Unit 2 Care for Your Hair
Teaching objectives
By the end of this class, students will:
- familiarize themselves with the meanings of new words
- learn two reading strategies and use them to quickly grasp the main idea of the passage and to
locate specific information
- learn how to care for their hair, including the choice of hair products, the procedures of
using the products and things to consider while considering which hairstyle to choose
- understand the importance of caring for hair
- be able to give advice to an imaginary customer on how to care for her hair
Teaching procedures
Procedure Notes
Pre-reading
1. Warm-up questions: T asks Ss questions about hair care.
- how often do you wash your hair?
- what kind of hairstyle suits you?
- do you know how to properly care for your hair?
Introduce the topic and trigger
the interest of students
While-reading
1. Mini-lecture: T reminds Ss of the idea of reading strategy,
and asks Ss to explain the concept and key points of
skimming (read quickly to get the main idea of the passage).
Review reading strategies and
encourage students to use them
- What is skimming and what is the function of skimming?
- Where can you usually find the main idea of the passage?
T introduces the idea of heading.
2. Ss skim the passage and find out the genre and the readers of
the passage.
3. Ss review the concept of scanning and the three steps of r
scanning.
- Step 1: identify the key words in the questions/statements
- step 2: locate the key information in the passage based on the
key words
- step 3: read the key information and answer the questions
4. Ss scan the first part of the passage for specific information.
While Ss are answering the questions, T reminds Ss to pay
attention to the expressions that can be used to give advice.
- If you have a round face, you’d better have __________ ,
because __________________________________________.
- If your face is square, you’d better keep _______________
because _________________________________.
- If you want your hair to be shiny, I suggest that you
______________________________________.
- In order to effectively care for your hair, I recommend that you
use_______________________________________.
Students will skim and scan the
passage to find out the main
idea of the passage and the
answers to the reading
comprehension questions.
5. Ss scan the second part of the passage for specific
information.
- Step one: Brush your hair thoroughly to
_____________________________.
- Step two : After wetting your hair, apply _________
with___________.
- Step three : After shampooing, squeeze out the
___________and apply ___________.
- Step four : Comb it into your hair so that every hair
___________.
- Step five : Dry your hair gently with _______ before using
____________.
Post Reading
1. Ss work in pairs. One student will play the role of a famous
hair dresser, and the other student will act as an imaginary
customer, Amy. Specific information about Amy will be
provided.
Students will have to turn input
into output. They will have to
use what they have learned to
construct a conversation.
Assignment
1. Writing: each student will choose one of their classmates and
offer suggestions on hair protection.
Based on their in-class
exercises, students are required
to offer suggestions about hair
care independently.
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