Presentation by Lisa Stevens in which she takes one book ¿Has visto a mi gata? and explores the many ways that it could be used in the primary languages classroom.
Read book
Links to online readings – all use the version ¿Ha
visto a mi gata?
https://youtu.be/sNpF_cm0DIA and
https://youtu.be/TM8Z0n27pnY Ha visto a mi gata
(Spanish and English)
https://youtu.be/UF5TjO9TkH0 with bilingual text
but only Spanish read
Rewrite the story
Change the theme:
¿Has visto a mi
perro?
¿Has visto a mi
mascota?
¿Has visto a mi
libro?
Change/extend the refrain.
Este no es mi perro. Es
negro.
Es una pez. Mi mascota no
tiene escamas
¿Es este tu libro? No, no
me gustan los libros de
aventura.
Extending the text – rainbow
sentences
¿Has visto a mi gato?
¿Has visto a mi gato? No sé donde está.
¿Has visto a mi gato? Estoy triste. No sé donde está.
Este no es mi gato.
Este no es mi gato. Es un león.
Este no es mi gato. Es un león feroz .
Este no es mi gato. Es un león feroz . Mi gata no es feroz.
¡Qué va! Este no es mi gato. Es un león feroz. Mi gato no
es feroz.
¡Qué va! Este no es mi gato. Es un león feroz. Mi gato no
es feroz. Mi gato es tímido.
¿Cuántos leones hay?
Hay entre veinte y treinta mil leones [en África]
¿Cuántos pumas hay?
Hay entre quince mil quinientos y quince mil pumas
[en las Ámericas]
Suggestion to take one book and see what you can do with it. Title came from a scheme that we use in Literacy for reading and comprehension predominantly
See notes and explain BRIEFLY Not necessarily going to follow that process exactly but it’s helpful to bear in mind
I have to admit that I picked up a huge pile of books in preparation for this session and it was really hard to choose. I’m very indecisive but I had to make a decisions as I didn’t have much time to prepare so choose I did!
I thought about lots of books – and maybe another time I can talk about another one – but having sat down with a piece of paper and mindmapping ideas, I decided on this one
Eric Carle – always a winner
Familiar but not as well known as his others
Gatito /patito Little Languages scheme
Hide the cat. ¿Has visto a mi gata? ¿No sé dónde está?
Look at cover of the book
Thinking of little people – the repetition is a strong way of getting ch involved – they will invest in you actually being sad that your cat is lost
Here’s an example of how to engage learners – in German by the amazing indomitable Nigel Pearson – not to be confused with the (currently unemployed) football manager!
Lovely rhyme BUT if you want to go further, do you want to change the words/story? See Nigel’s example.
I’ve left as Has visto a mi gata for now as don’t want to get ch confused with es/está
Obviously in times of COVID this is harder
In slides on the screen – leads to directional language for older ch – allí
Split it into a grid and call number
https://www.cnet.com/news/find-the-cat-photograph-with-tricky-kitty-stumps-many-as-it-goes-viral/ It’s under the TV!
https://www.cnet.com/news/find-the-cat-photograph-with-tricky-kitty-stumps-many-as-it-goes-viral/ It’s under the TV!
Looking at text – questions we ask
Why gata not gato? Can ch work out that it’s a Mummy cat – link to feminine endings
Look at punctuation – like speech marks
Cut up the sentence and put back together
Adding – Esta no es mi gata. Es……
Handwriting
Sort into gatos no gatos
Cuatro patas
Rayas
Vive en ….
Looking at Latin names of animals – couldn’t find this in Spanish but it’s interesting to look at the similarities between the names in Sp and Latin – why?
Looking at habitats – link to topic work
Conservation and big numbers
Being careful of the single story whereby all people in Mexico have moustaches and wear huge hats or all German people walk around wearing Lederhösen
Jaguar – from South America/Brazil
Leopard from sub saharan Africa
Tiger from Java/Sumatra/Bali/Siberia/Bengal
Lion from London Zoo (I assume!)
Persian Cat from Persia
Panthers are leopards and jaguars but you can’t see their spots! They have excessive black pigment.
Countries and nationalities
Guessing games
Use babies and/or wild cats
Craft – make a cat to use for colour identity
Puzzles – use directions to arrive at the cats – deliberately get lost