Language Leaper : Second_Template_Script_1_Language
Script
Director’s Notes
Discovery Discussion
Teacher: Hello. Welcome to Language Leaper. My name is __name of
person__________. How are you? (Pause) Good! Here is our friend.
Kaz enters as teacher
introduces as friend.
Puppet 1: Hello. My name is Kaz. I am nine years old.
Teacher: How are you Kaz?
Puppet 1: I am fine. Thank you. How are you?
Teacher: I am fine. Thank you.
Puppet: What is this?
Teacher: These are animals. Animals give us food. Animals give us
clothing. A chicken is an animal. A sheep is an animal. A cow is an animal.
Whiteboard Vocabulary
Teacher: (Teacher identifies item/answers the question and then
introduces vocabulary words in context)
Teacher: Let’s hear a story.
List the four vocabulary
words here:
1. chicken
2. sheep
3. cow
4.
The teacher says the word
in context while drawing.
She pauses and pulls hand
away from the tablet. She
pauses and says the target
vocabulary word again. She
pauses before starting on
the next sentence.
Teaching Context (Story Room)
TUNE: OLD MCDONALD HAD A FARM
Story is presented as a
rhythmic chant.
Animals grow
Animals give us foods
A sheep, a cow, a chicken (animal sound)
Animals grow
Plants grow
Plants give us clothing
Roots, trunks, branches and leaves grow.
Activity 1
Teacher: Game!
Language Leaper cards –
Students hold up picture
of animal when they hear
animal with no sound
they make.
Teacher: Chicken.
Teacher: Sheep.
Teacher: Cow.
Teacher: Good job!
Activity 2
Teacher: Play!
(Picture of chicken shown and students give name in Chinese and cluck and
flap arms (wings))
Kaz: Chicken. (Cluck cluck and flaps wings if possible.)
(Picture of cow shown and student says name in Chinese and makes a
chewing motion with mouth and walks slowly. MOO?)
Puppet: Cow. (walks slowy, chewing and saying moo)
(Picture of sheep show and student says name in Chinese and walks
slowly and says “baaaaa”)
Puppet: Sheep. (walks slowly, saying baaaa)
Wrap-Up
Teacher: What did you learn today?
Puppet: Animals give us food. Animals give us clothing. A chicken is an
animal. A sheep is an animal. A cow is an animal.
TPR – students see
picture of animal and give
name in Chinese and
appropriate sound it
makes.
Teacher: Good! What did you learn? (pause)
Teacher: Animals give us food. Animals give us clothing. A chicken is an
animal. A sheep is an animal. A cow is an animal.
Teacher & Puppets: cheer
Sugoi!
Teacher: It is time to say goodbye. Let’s sing our special song.
Teacher & Puppet: Goodbye!
Video Segment /Writing/Cultural Specific
Animals, animals – everywhere
Animals, animals – everywhere.
They grow, grow, grow.
They give us food
They give us clothing.
Animals, animals – everywhere
Animals, animals – everywhere.