In+Pursuit+of+Thinness

=**23 July 2009 - Computer Lab 3 Online Lesson, Sec 2O1, Band 1**=



**Core Curriculum**

 * 1) Students can locate the thesis statement in an expository essay,
 * 2) Students can recognise main and supporting ideas.
 * 3) Students can distinguish illustration and opinion.

**Curriculum of Connections**

 * 1) Students understand how our self image and identity are shaped by various factors in our society.

**READING & RESOURCES**

 * 1) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self_image
 * 2) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body_image
 * 3) http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/health/6055778.stm
 * 4) http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/7964449.stm
 * 5) []
 * 6) Greensboro Nails

**LEARNING ACTIVITIES**

 * 1) Read up on 1, 2 & 3 from the READING & RESOURCES
 * 2) Watch and listen closely to 4 from the READING & RESOURCES. Identify the reasons for her condition and the factors that prevented her from being cured earlier and how she finally managed to cure her condition. Answer the questions in this question sheet and upload to iVLE. [[file:Woman tells of anorexia battle.doc]]
 * 3) Read 5 from the READING & RESOURCES and annotate the thesis statement, main and supporting ideas in the every paragraph as well as illustrations. Upload your completed work to iVLE.[[file:In Pursuit of Thinness.doc]]
 * 4) Participate in the discussion forum.