Love Your Body Campaign - Reading Worksheet

1. Read the text quickly and check the hypotheses you made in the "Before Reading Worksheet" Activity 1.

2. Before reading the text again, scan the two activities below and choose a. or b. according to your preference.
a. Now, read the text again and do the following activities.

• Draw two columns in your notebook and write down in each column the elements that are present in the text. What do you notice? Explain your observations to a partner.
  
• Match the elements in Column 1 to those in Column 2.
• Using the matching exercise, get ready to sum up the text.
  

b. Now, read the text again and answer the following questions.

• What beauty standards are promoted by the beauty industry and the media?
  
• What kinds of people are usually shown in TV shows and movies?
  
• What is wrong with the roles usually played by women?
  
• In reality shows, what element is used to rate women participants? 
  
• What is the consequence of depicting women as sexual objects in the media?
• What methods do advertising companies use to make women look more beautiful? What is the impact of those methods?
  
• Is it easy to ignore these beauty standards? Why or why not?
  
• According to the document, what can be done? List at least ten different action verbs.
• What actions seem like the best to you? Why? Do you have any other suggestions? 
• Now use your answers to sum up the text.