Review Unit 4

Style Rookie

Tavi Gevinson is not like most high school girls. She picks out her own clothes and doesn't dress like the other girls at school. Tavi has many of her own ideas about fashion, and she expresses them on her blog, Style Rookie. She often posts pictures from fashion shows and her own daily outfits.¹

Tavi started her blog when she was in middle school. Her fashion choices and opinions were very good. At first, many people thought a professional wrote it. Her blog got popular very quickly. After only eight months of writing Style Rookie, Tavi started to get messages from some of her favorite designers.

Tavi's mother is an artist and her father is an English teacher. They didn't know about the blog until The New York Times asked to do an interview.² Now, Tavi’s father goes with her to fashion events around the world.

Since she appeared in the newspaper, Tavi's fame has grown. In 2010, Tavi designed her own T-shirt with a fashion company. She's also written stories for . fashion magazines. In that same year she was the guest of famous designers at fashion events in New York, Paris, and Japan.

People all around the fashion world now take Tavi seriously. What does Tavi want to do when she grows up? She's already doing it!

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¹ An outfit is a set of clothing.
² An interview is when someone asks another person questions to find out about them.

Fluency Strategy: Reading ACTIVEly

Activate Prior Knowledge

Before you read, it's important to think about what you already know about the topic, and what you want to get from the text.

A. Look at the passage. Read only the title and look at the picture. What do you think the article is about?

B. Now read the first paragraph of the passage. What do you know about the topic? What do you think the term style rookie means? Discuss with a partner.

Cultivate Vocabulary

As you read, you may find words you do not know. Remember you do not need to understand all the words in a passage to understand it. Skip the unknown words for now, or guess what they mean. Underline new vocabulary. Write the new vocabulary in your vocabulary notebook.

A. Now read the second paragraph. Underline any words or phrases you do not know. Can you understand the passage even if you do not understand all of the words?

B. Write the unknown words here. Without using a dictionary, try to guess their meaning. Use the words around the unknown word to help you.

Think About Meaning

As you read, think about what you can infer, or guess about the author's intention, attitudes, and purpose for writing.

Read paragraphs 1 and 2 again. Discuss these questions with a partner.

• • Who is Tavi Gevinson?
• • How does the writer feel about Tavi Gevinson?
• • Do you agree that a young person can understand fashion very well?

Increase Reading Fluency

To increase your reading fluency, it's important to monitor your own reading habits as you read.

Now read the whole passage Style Rookie. As you read, think about what you are learning.

Verify Strategies

To build your reading fluency, think about how you use strategies to read, and how successfully you are using them. Use the questions in the Self Check on the next page to think about your use of reading strategies.

Evaluate Progress

Evaluating your progress means thinking about how much you understood from the passage. Also, think about how fluently you were able to read the passage to get the information you needed.