Materials

As you watch this video, think of:

1) Which 2 languages does the cat speak?

2) In which 2 ways does the cat use his knowledge of 2 languages?

3 - Outstanding (All questions are answered. Reasons to back up your thinking are provided and make sense.

Details and examples are strikingly interesting.)

2 - Good (Most questions are answered. Reasons that back up your thinking are provided and almost make sense.

Details and examples are provided.)

1- O.K. (Questions are answered without reasoning, examples, or details)

Languages, the existence of which we are aware:

1)  English

2)  Spanish

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Match languages to countries they are spoken in:

French
German
Urdu
Mandarin
Mic - Mac
Spanish
Swedish
Latvian
Latin
Greek
Yiddish

Nelson Mandela, the Nobel Peace Prize Winner (1993) and the President of South Africa (1994-1999), once said:

If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his own language, that goes to his heart.

I, the 4^th grader at Chelsea school (2013) say:

We should learn different languages because…………………………………………..

Keeping track:

	Team 1	Team 2	Team 3	Team 4	Team 5	Team 6
“The Tall and Short of It” Video
“Gulliver” Video
“Snow White” Video
“Bilingual Cat” Video
Name Languages
Match Languages to Countries
Traveling Videos
Total points

1)   The two men are communicating  using……………………

For example, when the short man …………………………

2)   The small man is trying to tell the large man that ………

         We know this because…..

3)   The men’s communication could have been more successful if ……..

1)   Gulliver is using ………………………

      For example, he uses ……………………… when he ………

2)   Gulliver ends up in Lilliputians’ Zoo because…………………….

3)   Gulliver’s fate would have been different if  ………………

1)   The Cat speaks …………………………………………….

       For example, when the Cat…………………………………

2)   The Cat uses his knowledge of ……………………………..  when he …………………………….

And then, the Cat uses his knowledge of ……………..  when                                     he …………………

1)   Our travelers have trouble with …………………………

         For example, when ………………………………

2)   The best – equipped to travel tourist is the one who…………………………………

           He   is better prepared to face the challenges of the road   because ….........................................