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UNIT 10 CHAPTER 1 Fashion Focus: Street Style

Before You Read A Look quickly at the passage on the next page. Think about answers to

Fashion on the Street these questions.
1 The people in the passage had their photos taken while they were
walking down the street. Why would someone want to take their photos?
2 What do you think street style is?
a a place beautiful people go
b a new way of finding fashion
c a new kind of clothing

B Discuss your answers with a partner.

Reading Skill A Read each pair of sentences below. Then read the passage on the next
Understanding Main Ideas page. Which sentence is the main idea of each paragraph? Check (v")
in Paragraphs your answer.

Paragraph 1
The main idea of
a paragraph is the D a Paris and New York are fashionable cities.
most important point. D b Fashion is important to people around the world.
Usually, the first or
second sentence in Paragraph 2
a paragraph gives D a Bloggers write about street fashion in many cities.
the main idea. By D b Scott Schuman started a fashion blog.
understanding the
main idea of each Paragraph 3
paragraph, you can
also understand the D a Bloggers use the Internet to show what is cool right now.
main idea of the whole D b Bloggers can put photos online in a few minutes.
passage.
Paragraph 4
D a Small cities have street fashion biogs.
D b Your city could have a street fashion blog.

B What is street style? Which paragraph(s) on the next page say what
street style means?

C Read the passage on the next page again. Then answer the questions
on page 128.

Set a class goal for reading rate and comprehension. Before you begin reading,
set a c\ass goa\ for reading fluency. What do you want your class average for words-per-minute to be for this
reading? Having class goals to work towards can help you become a better reader.

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