NAME: DAVID JAGROOP COURSEBOOK

DATE: 13/10/2014 UNIT 1

LEVEL: PRE-CAE SPEAKOUT ADV

CHECK HOMEWORK:
HWK- Grammar + p128
Introduction> Put some words on the board? students to create questions for the teacher to answer

1. STAGE 1 - LEAD IN
NAMES:
1. What names are popular in your country?
2. If you were about to have a boy or girl
3. Make a list of the worse and best Polish names

Optional - Put a list of obsure names on the board http://www.babynamespedia.com/search/m/obscure

2. STAGE 2 - VOCAB + SPEAKING

1) Brainstorming Session - Names
agname, agnomen, alias, appellation, autograph, autonym, brand, cognomen, compellation,
denomination, designation, epithet, eponym, flag*, handle*, head, heading, label, matronymic, moniker,
monogram, namesake, nickname, nom de guerre, nom de plume, nomen, patronymic, pen name, pet
name, place name, prenomen, proper name, pseudonym, rubric, sign, signature, sobriquet, stage name,
style, surname, tag, term, trade name
a name that someone (such as a writer) uses instead of his or her real name
▪ Mark Twain is the pseudonym of the American writer Samuel L. Clemens.

2) Put my name on the board> share your answers with the students

3. STAGE 3 - PRE-READING - PRECICTION OF THE STORY - THE NAME GAME

get lumped with = to accept or allow something unpleasant or unwanted

emeritus = retired with an honorary title from an office or position especially in a university
connotation=an idea or quality that a word makes you think about in addition to its meaning
cut and dried= having a clear and definite quality that does not allow doubt or that cannot be changed
frumpy= dressed in an unattractive way
callbacks= a return telephone call
take a dim view= not good or favorable — used in the phrase dim view
outlandish= very strange or unusual
Remove prepositions exercise - option

4. STAGE 2 - Reading
Skimming - Read the text quickly to give a brief summary using expressions
1. The text describes/the reader gets to know

2. Answer the questions - Discuss the questions

Detailed - Read the text carefully in order to answer the questions

1. EXC - Work in pairs

5. STAGE 3 - FREER
EX4A
Discuss the questions in pairs>

Open the discussion -

1. Which person did you disagree with?
2. Has your name affected you postively/negatively in your life?
3. Are their certain names which could deter employers from recruiting?

Students to justify their choices in order to stimulate discussion

GIRLS

Ace - It's bad enough when people name a boy Ace. Ace the boy has long bangs and the world's
most punchable face. Ace the girl is stuck with a name that screams out to the world, "Daddy
wanted a boy, and he wanted that boy to be a fighter pilot."

Kaixin - (closes eyes) Wait wait, don't tell me. You're white, you're a Mormon, and you live in a cul-
de-sac with your folks and your brother Kaixlee. Was I right? I was?! PSYCHIC.

Krittika - Also soon to be the name of a terrible Halle Berry film. (NOTE: Thanks to OleMissTarana
for pointing out that Krittika is actually a fairly normal Indian name, which makes me horribly
ignorant. I just assumed it was a couple who started out liking Brittany then morphed it into
Krittany and then morphed it into Krittika. Don't tell me it can't happen.)

Thinn - Don't be fatt!

Yoga - Again, this is case of people just thinking of random, topical shit and then foisting it upon a
child. Uhhh... QUINOA! Uhhh... PERRANO! Uhhh... ZUMBA! There will be 500,000 Zumbas born
two years from now.

Zealand - It's a measure of how insane many of these name are that Zealand actually feels
sedate. It could have been so much worse: Zealynd, Zeelynnd, Zzealynndanna. We're at the point
now where the bastardizations are getting bastardized. People are taking the letter Y and abusing
it to the point of shell shock. Poor Y. It wasn't built to handle this much overuse.

BOYS

Aero - Again, you can feel the strain. "I want my son to be bold, and strong, and a leader! I got it:
I'll name him THRUST." You aren't doing a child any favors by trying to ascribe qualities to him that
aren't there yet. This is a child, not the launch of a new brand of soda.

Burger - Well now you're just stoned off your face.

Donathan - You can get away with giving a girl a shitty name more easily than a boy. If you're a girl
named Donathan, everyone will call you Doni and you can explain the strange origins of your
name to your date and it makes for a cute little moment while Taylor Swift warbles something
horrible in the background. But people have to understand that a boy's name is an invitation to be
shit on. Other boys will do ANYTHING to tear your little boy apart, to crush his confidence and
leave him a sullen wreck, and the name is the first thing they latch onto. Oh, Donathan? You're a
fucking moron. That's life for Donathan the boy.

Espn - The phenomenon of people naming their kid after ESPN isn't new. It's actually been going
on for years now, which is what makes it so alarming. This name has roots now. This is a
mainstay. A CLASSIC. Two years from now, it will give way to Espyn and nothing will make sense
anymore.

Haven'T - Don'T.

Kix - Whatcha doing out in the night time?

Why'd ya callin' me on the phone?
Your mama can't solve your problems
When's daddy, ever get home?

"X" nearly gets as much overuse now as Y: Kix, Jax, Dax, Kax, Pexx, Wux, Qaxxax, etc. It really
drives home the "I play lacrosse!" aspect of a kid's personality.