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FACTSHEET PENGUIN KIDS FACTSHEETPENGUIN KIDS Level 3 Suitable for: young learners who have completed up to 150 hours of study in English Type of English: American Headwords: 600 Key words: 9 (see pages 2 and 5 of this Factsheet) Key grammar: Let’s …, possessive form (s’), would like, can for permission, have to for obligation, negative imperatives, adverbs Summary of the story Finally, Roger and Anita are delighted to welcome A man called Roger lives alone in London with back not just their own dogs, but a total of 101 his Dalmatian dog, Pongo. One day they meet Dalmatians! Now they are one big happy family. a beautiful lady, Anita, and her Dalmatian dog, Perdita. Roger falls in love with Anita and Pongo Background information falls in love with Perdita. Soon Pongo and Perdita 101 Dalmatians was released in 1961 and is the are expecting puppies. 17th movie in the Disney Animated Classics series. When Cruella De Vil hears about the birth of The movie was based on the children’s novel, The fifteen Dalmatian puppies, she comes to visit Hundred and One Dalmatians by the English writer, her old schoolfriend, Anita. Cruella loves fur and Dodie Smith. The novel was published in 1956 wants a Dalmatian-skin coat. Roger and Anita and the film rights were bought by Walt Disney in refuse to sell the puppies, so Cruella sends two 1957. men to steal them. There was a live-action remake of the movie in Pongo and Perdita go to the park to bark for help. 1996. Glenn Close played the role of Cruella De Some animals in the country hear their call and Vil. find the puppies in Cruella’s house. Pongo and Perdita race there to rescue their puppies. In the house they find their fifteen puppies, plus lots more Did you know … ? that Cruella has collected. Roger is a songwriter in the movie. His first successful song is Cruella De Vil, Pongo, Perdita, and all the puppies escape from about Anita’s evil schoolfriend. the house. Cruella and her men chase them in their cars. On the way, the dogs cover themselves in dirt Dalmatian puppies do not get their spots to hide their beautiful coats. At first this works, until they are a few weeks old. but then Cruella realises what has happened and chases them faster and faster … until she crashes! 1 101 DALMATIANS LEVEL 3 PENGUIN KIDS FACTSHEET The characters Key words Roger is a nice man. He lives in London with his (see page 5 of this Factsheet for the Key words in dog. context) Pongo is Roger’s dog. He is a Dalmatian. bark (v) puppy / puppies (n) Anita is a beautiful woman. Roger falls in love count (v) schoolfriend (n) with her. dirt (n) spots (n) Perdita is Anita’s Dalmatian dog. Pongo falls in fall in love (v) walk (n) love with her. fur (n) The puppies are Pongo and Perdita’s fifteen babies. Cruella De Vil is Anita’s old schoolfriend. She loves fur coats. natural? Which are man-made? (See also Activity The two bad men work for Cruella De Vil. 4 on page 4 of this Factsheet.) Sergeant Tibs is a clever cat. Counting / number work The story provides the opportunity to introduce the higher numbers. Topics and themes Can any of the students count to 101 in English? Dogs Roger and Anita love their Dalmatians. The illustrations also provide an opportunity for Ask the students what Dalmatians look like. counting. For example, on page 3, the spots on What is special about them? Do the students Pongo’s coat or on page 15, the number of puppies know any other breeds of dogs? What do those and spots. (See also Activities 1 and 2 on page 3 breeds look like? Which breed is their favorite? of this Factsheet.) Do any students have a dog at home? Do they know any other stories or films about dogs? (See City and country Pongo and Perdita are city also Activities 2, 3, and 5 on pages 3–4 of this dogs. Sergeant Tibs is a country cat. Talk with the Factsheet.) students about the differences between life in a town or city and life in the country. What do cities Pets Roger and Anita agree to have 101 pet dogs! / towns look like? What does the country look like? What other animals do people have as pets? Where do these pets live? What do they eat? House and home Ask the students to describe What should you do to look after a pet? Do any of the two different houses in the story (Roger’s the students have a pet? Can they tell the rest of house and Cruella De Vil’s). Where do the students the class about it? live – in