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I Covered Myself With Tattoos For A Day (B2)

Work with a partner, group, or your teacher. Do the activities below together.

PART 1 Discuss the questions below about tattoos.

1 What is your opinion on tattoos? Do you have any?

2 Why do people get tattoos?
3 How are tattoos viewed in today’s society compared to the past?
4 What kinds of stereotypes exist towards people with tattoos?

Which adjectives below would you use to describe someone who is fully covered in
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tattoos? Explain why. Would you add any more adjectives to the list?

rebellious | scary | unprofessional | cool | courageous

PART 3 Choose the correct adjectives that fit each description. One is not used!

obsessed intimidated confident badass conscious

1 If you say that someone looks , it is a slang term to

describe someone who has a cool, tough, or sexy style.

2 If someone is with something, they are excessively

interested in something.

3 If someone is by someone, they feel scared of that person

or feel that they could be dangerous in some way.

4 If someone is self- , they are worried about what other

people think about them.

If you know any of the words below, define them out loud. If you don’t know them,
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translate them to your native language, and then define them out loud.

WORDS TRANSLATIONS

1 a thug (n.)
2 a dropout (n.)
3 a hipster (n.)
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TATTOOS FOR A DAY I Covered Myself With Tattoos For A Day (B2)

PREVIEW DISCUSSION: Read the discussion topic

below and discuss it with your partner or teacher.

What do you think it would be like to be

completely covered in tattoos? How do you
think your life would be different?

VIEWING ACTIVITY

PART 1 Discuss / Write short answers according to the information in the video.

0:08 1 How did the speaker grow up? What stereotypes was he taught about tattoos?

0:30 2 Why does the speaker get fully covered in fake tattoos?

1:00 3 What’s the first thing the speaker does after getting the fake tattoos?

PART 2 Describe the reactions of the following people when they see the speaker’s tattoos.

1:14 a. The speaker’s mother

1:42 b. The speaker’s co-workers
2:59 c. Strangers in public (people in the store/club)

PART 3 Watch the video once more and write the words you hear the speaker say.

0:25 1 “ I was never the rebellious type, but I was always with tattoos.”

0:40 2 “ I’m either gonna look really , or look like a ‘wannabe’ hipster.”

1:43 3 “ Some of my co-workers were just by my new look.”

2:52 4 “ For me, I’m already self- about my own body, so having all these
tattoos on me really made me self-aware.”
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I Covered Myself With Tattoos For A Day (B2)

PART 1 Discuss the questions below.

1 What is your opinion of the man’s appearance with the tattoos? How do you
think he looks with the tattoos compared to without them?

2 What are some examples of “cliché” or trendy tattoos? Do you have any tattoo
ideas that you have considered getting?

PART 2 Discuss the questions about the vocabulary words as used in the sentences below.

1 The speaker says, “Tattoos are more accepted now today, but I wonder if
there’s a line that’s gonna be crossed if I have a neck or face tattoo.”

• What do you think it means to cross a line in this context?

• Do you agree that getting a neck/face/full body tattoo is crossing a line?

2 When the speaker goes in public with his tattoos, he says, “A lot of people are
staring, but in a good way.”

• What do you think it means to stare?

• What are some reasons people sometimes stare at others?

3 At the end of the video, the speaker says the idiom, “Never judge a book
by its cover.”

• What do you think the idiom never judge a book by its cover means?
• Why do you think the speaker uses this idiom at the end?

PART 3 Read the quote from the video out loud and then discuss the questions below.

“
The first thing I’m gonna do is call my mom to see what she thinks. My mom in
particular hates my three tattoos that I have, so I couldn’t imagine what she was
gonna say when she saw my neck tattoo.”

1 What do you notice is different about the structure of “gonna” in the first
sentence and in the second sentence above?

2 What do you think is different about the function/usage of “gonna” in the

first sentence and in the second sentence above?
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I Covered Myself With Tattoos For A Day (B2)

PART 1 Study the example and usage of be + going to (“gonna”) + [base verb] in the past.

