2. What’s in a Name? By Joy Agre T 5

3. What’s in a Name? Reading 5 Soprano Luisa Tetrazzini enjoyed dining on a casserole of chicken and pasta in a cream sauce. She loved the dish so much that it was named after her: “Chicken Tetrazzini.” Dame Nellie Melba, another soprano, loved the thin toasted bread made by master chef Auguste Escoffier. He named these wafers “Melba toast” for her.

4. If you could create a dish for a musician, what dish would you create? For whom would you create it? What’s in a Name? Question 5

5. What’s in a Name? Teacher’s Page Students should first read to themselves then together as a class aloud. Brainstorm and give examples of possible answers to questions together as a class. Then have individuals answer independently. Maybe have a contest to see whose “dish” or “ice cream flavor” or “instrument” is the class favorite. Incorporate social studies by holding a secret ballot vote for each category. As an extension see if the students could really create anything they named and bring it to show the class.