a house or an apartment? How big is their home? What rooms do they have in their home? Family Roger and Anita consider their dogs to be part of their family. Ask the students about Baddies Cruella De Vil is a very bad person. She their families. What words do they know for the wants to kill the puppies to make herself a fur members of the family? The students could make coat. Can the students tell you about baddies simple family trees and include aunts, uncles, from other movies / stories? Who is their favorite cousins, etc. to extend their vocabulary. villain? What bad things do they do? What usually happens to baddies? Clothes / fabrics Cruella De Vil loves fur coats. What are the other humans in the story wearing? London Pongo and Perdita live in London. What What clothes are the students wearing? Do they do the students know about London? Where is it? know what fabrics their clothes are made from? What can you do there? What can you visit? Where do these fabrics come from? Which are Have any students been to London? 2 101 DALMATIANS LEVEL 3 PENGUIN KIDS FACTSHEET Class Activities (After Reading) materials. Tell them how many puppies they need to draw, paint, and cut out each. Here are some activities to do with your class after reading 101 Dalmatians. n >RO]^_NOX^]N\Ka^ROS\.KVWK^SKXZ_ZZSO]KXN paint their features / spots in black. 1. Number match n >RO]^_NOX^]M_^Y_^^ROS\Z_ZZSO]KXN]^SMU Materials: different colored sheets of cardstock, them to the collage. There should be 101 dogs in scissors, glue the picture in total. n ,OPY\O^RO]O]]SYX^cZO^ROX_WLO\]} n .S]ZVKc^ROMYVVKQOKXNK]U]^_NOX^]SX\OVKc]^Y within a grid on one page in landscape format. count all the dogs in the picture. On another sheet type the words for the 3. Dalmatian sock puppets numbers (one–one hundred and one) within the same size / format of the grid. Materials: one white sock per student (ask students to bring these in from home), stick-on n :\SX^Y_^OXY_QRMYZSO]PY\OKMRZKS\YP moving eyes, black marker pens students in the class. n ,OPY\O^RO]O]]SYXWKUOK.KVWK^SKX]YMU n .S`SNO^ROMVK]]SX^YZKS\]KXNQS`OOKMRZKS\ puppet as a model. Stick on the eyes. Draw a a copy of both sheets (numerals and words), nose and ears with a black marker pen (Pongo two sheets of different colored card, glue, and has black ears; Perdita has white ears which can scissors. be drawn in outline). Then use the marker pen to n =^_NOX^]QV_O^RO]ROO^]^Y^ROMK\N^ROXM_^ draw spots randomly on the sock. out the words and numbers with scissors. n =RYa^RO]^_NOX^]^ROZ_ZZO^.OWYX]^\K^O n =^_NOX^]MKXXYaaY\USX^ROS\ZKS\]^YWK^MR how you can make it move and “talk.” the numbers with the words and put them in n 1S`O^RO]^_NOX^]^ROWK^O\SKV]KXNROVZ^ROW order. to make their own sock puppets. 2. 101 Dalmatians collage n >ROXSXZKS\]^ROcMKXKM^Y_^]MOXO]P\YW^RO Materials: very large sheet of colored story (where Pongo meets Perdita, for example, construction paper (for the background); sheets of or when they run away to find their puppies). white construction paper; black markers or black They could write down their dialogues before paints and brushes; scissors; glue acting them out, using their own words in English. n ,OPY\O^RO]O]]SYXZ\OZK\O^ROLKMUQ\Y_XN for the collage. Draw two large Dalmatian n +]UPY\`YV_X^OO\]^YZO\PY\W^ROS\NSKVYQ_OPY\ dog shapes (Pongo and Perdita). Paint in their the rest of the class. features (ears, eyes, nose, and spots) in black (you can copy these from the book). n -_^Y_^^RO^aY]RKZO]KXN]^SMU^ROWSX^RO center of the collage. n AY\UY_^RYaWKXcZ_ZZSO]^RO]^_NOX^]aSVV need to make each to create a total of 101 Dalmatians for the collage. n 1S`O^RO]^_NOX^]]O`O\KV]ROO^]YPaRS^O construction paper each and the other 3 101 DALMATIANS LEVEL 3 PENGUIN KIDS FACTSHEET 4. Guess the fabric n AROX^RONYQMK^MRO\^KQ]K]^_NOX^^ROcRK`O Materials: a box with a hole in the side (but to go to the pound (inside the hoops). The dog closed at the top) which students can put their catcher cannot tag the rescue dogs. hand into, several pieces of different types of n >RO\O]M_ONYQ]W_]^QS`O^ROS\LYXO]^Y fabric, e.g. fur, wool, corduroy, leather, silk, velvet, students in the pound to free them. The freed lace, cotton, etc. students then become the rescue dogs. n ,OPY\O^RO]O]]SYXZ\OZK\O^ROLYbKXNZ_^^RO n -RKXQO^RONYQMK^MRO\]O`O\KV^SWO]KXNZVKc pieces of fabric inside it (they should all feel for as long as the students are enjoying the different from each other).