Lesson Topics: fashion, style, fast fashion, clothing
Skill Focus: Speaking, Listening, Vocabulary
Approximate Class Time: 2 hours
Lesson Plan Download: finding-fashion-style-upper-intermediate-112024.docx
Lesson Overview:
- After warm-up questions, students read a 300-word reading passage on developing your own fashion style. The passage contains tips from two fashion blogs: one by Anuschka Rees and another from Style Rises.
- 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 in 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.
UPPER-INTERMEDIATE (B2/C1) Lesson on Finding Your Style
Warm-up-Questions
- What are your favorite pieces of clothing? What did you like about them?
- How would you describe your fashion style? Do you follow trends?
- How do you decide what to wear each day?
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Comprehension Question Answer Key
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- Focus on what specifically makes the outfit great, such as the vibe, colors, or styling details.
- Copying helps beginners pay attention to important details like fit, silhouette, and how pieces work together, giving them a clear starting point.
- Identify the colors that are most flattering to you, then learn to combine and contrast them.
- A timeless clothing item is versatile, never goes out of style, and works well in different settings, such as a trench coat or blazer
- Answers:
a. 6 (Invest in timeless neutral pieces)
b. 5 (Be honest about your body shape)
c. 2 (Start by copying)
Vocabulary: 1-e, 2-l, 3-k, 4-d, 5-f, 6-b, 7-a, 8-j, 9-g, 10-c, 11-h, 12-i
Collocations 1-f, 2-a, 3-c, 4-e, 5-d, 6-g, 7-b
Endnotes:
[1] https://anuschkarees.com/blog/2015/05/18/getting-started-with-fashion-how-to-develop-a-sense-of-style-from-scratch-total-beginner-edition
[2] https://www.stylerises.com/post/7-top-tips-for-developing-a-great-sense-of-personal-style
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