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Unit 3
Growing up Reading; Speaking

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Write the following on the board:
motel, emoticon, spork, hangry. Ask: REAdING
Which two words have been joined 1 Work in pairs. Look at the photos and
to make these? Elicit motor + hotel, TO SHARENT OR the title of the article. What do you think
‘sharenting’ is?
NOT TO SHARENT
emotion + icon, spoon + fork and NOT TO SHARENT 2 3.03 Read and listen to the article
hungry + angry. Hold a brainstorming to check your ideas.
session to see if students can come ‘I can’t believe you put that 3 Read the article and the comments again.
up with other portmanteau words photo of me on Instagram!’ Who said or did these things? Write the
(see Language note). Write some of Does this sound familiar? Do your parents post photos of you name.
online? Are there photos out there that you really don’t want the

had previously
their ideas on the board. world to see? 1 discussed the issue of sharenting with
We all know that parents just want to do their best for their her mother.
Alternatively, ask students to children. However, parents around the world are creating a digital 2 made the
research other portmanteau words footprint for their children before they can give consent. Future decision to continue sharenting against
employers might be able to access those images online.
and then play ‘portmanteau tennis’. French police have warned that parents could face future her daughter’s wishes.

lawsuits from their children for violating their privacy.
said parents
One student says a portmanteau Under French privacy law, you are currently not allowed to 3 should think carefully before they share.
word and the other person must publish a photo of someone without their consent. 4 thinks it was
Some children have publicly asked their parents not to share
reply with the two words that make photos on Instagram or on their blogs. Children grow up fast and 5 OK to share some pictures and not others.

thinks it’s OK
parents must respect that.
it up as quickly as possible. Examples ‘Mom, we’ve discussed this. You may not post anything without to sharent when very few people will see
could be: chillax, motel, hangry, my consent.’ Apple Martin famously wrote the above comment 6 the photos. thinks parents
under a selfie taken by her famous mother, Gwyneth Paltrow, of
emoticon, frenemy, spork, skort, the two of them skiing, and a media storm followed. should respect their children’s wishes.
glamping, ginormous, guesstimate, The daughter of Christie Tate, a mummy blogger, found lots of SPEAKING Work in pairs and discuss
essays and photos of herself online when she googled herself.
SPEAKING
moped, bash, jeggings, kideo. She did ask her mother if the content could be taken down, 4 the questions.
but her mother refused.
Ray Fitzgerald, a parenting coach, advises his followers to stick 1 Have your parents ever shared a photo
to the ‘three P rules of posting’: of you that you wish they hadn’t?
1 Students’ own answers • PRIVACY – Make sure private images stay private and 2 What are your opinions on sharenting?
check that your privacy settings are as tight as possible. Do you think parents should ask for
• PERCEPTION – If you were a teenager, would you like your your consent before posting a picture
2 3.03 Tell students not to worry parents to share that picture of you online? If the answer is no, on Instagram or on other social media?
then don’t post it.
about understanding every word • PERMISSION – Always ask a teenager’s permission before
for now, but to focus on listening posting an image. SPEAKING
for the answer. I asked some teenagers and here are some of their comments: 5 Read each sentence and choose a number
I don’t usually mind. My mum and dad have given me
‘Sharenting’ is when parents share a very happy childhood. They’ve been great parents. from 1–5 (1 = I strongly agree, 5 = I strongly
disagree.)
photos of their children online. But then last week my mum shared a picture of me and her
in the park. It was such a bad picture. I was so embarrassed. 1 Teenagers should always be
Sharenting is bad news. SAM supported by their parents. 1 2 3 4 5
3 Check/clarify: familiar, digital My mum has so few followers, I don’t mind. But it’s 2 Parents are not the most
different if your parents are famous or have thousands
footprint, consent, lawsuits, of followers. Gwyneth Paltrow is very famous and so many important people in 1 2 3 4 5
teenagers’ lives.
violating, respect. people saw that skiing picture. I do think her daughter was 3 Parents should give teenagers
right to be angry. JACK
freedom of choice in everything. 1 2 3 4 5
Encourage students to underline I did see the picture and I do follow Gwyneth Paltrow. 4 Teenagers should spend as
the answers in the text. I didn’t think the picture itself was so terrible. However, much time as possible with
1 Apple Martin 2 Christie Tate I do understand her daughter’s anger. JENNY parents/family. 1 2 3 4 5
3 Ray 4 Sam 5 Jack 6 Jenny After much discussion, most people seem to agree that it’s time 6 Discuss your answers in groups. Which
to stop sharenting when your children are about 12 or 13.
The pictures can be so embarrassing and they’re out there forever. question(s) do almost all of you agree on?
4 At the end of the exercise, Where do you stand on this issue? And which one(s) do almost all of you
disagree on? Why?
listen to some of the students’ 34
ideas and encourage open class
discussion.
Language note Portmanteau words
5 Give your own examples before Sharenting is an example of a portmanteau word /pɔːtˈmæn.təʊ ˌwɜːd/ – a word
students do the task. Encourage that is formed by combining two other words (here share and parenting). Other
them to think about reasons for portmanteau examples are jeggings (jeans and leggings), Schnoodle (from
their choices. Schnauzer and Poodle), cosplay (from costume and play), smog (from smoke and
fog), floordrobe (from floor and wardrobe), Nintendonitis (from Nintendo and
6 If space allows, encourage tendonitis). Portmanteau words differ from compounds, which have both words
students to walk around the in full, by having only a part of one or both of the words.
classroom to find someone who
agrees with their statements. Ask
students to report their findings Culture note
back to the class and encourage In the UK, around 88% of secondary school children use social networks to
them to use the phrase ‘So does broadcast information about themselves and publicly communicate with friends
he/she/[student’s name]’. and commercial bodies. All children have Personal, Social, Health and Economic
education (PSHE) which covers all the key areas of personal information and
internet safety:
more What personal data is and why it’s important
How personal information is used
Workbook How to keep personal and private information safe
Reading p32, Ex.1–4 What our rights are
T34 Growing up | Unit 3