THE REAL YOU
Form 6
Lesson III
THEME: APPEARANCE
Objectives:
To participate in a discussion, expressing opinions.
To read the text for gist comprehension.
To talk about appearance.
To listen and understand the song “Skater boy”.
To know more about youth and fashion of English – speaking countries.
To cause a positive attitude to the subject.
Equipment: Microsoft Power Point presentation, CD with the song, cards with the
tasks.
PROCEDURE
I INTRODUCTION
Dear boys and girls! I’m very glad to see you in our cosy classroom. Today we are
going to speak about youth and their fashion, to learn a new song and to do a lot of
interesting and useful exercises. So, I think it’s time to start!
II WARMING UP
CHECKLIST (Jazz chant)
- Are the lights on?
- Yes, they are.
- Is the blackboard clean?
- Yes, it is.
- Is there chalk on the blackboard?
- Yes, there is.
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Are the students here?
- Yes, they are.
- Is the teacher here?
- Yes, she is.
- Is it time to begin?
- Yes, it is.
III MAIN PART
PRESENTATION
Dear children! Today we are going to travel virtually to the UK and to learn more
about the youth fashion of this country. So, if you are ready, let’s start our trip.
Microsoft Power Point Presentation
TEENAGE FASHIONS
IN THE UK
PUNKS
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Punks wear old torn clothes. They have
coloured hair and often wear makemake-up and
jewellery.
jewellery. They often have pins in their
noses, lips and even tongues.
SKATERS
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Skaters wear baggy, casual clothes: jeans
and hooded tops. They have long hair and
sometimes it’
it’s coloured.
coloured.
GOTHS
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Goths like to wear black. They ’re usually
quiet people. They like rock, heavy metal
music. They often have black hair and black
makemake-up.
HIP-HOPPERS
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Hip-hoppers wear sports clothes:
smart tracksuits and expensive
trainers.They wear baseball caps and
often jewellery too.
IV DISCUSSION
Who likes?
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Baggy clothes;
Black colours;
Smart tracksuits;
Old torn clothes;
Jeans and hooded tops;
Pins in their lips, noses;
Do you remember?
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Two things that hip -hoppers wear
Two things that skaters wear
Two styles of music that goths listen
to
Two groups who sometimes have
coloured hair
Two groups who often wear make-up
V GROUP WORK
Now we’ll split into 4 groups and every group will have a special task – to draw a
British teenager.
Let’s split into groups:
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Group 1
Group 2
Group 3
Group 4
hopper?
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Can
Can
Can
Can
you
you
you
you
draw
draw
draw
draw
a
a
a
a
goth?
punk?
skater?
hip-
VI GROUP PRESENTATION
Each group presents their teenager and describes him / her.
Presentation of pupils ’ drawings
Thanks for a great
WORK!!!
VII READING
Pre-reading activity:
Look at the blackboard and let’s learn the new words:
- right; - wrong; - ban; - hoodies; - goodies; -trouble-makers; - generation
gap.
While reading activity:
Read the text. Do you think people are right or wrong to ban hoodies?
Do goodies wear hoodies?
DO GOODIES WEAR HOODIES?
There are lots of clothes shops in the Bluewater Shopping centre in the South of
England, so it’s easy to find fashionable hooded tops for sale there. However, you
can’t wear a hooded top while you’re looking, because they are banned. The
shopping centre believes that teenagers who wear hooded tops often use them to
hide their faces while they are behaving badly. Baseball caps are also banned. And
the managers of the shopping centre say that their new rules are working. More
people are shopping there, and trouble-makers are staying away.
The Bluewater Shopping Centre is not the only place in the UK where certain
clothes are banned. Students at Maesteg Comprehensive School in Wales are not
allowed to wear hooded tops because the head teacher believes that they cause bad
behavior. Most of the parents agree with this rule.
However, many people, especially young people, believe that these rules are silly
and unfair. They say that baseball caps and hooded tops are an important part of
teenage fashion, and it’s impossible to judge a person’s personality from the
clothes they wear. The head teacher of Coombeshead College in the south of
England agrees. In fact, hooded tops are now part of the school uniform at
Coombeshead College.
