Power point 3-4 Body Image

Body Image : 

Body Image L/O: I will use word smart and picture smart skills to understand body image and media influence. D- Can talk about the influence of media. P- Can explain how the media influences us. M- Can Analyse reasons why they influence us. Starter: Write down five words that describe your idea of beauty. Share your ideas with a partner.

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Look at your words. Do they match these images?

What is the media? : 

What is the media?

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curvy strong sexy big cute thin healthy pretty slim muscular broad beautiful hunky size-zero stocky plus-size heavy fat 6-pack tall attractive perfect ugly big toned handsome tanned Chunking activity

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Write 1 – 13 in your books. Describe each picture using at least 2 chunking words. Beauty

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12 13

How well have I … : 

How well have I … … used word smart and picture smart skills to understand body image?

Slide 13: 

Watch this clip and use PMI to evaluate the celebrities’ looks in the 2 pictures. http:www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8VGhjpKQfE

Starter : 

Starter the beauty industry is very good at showing us what it wants us to believe is real do we have to fall for their lies all the time many people’s lives are ruined because they think that they cannot live up to the perfect image that magazines tell them they should aim for we should stop trying to be what we can’t be being skinny young tall and beautiful is not possible for most people we should love ourselves whatever we look like Put full stops, commas, question marks, apostrophes and capital letters in this paragraph so it makes sense.

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The beauty industry is very good at showing us what it wants us to believe is real. Do we have to fall for their lies all the time? Many people’s lives are ruined because they think that they cannot live up to the perfect image that magazines tell them they should aim for. We should stop trying to be what we can’t be. Being skinny, young, tall and beautiful is not possible for most people. We should love ourselves whatever we look like.

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Let’s see just how the beauty industry influences the way we see things. The camera does lie! http://youtube.com/watch?v=UToGBorgDqo

How do you feel about those images? : 

How do you feel about those images? What words come into your mind to express how you feel?

Letter writing : 

Letter writing You’re going to write a letter to a magazine to tell them how you feel about the pressure that is on young people to look a certain way. Prepare a rough copy of your letter