How to put your name down for a better life?

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 4

How to put your name down for a better life.

Practise Vocabulary First

https://wordwall.net/play/36175/072/985

How to put your name down for a better life.

- Read the text and make annotations (individually)

How to put your name down for a better life.

- Read the text and make annotations (individually)
- Reread the paragraphs again and summarize each paragraph      in ONE sentence. (individually)

How to put your name down for a better life.

- Read the text and make annotations (individually)
- Reread the paragraphs again and summarize each paragraph      in ONE sentence. (individually)
- Compare these sentences with a partner (in pairs)

How to put your name down for a better life.

- Read the text and make annotations (individually)
- Reread the paragraphs again and summarize each paragraph      in ONE sentence. (individually)
- Compare these sentences with a partner (in pairs)
- Discuss similarities/differences (in pairs)

How to put your name down for a better life.

Now answer questions 1 to 6

How to put your name down for a better life.

“Oh Dad, how could you have called me what you did?” (al. 1)

1. Waarom is de schrijver (Alan Hamilton) ontevreden over zijn naam volgens de tekst?

2. Geef van elk van de volgende beweringen aan of deze wel of niet in overeenstemming is met de inhoud van de alinea’s 1 en 2.

How to put your name down for a better life.

1. An increasing number of people officially change their names.

1. NIET
2. WEL

2. Changing your name has become less expensive.

1. NIET
2. WEL

3. Having a new name changes people’s lifestyle permanently.

1. NIET
2. WEL

4. It is difficult to understand some people’s motives for a name change.

1. NIET
2. WEL

5. The procedure for changing your name has become more bureaucratic.

1. NIET
2. WEL

Indien vijf goed                             3 punten

Indien vier goed                            2 punten

Indien drie goed                            1 punt

Indien twee of minder goed      0 punten

How to put your name down for a better life.

3 What is the purpose of the three remarks in brackets in paragraph 3?

1. To illustrate that there is a lot of truth in what is claimed about names.
2. To make clear that the statistical data do not apply to the writer.
3. To show the writer’s profound experience with surveys.
4. To stress the negative influences of a specific name on a person’s life.

4 Which of the following fits the gap in paragraph 5?

1. however
2. instead
3. moreover
4. therefore

“How to put your name down for a better life” (titel)
5. Waar komen de gegevens voor het onderzoek van The Times naar de relatie tussen namen en sociale positie vandaan?

6 How does the author round off the article in the last paragraph?

1. By illustrating how unfortunate one’s life can be if one has a socially less fortunate name.
2. By implying that his life could have been better if his family had considered the importance of having the right name.
3. By indicating that his father could have done a lot worse when giving him his name.

Count the points you have earned.
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