May adults believe that young people’s behavior is getting worse. One politician,
Lord Ashley, said; “Children are ten times worse than in the past.” However, he
said that in 1823. The generation gap is nothing new.
After reading activities:
Exercise 1. Choose the best answers:
1. At the Bluewater Shopping Centre
a) there aren’t any fashionable clothes.
b) hooded tops and baseball caps are banned.
c) only hooded tops are banned.
d) teenagers are banned.
2. The result of the ban is
a) clothes shops are closing.
b) teenagers are hiding their faces.
c) there are more teenagers in the shops.
d) there are more customers in the shops.
3. Students at Maesteg Comprehensive School
a) are not allowed to wear hooded tops.
b) cannot shop at the Bluewater Shopping Centre.
c) all support the new rule.
d) all behave very badly.
4. The head teacher of Coombeshead College doesn’t believe that
a) young people behave well.
b) hooded tops are fashionable.
c) you can judge a person by their clothes.
d) school uniform is a good idea.
5. Why did the writer of the article include Lord Ashley’s statement?
a) to show that adults always think children behave badly.
b) to show that children always behave badly.
c) to show that children behaved badly in 1823.
d) to show that adults are the same as children.
Exercise 2. Match the highlighted words and phrases in the text with the correct
definitions below.
1 – form an opinion of
2 – have the same opinion
3 – in a shop, ready for people to buy
4 – people who behave badly
5 – doing and saying things in a certain way
6 – something you are not allowed to do
7 – stupid; not sensible
8 – the difference in opinions between young people and older people.
(1- judge, 2- agree, 3- for sale, 4- trouble-makers, 5 – behaving, 6 – banned, 7silly, 8 – generation gap).
VIII LISTENING
Listen to the song “Skater boy” by Avril Lavigne (Canadian singer and song
writer, now living in the USA.)
Exercise 1. Complete the song with the words from the box:
Baggy, earth, ends, girl, guitar, home, inside, pretty, punk, show, skater, skater,
skater, song, tickets, TV
He was a boy, she was a 1………………
Can I make it anymore obvious?
He was a 2……………,she did ballet
What more can I say?
He wanted her, she'd never tell
But secretly she wanted him as well.
All of her friends stuck up there nose
They had a problem with his 3…………….. clothes.
He was a 4………………. boy, she said see ya later boy
He wasn't good enough for her
She had a 5………………… face, but her head was up in space
She needed to come back down to 6………………..
Five years from now, she sits at 7………………
Feeding the baby
She's all alone
She turns on 8……………….
Guess who she sees
Skater boy rockin' up MTV.
She calls up her friends, they already know
And they've all got 9………………….. to see his show
She tags along and stands in the crowd
Looks up at the man that she turned down.
He was a 10…………………… boy, she said see you later boy
He wasn't good enough for her
Now he's a super star
Slamming on his 11………………….
Does your pretty face see what he's worth?
Sorry girl but you missed out
Well tuff luck that boy's mine now
We are more than just good friends
This is how the story 12…………………….
Too bad that you couldn't see
See the man that boy could be
There is more than meets the eye
You'll see the man that is 13…………………
Well he's just a boy and I'm just a girl
Can I make it any more obvious?
We are in love haven't you heard,
How we rock each other's world?
Yeah, I'm with the 14……………… boy, I said see you later boy
I'll be backstage after the 15…………………
I'll be at the studio
Singing the 16………………. we wrote
About the girl you used to know.
(Keys: 1 – girl, 2 – punk, 3 – baggy, 4- skater, 5 – pretty, 6 – earth, 7 – home, 8 –
TVC, 9 – tickets, 10 – skater, 11 – guitar, 12 – ends, 13 – inside, 14 – skater, 15 –
show, 16 – song).
Exercise 2. PAIR WORK
Work in pairs. What do you think the message of the song is about?
a) Don’t fall in love with rock stars.
b) Don’t always do what your friends tell you.
c) Always tell your friends how you feel.
d) Don’t listen to pop music.
Exercise 3. Let’s sing this song all together.
IX HOME ASSIGNMENT
Learn the lyrics of the song by heart.