Axis 1: Self representation and relationships with others
Lesson 1
Do the activity, placing the time period and the descriptions accordingly. Then, have a look at the video below, correct your answers and figure out the title of the unit (BODY POSITIVITY)
On the figure given to you, place the names of the different body parts. And in your copybook, write the adjectives and their opposite.
Then, have a look at the timeline by Paul Garrett, 2025.
In pairs, choose 4 categories each between:
- Body positivity
- Evolution of beauty
- Beauty standards
- Physical beauty
- Social media
- Diversity
- Gender roles
- Inner beauty
Then, on your list of vocabulary, highlight the words in different colours according to their category.
When it is done, on the mind map given to you, highlight the stressed syllable with your teacher.
=> CHALLENGE OF THE UNIT: you can only use the word BEAUTIFUL once per lesson.
Read the Unit Goals, the key question and the final task.
Lesson 2
Have a look at the picture, study it and draw conclusions on the opposition between models and average American women.
But first, convert the weight into kilograms.
Then have a look at the document below and convert your height into the imperial system.
To help you:
Ex: I am 158 cm high
158 / 30,48 = 5,18
We take the 5 but leave the rest.
5 x 30,48 = 152,40
Calculate what's left to convert in inches:
158 - 152,40 = 5,6 cm -> inches = 2,20
=> 5 ft 2 in
Now, consider the title of the document: Evolving beauty standards, www.bradley.edu (Let's Meet Up 2nde).
-> With the title and the picture, draw some hypotheses. What do you think the text is about?
Then in groups of 4, read your cards, highlight the key words and in your group reconstruct the text. Once finished, call to your teacher so that they can check.
Then do the vocabulary activity, the grammar exercices and the task.
Lesson 3
In groups of 6, give yourself a number between 1 and 6.
Watch the video assigned to your group.
Then answer the questions following the instructions below. EVERY MEMBER OF THE GROUP NEEDS TO TAKE NOTES (ALL NOTES NEED TO BE THE SAME).
Nb 1 and 2 : What message about body positivity does the video promote and who is the target audience?
Nb 3 and 4: How does the video challenge traditional beauty standards, and what new standards or ideas does it propose?
Nb 5 and 6: Which specific visuals, words, or symbols are most effective in promoting the video's message?
Discuss your answers and when done, give your own definition of "beautivism" based on your video. To help you, consider the following words:
- sex -> sexism
- critic ->criticism
- feminine -> feminism
- modern -> modernism
- real -> realism
- act -> activism
Regroup per number (6 groups of 5). Discuss your videos, answers and definitions.
=> sum up your findings in a word cloud: select key words, notions from your answers (videos, questions, definitions). Draw a shape that you think fits the topic, fill iit in with the different words selected: each video needs to have their own colour (10 words minimum per video). BE CAREFUL NOT TO USE THE SAME WORD TWICE.
Lesson 4
Read the text Body Positivity: the movement on a mission to change the way we see ourselves, by Jahnavi Gupta, Hindustan Times, 13 July 2020.
- What is the structure of the text? (in pairs)
- Cross out the details and examples to prepare summing up the text. (in pairs)
- Write a 85-word summary reformulating the main ideas in your own words. Don't forget to introduce the document (type, title, author, source, date). (ON YOUR OWN)
Hand it in.
Listen to the document below: Body Positivity, by the Oxford Review, 2024.
- proper names, dates, places
- keywords: stressed or repeated
- give the definition given in the video
- what is this movement trying to achieve? what is it fighting against?
Conclude considering ideas from all documents.
Lesson 5
Have a look at the infographics below.
Have a look at the 7 different infographics. Don't focus on the content but on the form ONLY. Find the similarities.
- title
- numbers
- graphs types
- key
- small texts - to the point
- use of colours
- images, pictures, drawings, ideograms
Do the vocabulary activities below.
In 7 co-ed groups, analyse the infographic given to you and report to the class:
- give the source, title and results analysed / given
- conclusion
- draw hypotheses why
-> be short and to the point. And don't forget to use the link words to add and oppose ideas (cf. lesson 2)
=> Men are also affected by this issue. Let's go deeper.
In groups of 5, study your allocated documents and take notes. Then your teacher will give you a table with questions. To answer the questions: full sentences and use keywords from the documents.
Afterwards, present your answers to the class. No need to write down all the answers, your teacher will print the correction for you.
Then, answer the following question: Compare the three representations of masculinity. What do they have in common? Make a concluding statement.