The Jefferson Performing Arts Society Presents *JPAS Theatre Kids! Production of Disney's 101 Dalmatians A Study Companion Jefferson Performing Arts Society 1118 Clearview Parkway Metairie, Louisiana 70001 Phone: 504 885 2000 Fax: 504 885 3437 1 Table of Contents Teacher Notes…………………………………………………………3 Louisiana Content Standards and Benchmarks……………………4 101 Dalmatians History……………………………………………….5 Lesson Plans……………………………………………………………26 English Language Arts Benchmarks………………………………….28 More Lesson Plans…………………………………………………….29 English Language Arts Benchmarks………………………………….33 Mathematics Benchmarks………………………………….………….34 Teachingheart Teachers Share Ideas………………………………..35 101 Dalmatians Movie: Educational Activities and Games for 2 to 5 Year Olds………………………………………………………………...36 101 Dalmatians: Compare and Contrast……………………………..41 English Language Arts Benchmarks………………………………….75 Teaching the Compare and Contrast Essay through Modeling……76 English Language Arts Benchmarks………………………………….81 Additional Resources………………………………………………......82 2 Teacher’s Notes Directed by Matias Grau, III Music and lyrics by Mel Leven, Randy Rogel, Richard Gibbs Brian Smith, Martin Lee Fuller, Dan Root Book adapted and additional lyrcs by Marcy Heisler Music adapted an arranged by Bryan Louiselle Based on the screenplay by Bill Peet Based on the novel THE HUNDRED AND ONE DALMATIANS by Dodie Smith In a loving home in the city of London, Dalmatian parents, Pongo and Perdita happily raise their Dalmatian puppies, until the monstrous Cruella De Vil plots to steal them for her new fur coat! Join all the dogs of London, as they daringly rescue the puppies from Cruella and her bumbling henchmen. With a delightfully fun score, lovable characters, and one of the most deliciously evil villains in the Disney canon, this stage adaptation is certain to charm and delight all audiences! JPAS Theatre Kids! are back again this season with two productions for kids by kids! Kids have been invited to participate in 101 DALMATIANS. There is no enrollment fee to participate. We will be offering performance opportunities next season. Be sure to visit www.jpas.org for Theatre Kids! Auditions and info for our upcoming season. On a sad note, tragically, animal cruelty is a real phenomenon happing today all over the world. For an exposé linking 101 Dalmatians with data on cruelty to dogs and other animals, visit: http://redstarcafe.wordpress.com/category/film/ WARNING: Not for those who have a weak stomach or who are faint of heart. On a lighter note, 101 Dalmatians has been adapted many times, from Dodie Smith’s book to a Disney film to a T.V. cartoon to a stage play. 101 Dalmatians History gives an overview of each of these adaptations. This section includes many illustrations. The lesson plan section of this companion provides writing prompts, game ideas and math activities that focus on the 101 Dalmatians. This section includes activity sheets that can be photocopied and used with students. Two of the lessons, 101 Dalmatians: Compare and Contrast and Teaching the Compare and Contrast Essay through Modeling, provide ways of comparing and contrasting the book and the film version of 101 Dalmatians. We welcome you to the magical world of Disney. Enjoy! 3 L o u i s i a n a Educational Content Standards and Benchmarks Content Standards and Benchmarks will follow each section of this companion. In the interest of brevity, Content Standards and Benchmarks will be listed for grades K-4 only. Most Content Standards and Benchmark coding for each subject is similar, and can be adapted for every grade level. As an example, English Language Arts Content Standard Three, “Students communicate using standard English grammar, usage, sentence structure, punctuation, capitalization, spelling, and handwriting, has corresponding Benchmarks across grade levels. The code is written ELA (English Language Arts,) 3 (Content Standard 3,) and E1 (grades 1-4.) The same Benchmark applies to all grade levels. Coding can be converted as follows: ELA-3-E1 Writing legibly, allowing margins and correct spacing between letters in a word and words in a sentence Grades 1-4 ELA-3-M1 Writing fluidly and legibly in cursive or printed form Grades 5-8 ELA-3-H1 Writing fluidly and legibly in cursive or printed form Grades 9-12 As another example: Mathematics Content Standard NUMBER AND NUMBER RELATIONS, “In problem- solving investigations, students demonstrate an understanding of the real number system and communicate the relationships within that system using a variety of techniques and tools,” has corresponding Benchmarks across grade levels. The code is written N (Number and Number Relations,) 1 (Benchmark 1,) and E (grades 1-4.) The same Benchmark applies to all grade levels. Coding can be converted as follows: N-1-E