When thinking about his mother’s reaction to his tattoo, the speaker says...

“ My mom in particular hates my three tattoos that I have, so I couldn’t

imagine what she was gonna say when she saw my neck tattoo.”

When we refer to the future from a time in the past, we often use the structure be + going to
(“gonna”) + [base verb]. We often use this structure to refer to a plan in the past that did not
actually happen, but in the example above, it refers to a prediction the speaker had in the past
about the future.

NEXT EXAMPLES I was gonna get a tattoo, but then I decided not to. (plan in the past)
I knew my parents weren’t gonna like my tattoo! (prediction in the past)

On the first line of each sentence, write the correct form of be + gonna + [base verb].
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Use a verb that fits the context. On the second line, convert the sentence to the past.

EX. When my mom sees my neck tattoos, I think she is gonna cry .

When my mom saw my neck tattoos, I thought she was gonna cry.

1 It’s hard to imagine how painful getting a tattoo .

2 I know that getting a tattoo much more than getting a piercing.

3 I’m not sure whether my parents my small tattoos.

4 I have a feeling your face tattoos your chances of getting a job.

5 I’m glad you’re not getting those tattoos. They good on you!

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I Covered Myself With Tattoos For A Day (B2)

STORY TASK:

Choose one of the experiences below. Create an imaginary story about this experience
and tell your partner/teacher about it. Use at least 2 of the phrases below in your story
using be + gonna + [base verb] in the past.

EXPERIENCES:

1. You got fully covered in tattoos 4. You went diving with sharks
2. You went skydiving for the first time 5. You met someone famous
3. You took some psychedelic drugs 6. You went on a jungle safari

PHRASES:

1. I couldn’t imagine what/how... 4. I had a feeling that...

2. I thought... 5. I wasn’t sure whether...
3. I knew that... 6. I just wanted to know what/how/if...

EXAMPLE EXPERIENCE: You got fully covered in tattoos

I grew up in a very conservative Asian household, so my mom used to associate

tattoos with pretty much all the stereotypes you can think of. I was always taught
to believe that tattoos are only meant for gangs and dropouts.

I was never the rebellious type, but I was always obsessed with tattoos. Tattoos are more
accepted today, but I wasn’t sure whether there was a line that was gonna be crossed if I got
a neck or face tattoo. I just wanted to know what it was gonna feel like to be fully covered.

My mom in particular hates my three tattoos that I have, so I couldn’t imagine what she
was gonna say when she saw my neck tattoo. When I called her and showed her my tattoo, I
thought she was gonna cry!

YOUR EXPERIENCE:
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I Covered Myself With Tattoos For A Day (B2)

Work with a partner. Complete the quiz and review activities below.

PART 1 Questions. Discuss the answers to the questions/topics below about the video.

1 What does the man do in the video and why?

2 How did the speaker grow up? What stereotypes was he taught about tattoos?
3 Describe the reactions the man gets from his mom, co-workers, and in public.
4 What idiom does the man say at the end of the video? What does it mean?

Vocabulary: Define each word/phrase below. Then try to write/say a sentence out loud
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using each word/phrase in the same way that the man used them in the video.

1. to stare

2. to cross a line

3. a thug

Vocabulary: Write the missing adjectives in the spaces below that the man used
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in the video.

1 “ I was never the rebellious type, but I was always with

tattoos.”

2 “ I’m either gonna look really , or look like a ‘wannabe’

hipster.”

3 “ Some of my co-workers were just by my new look.”

4 “ For me, I’m already self- about my own body, so having all
these tattoos on me really made me self-aware.”

Grammar: Explain how to use be + going to (“gonna”) + [base verb] in the past.
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Then write a form of be + gonna + [base verb] in the past for each sentence below.

1 My mom in particular hates my three tattoos that I have, so I couldn’t

imagine what she when she saw my neck tattoo.

2 I knew that getting a tattoo much more than

getting a piercing.

3 I wasn’t sure whether my parents my small tattoos.