Lesson Topics: fashion, style, fast fashion, clothing
Skill Focus: Speaking, Listening, Vocabulary
Approximate Class Time: 2 hours
Lesson Plan Download: fashion-style-advanced-lesson-112024.docx
Lesson Overview:
- Students first complete warm-up questions about fashion and style.
- Next, they preview three idioms from the upcoming video and match them to their definitions.
- The video is a 3:47 minute YouTube video (AmE) entitled How to Look Bad in Your Clothes. Through satire, the video provides some useful tips on style mistakes to avoid. Note that the YouTuber is male so some of the tips are male-centric, but the video should also provide some relatable content for women.
- Comprehension questions follow the video and then a list of 12 vocabulary items that students should match to their corresponding definitions.
- Next, students use some of the new vocabulary to complete discussion questions.
- The lesson has two debate topics. The first is about the value of buying luxury clothing items and the second is about whether we can judge a person by the clothing he or she wears.
- The first speaking activity has students play the fashion police. They must create a list of five fashion laws that citizens cannot break and the consequences.
- The lesson has two role-plays. The first is between an unfashionable person and a stylist, who gives advice. The second discusses the ethics of supporting fast-fashion companies like Shein.
- After some famous quotations related to travel, there is a bonus vocabulary exercise where students label images depicting clothing.
- The lesson closes with a vocabulary review, collocation review, and final discussion questions.
ADVANCED (C1/C2) Lesson on Fashion & Style
Warm-up-Questions
- What are your favorite pieces of clothing? What did you like about them?
- What are your favorite stores and brands?
- You are about to watch a video that describes ways to look bad in clothing. What ideas do you think might be in the video? Make a list of at least five points with a partner.
Idiom Focus: Match the idioms to their definition.
| 1. leave nothing to the imagination 2. be a peacock 3. in total awe | a. to dress in flashy, attention-grabbing clothing b. to be amazed or impressed by something bold c. to wear tight or revealing clothing that shows everything |
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Comprehension Question Answer Key
- Wear tight clothing, be a peacock, buy off the mannequin, don’t tailor your clothes, don’t layer your clothing, wear a lot of logos, never exercise, don’t be confident.
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- Because it reveals too much and can make someone look uncomfortable or awkward.
- The author is ironically criticizing people who copy fashion trends without developing personal style.
- It can make someone's outfit look tacky, over-commercialized, or lacking individuality.
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Vocabulary: 1-h, 2-f, 3-c, 4-g, 5-l, 6-d, 7-e, 8-b, 9-i, 10-k, 11-a, 12-j
Collocations 1-f, 2-b, 3-d, 4-a, 5-c, 6-e