Constructing number meaning and demonstrating that a number can be expressed in many different forms (e.g., standard notation, number words, number lines, geometrical representation, fractions, and decimals); Grades 1-4 N-1-M Demonstrating that a rational number can be expressed in many forms, and selecting an appropriate form for a given situation (e.g., fractions, decimals, and percents); Grades 5-8 N-1-H Demonstrating an understanding of the real number system; Grades 9-12 All Louisiana Content Standards and Benchmarks were retrieved from: http://mconn.doe.state.la.us/standards1.php 4 History IMAGE RETRIEVED FROM: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/5e/DodieSmith_101Dalmations.jpg 5 The Book The Hundred and One Dalmatians, or the Great Dog Robbery is a 1956 children's novel by Dodie Smith. A sequel entitled The Starlight Barking continues from the end of the first novel. At a dinner party attended by the Dearly couple, Cruella de Vil expresses her dislike for animals; subsequently, the couple's new Dalmatian puppies disappear. The Dearly dogs are some of 97 puppies who are kidnapped or legally purchased from various owners, with the intention of skinning them for their fur. Through the co-operation of animals and the "Twilight Barking", the dogs are found in Suffolk, England, and a rescue ensues. Plot Pongo and Missis Pongo (or just Missis) are a pair of Dalmatians. They live with the newly married Mr and Mrs Dearly (their "pets"; dogs allow humans to think they are the owners when it is really the other way round) and their two nannies, Nanny Cook and Nanny Butler. Mr Dearly is a "financial wizard" who has been granted exemption from income tax for life and lent a house on the Outer Circle in Regent's Park in return for wiping out the government debt. Before marrying, the Dearlys lived in bachelor flats with their nannies. After marriage, they all move in together and the nannies decide to train as a cook and a butler to match their surnames. Missis gives birth to a litter of 15 puppies, including the Cadpig, Lucky and Patch. The Dearlys are concerned that Missis will not be able to feed them all and the humans join in feeding them. Mrs Dearly looks for somebody to be a wet nurse, and by chance finds an abandoned Dalmatian mother in the middle of the road in the pouring rain. She has the dog treated by a vet and gives her the name Perdita, Latin for "lost". Later Perdita tells Pongo about her lost love and the circumstances that led to her being abandoned in the middle of the road. Mr and Mrs Dearly are invited to a dinner party hosted by Cruella de Vil, an intimidating and very wealthy woman. They meet her furrier husband and her abused cat, and discover her love of pepper and very high temperatures, and her fixation with furs. They are disconcerted by her suggestion that animals which are not valuable should be drowned, including her own cat's kittens. Shortly after the dinner party the puppies disappear. The humans fail to trace them but through the "Twilight Barking", a forum of communication in which dogs can relay messages to each other across the country, the dogs manage to track them down to Hell Hall, the ancestral home of the de Vil family in Suffolk. 6 Pongo and Missis try to explain to the Dearlys where the puppies are but fail. The dogs then decide to run away and find them. They explain to Perdita that she should stay behind and look after the Dearlys. After a journey across country, they are met by the Colonel, an Old English Sheepdog who shows them Hell Hall and tells them its history. He tells them to rest overnight and that they will see their puppies the next day. They then discover there are 97 puppies including their own 15 and many others who later turn out to have been legally bought. They also discover Cadpig's love of television. Cruella de Vil appears and tells the crooks in charge of Hell Hall that the dogs must be slaughtered and skinned as soon as possible because of the publicity surrounding the theft of the Dearlys' pups. Pongo and Missis devise an escape plan and agree that they must take all the puppies with them, not just their own 15. They escape on the day before Christmas Eve. Cadpig is too weak to walk the long distance from Suffolk to London so she is lent a toy carriage by Tommy, the Colonel's 2 year old "pet". When the cart loses a wheel, they have a rest on the hassocks of a country church to escape the cold. The group almost meet Cruella as she drives towards a burning building; Pongo says that they need a miracle and find one when they are offered a lift in a removal van. Having previously rolled in soot to disguise their white hair, they hide in the darkness of the removal van with the help of a Staffordshire terrier whose pets are the movers.