1 1. Steve Bishop Born to be Wild Information gap. Student A: Don t tell your partner the words on your list. You have to explain what the words mean in such a way that your partner will guess the words. Student B: Don t tell your partner the words on your list. You have to explain what the words mean in such a way that your partner will guess the words. 1. Arcade 1. 2. 2. Terraced house 3. An adult 3. 4. 4. A poof 5. Image 5. 6. 6. To canoe 7. A term 7. 8. 8. Put on (OK Computer) full blast 9. A serious word 9. 10. 10. Vegetables 11. Campsite 11. 12. 12. Be polite 13. Tinnies 13. 14. 14. Helmet
2 2. Steve Bishop Born to be Wild Which of the following adjectives would you use to describe Julian? Pick at least 5 and be prepared to defend your views/words Self-centred Loyal Deceitful Responsible Mean Patient Childish Childish Brave Popular Cynical thoughtless Considerate friendly Do you approve/disapprove of Julian s behaviour? Discuss!
3 3. Steve Bishop Born to be Wild Characters in the story. Identify the following characters and describe Julian s attitude to them. Use some of the words below Julian s mother Julian s father Martin Gerry Greg Tom Motor biker with zz top beard Old man in the shop Motorcycle gang Disregard of fashion mad murderous Nazi biker all gleaming chrome, fat tyres.all wearing goggles watch out for the incoming tides no clue about context Blues fans such a harridan he went for his dad with a pair of scissors he breaks car aerials and hangs round in the arcades went to smoke in his study highlights off to the south of France
4 4. Steve Bishop Born to be Wild Cool and uncool. Read and identify the following words, e.g. music, car, clothes, etc and categorize them according to what is cool and uncool in Julian s eyes. Levi s: clothes cool Tom Delaney The States Scotland Hell s Angels On the Road Jethro Tull Pot Noodle Skye The Face Gap Miami Dungeons and Dragons Harleys BM = BMW Greg Gore-Tex OK Computer Ashton Martin Mad Max Woodstock BBC2 PCO (personal contact Eurostar Vauxhall Vectra Triumph Xena Warrior Princess Adidas Kitty Kat What are Julian s favourite music, clothes, friend, etc.? What or who influences his tastes and preferences?
5 5. Steve Bishop Born to be Wild Turn the following sentences into standard English 1. 78 His dad made a pile with the East Asian stock 2. 78 his (Martin s)crappy shoes 3. 79 You d think she was dead chummy from the way she talks when people are around.. 4. 79 I can t just tell him to fuck off to his face 5. 79 Mom got all stroppy 6. 80 Mom will be so chuffed that I m going away with poofy Martin instead of bad-boy Tom 7. 81 Today I m going to nerdsville with the bores 8. 81 I m trapped in a mobile prison for geeks 9. 85 So I say to Martin, half taking the piss, what do I do now? 10. 86 Martin is a bit reluctant to skin up again 11. 87 This fucking, like, man-mountain comes striding over 12. 87 The old Dungeons and Dragons films that Martin and his geek squad are into 13. 88 Dingbat Martin s left the milk in the sun 14. 89 You re cut off, your dickhead. You ll fucking drown if you try to swim across. 15. 90 We re just waiting to file into the hall for the usual crap about
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