someone or somethingchemicals n. a substance used or produced by a

chemical processcrucial- adj. extremely importantleisure- n. fun; pleasuredenote- v. to mark; showbravery- n. brave spirit; courage; magnificencecriminal- n. person who breaks the lawmatured- v. developed; fully grownpermanent- adj. continuing or enduring without

changefade- v. goes away; disappears

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.