Online Unit 4 What we wear Lesson A

​Unit 4

What we wear

By

KruBank​

​Lesson A

Pre-Reading​

Multiple Choice

A. Look at the photo and read the caption on page 53.

What is the article about?

• How people choose the clothes they wear

• How people dress for their jobs

• How people's clothes make them feel

​B. Look at the title of the passage and quickly read the first three paragraphs (pages 53-54).

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Then answer the questions below.

Multiple Choice

1. What do you think paragraph 2 is mostly about?

• A description of an experiment

• The opinions of a blogger

• A biography of two scientists

Multiple Choice

2. What do you think paragraph 3 is mostly about?

• Why people wear uniforms

• How special clothes can change people's behavior

• Why it is important to have a dress code for certain jobs

​Developing Reading Skills

​GETTING THE MAIN IDEAS

Use information from the passage on pages 53-54 to answer each question.

Multiple Choice

1. What is the main idea of the passage? Complete the sentence.

The clothes we wear ----

• can affect how we feel

• should be symbolic

• make us feel more powerful

Open Ended

2. What are some examples of symbolic clothes the writer mentions? What effects can they have on the wearer?

Making connections

Writers often use words and phrases such as

believes that, says that, reported that, and thinks that

to show what someone says or thinks.

A. Underline the phrases in the passage on pages 53–54 that link a person / people with what they say or believe.

Multiple Select

Paragraph 1 = ----

• -

• believes that

• says that

• reported that

• thinks that

Multiple Select

Paragraph 2 = ----

• -

• believes that

• says that

• reported that

• thinks that

Multiple Select

Paragraph 3 = ----

• -

• believes that

• says that

• reported that

• thinks that

Multiple Select

Paragraph 4 = ----

• -

• believes that

• says that

• reported that

• thinks that

Multiple Select

Paragraph 5 = ----

• -

• believes that

• says that

• reported that

• thinks that

B. According to the passage, who says or reports the following statements? Write the letters of each statement (a-d) in the Venn diagram.

​R Q

Multiple Select

a. There is science behind our style.

• Researchers

• Quirk

Multiple Select

b. Symbolic clothes influence how people work.

• Researchers

• Quirk

Multiple Select

c. Our clothes are like a second skin

• Researchers

• Quirk

Multiple Select

d. People should pay more attention to what they wear.

• Researchers

• Quirk

​Understanding a process

What happened in Galinsky and Adams's experiment? Put the steps into the correct order by writing 1-4. Then add a sequence word to each step.

First, Next, Finally, Then

Multiple Choice

--?-- a --Next-- participants looked at words each written in a different color.

• 2

• 3

• 4

Multiple Select

--?-- b --?-- the researchers counted the correct items.

• 3

• 4

• First

• Finally

• Then

Multiple Select

--?-- c --?-- the participants said the colors, not the words.

• 3

• 4

• First

• Finally

• Then

Multiple Choice

–?-- d --First-- the researchers gave some participants white coats to wear.

• First

• Finally

• Then

Building vocabulary

A. Find the bold words in the passage on pages 53-54. Then complete the sentences with the correct words.

Building vocabulary

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B. Match each word to its definition.

Multiple Choice

1. creative

• to do an action or activity

• chance, fortune

• draw someone's attention to important information

• showing an ability to think of new ideas

Multiple Choice

2. perform

• to do an action or activity

• chance, fortune

• draw someone's attention to important information

• showing an ability to think of new ideas

Multiple Choice

3. points out

• to do an action or activity

• chance, fortune

• draw someone's attention to important information

• showing an ability to think of new ideas

Multiple Choice

4. luck

• to do an action or activity

• chance, fortune

• draw someone's attention to important information

• showing an ability to think of new ideas

​Getting meaning from context

Many words can be used as two or more parts of speech (e.g., noun, verb). Each part of speech can have a different meaning.

Read the sentences taken from the passage on pages 53-54. Write the part of speech of the underlined word. Then check the best definition.

Multiple Select

---- 1. Quirk posts a photo of what she's wearing every day.

• Long, standing pieces of wood or metal

• To put messages or signs where others can see them

• verb

• noun

Multiple Select

---- 2. Scientists Adam Galinsky and Hajo Adams report that there is science behind our style

• To tell people about a piece of research

• A written or spoken description of a situation or an event

• verb

• noun

Multiple Select

---- 3. The participants took a test that measured their ability to pay attention

• To use a problem that measures a person's knowledge or abilities

• A problem that measures a person's knowledge or abilities

• verb

• noun

Multiple Select

---- 4. A police officer's uniform can increase the wearer's feeling of power or confidence

• A special kind of clothing that is worn by everyone in a group or an organization 

• Staying the same at all times, in all places

• verb

• noun