FCS A B Int

Unit 2

Fashion & Textiles

PACING

Key Language Usage

● 12-15 Class Periods

Narrate Argue Inform Explain

STANDARDS Strand 3: Students will participate in hands-on skill development related to sewing construction and textile design. 3.4: Explain the purpose of fashion. ● Discuss how fashion is used as a means of expression. ● Discuss proper laundering techniques. 3.5: Integrate consumerism, entrepreneurship, and careers in the fashion and textile industry. ● Discuss brand names, advertising, merchandising, and how they affect the consumer.

End of Unit Competency ● I can explain key terms related to fashion.

● I can explain how to express myself through fashion. ● I can describe how advertising affects buying choices. ● I can demonstrate care for clothing appropriately. Language Functions & Features: ■ Generalized nouns to introduce a topic and/or entity ■ Opening statements to identify the type of information

■ Verbs to defne career pathways or attributes (eg. have, be, belong to, consist of) ■ Expanded noun groups to defne key concepts, add details or classify information ■ Reporting devices to acknowledge outside sources and integrate information into the report as in saying verbs and direct quotes ■ Technical word choices to defne and classify entity ■ Adjectives and adverbs to answer questions about quantity, size, shape, manner ( descriptions)