Simon's Cat MT – 1

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Here is something for those who like me may be a little skittish with MT (I’m afraid of going too wide on the kids with it):

Reading in French:
MT Simon’s Cat 1 – The Box
What I’m thinking of doing with this is:
Part A:

  1. Get a box and my cat hand puppet. No video at this early point.
  2. Copy of the text in my hand.
  3. Teach the verb in the first sentence.
  4. Then get an actor up to be the man.
  5. Go through with lots of PQA and circled reps on the first sentence, then the second, then the third, etc. Kind of create the upcoming video in class first with student actors and a box and a hand puppet. The kids should stay at least a little focused when they see a box being destroyed in class and a story unfolding, even if they don’t know that it is related to an MT clip coming up later.

Part B:
Project and the kids read the story. Plug and play using whatever parts of ROA I wish. Maybe do some textivating since the text is nice and handy in the form of a Word file.
Part C:

  1. Play the video all the way through without stopping.
  2. Play it again while stopping and spinning some discussion as per regular MovieTalk procedures.
  3. Have the kids do a ten minute free write to see how many verbs they can write out.
  4. Somebody does a retell.
  5. Trnaslation quiz.

Suggestions welcome!