READ ABOUT IT includes pre-reading, reading, and post-reading activities. Although some activities (see, for example, Talk more about it) direct students to work in pairs or small groups, most of the activities can be done You Read asks students to gather more specific information about the upcoming passage has just as competent readers do. | What did you read Ms V- The words in the box make a sentence about the reading. Put them in order. Write the sentence on the line. fashion designer A begins career her Read again n Complete the answers to these questions. 1. Cynthia Rowley is a does she like to do Tl I . V OB J - t l She likes to and 2. Who does Cynthia meet on the train She meets a famous_ 3. How many outfits does Cynthia make over the weekend She 4. Cynthia Rowley designs clothes. What are three other things she designs She also and Show you understand Put the sentences in order. Number them from 1-5. She listens to her roommate s idea and starts to design clothes. . Cynthia becomes a famous fashion designer. 1 Cynthia Rowley goes to art school. She brings her clothes to the department store. __She meets a department store manager on the train. Talk more about it Think about these questions. Then ask and answer the questions with a partner. 1. Are you interested in fashion design Why or why not 2. Name some famous fashion designers. What do they design . ià u. s Clothes 43 After You Read i w u Words words words r iv . Read the sentences. What do the underlined words mean Circle a or b 1. Cynthia Rowley designs clothes. a. plans and makes b. buys and sells 2. She can sew very well. She makes beautiful clothes. a measure with a ruler b. put together with thread 3. Cynthia works every day. She likes her career. a. job b. company 4. Fashion designers draw their clothes first. Then they sew them. a. take pictures with a camera b. make pictures with a pen or pencil Write Design a piece of clothing. Draw a picture of it. Answer the questions. Write your answers in paragraph form. Use the lines below. What is it Is it for a man a woman or both Is it designer business or casual clothing What color is it This is a jacket. It s for a man or for a woman. It
