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TitleIdentifying Details and Steps in a Reading About Self-Care
SourceCASLS Activity of the Week
Body

This activity has students reading about a type of self-care/beauty routine and identifying the key details they need to know about it in case they want to try it.

Learning objectives:

  • Students will be able to identify the key details they need to know about a type of self-care/beauty routine.

Modes: Interpretive Reading

Materials neededHandout, Answer key

Procedure:

  1. Introduce topic of self-care/beauty routines. Pass out the handout to students and set the stage: all students will pretend they are a man who just moved to Portland. They want to try growing a beard because it seems popular in Oregon. However, they don’t know how to take care of beard; last time they tried it didn’t look good. So, they begin to do research on growing and taking care of a beard.
  2. Have students read the article “The User’s Guide to Healthy Portland Beards”
  3. As students read they should fill out the chart on the handout identifying the necessary grooming steps, frequency and tools/materials needed.
  4. Have students discuss with a partner their findings, then check their answers with the answer key.
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