Category Archives: Using Film in The World Language Classroom

Where the Wild Things Are: There’s One in All of Us!

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While we are on the topic of children’s literature and scary things we have to include monsters: Where the Wild Things Are!

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Our opening routine includes the song of the week.  Había una Vez un Barquito Chiquitito in Spanish.  Il Était un Petit Navire in French.  I like the connection to the book with the boat, it helps with some of the words like navigate and weeks, and provides a starting phrase for retelling the story.

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Here is some information on Maurice Sendak and his works in French.  Here are some activities in French.  There is a free packet in Spanish and English at Teacherspayteachers.com.

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Here’s the story in Spanish, and a website with the making of the movie in Spanish.  Check out my Pinterest page for more ideas in French and Spanish.

My favorite monster is a directed drawing activity that my students enjoy.  I describe and draw my favorite monster with the class in the target language.  I tell them my favorite monster has three heads, the one on the right is square, the one in the middle is oval, and the one on the left is a triangle.  Click here for the rest of the directions, My favorite monster activity.  They listen and follow along drawing on their paper as I draw the monster on the board.

There is also a movie in English, French, and Spanish. The book is quite different from the movie.  Read the book first and have students compare and contrast the book with the movie version.  Have students discuss with a partner a time they were in trouble, did something wrong, or wanted to run away from home.  Call on students to share out their partner’s answer. Have students quote their favorite line from the movie, or create a meme.

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Here are a couple memes I created with my favorite line. Hay uno en todos nosotros!  Il y en a un dans chancun de nous!   There is a little monster in all of us!

 

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