STORYTELLING

I have choosen this book because I think its a really good book for reading in english class with young learners.

"Cat" and "Mouse" are two english animals who don´t know how to speak in spanish, so we have to try to understand what they want to tell us. This way, children will always connect this two characters to english learning.

In this book they present us the good food: fruits and vegetables, using underestandable repetitive sentence patterns to make the comprehension easier for children, and its also a good way to encourage  them to make predictions of whick is going to be the next food, or what is going to say "cat" or "mouse"...

This characteristics makes easier for students to remeber the vovabulary of the story, always in real-life situations, using feasibles conversations. which its really important for teaching english to very young learns.

You will find a Cd with these book, which its a great support for teachers and also for children, who can listen to native english at the same time they can follow the story with the pictures of the book.

VOCABULARY ENGLISH-SPANISH

- Look at this!:  ¡Mira esto!

-What is it?:  ¿Qué es?

-It´s an apple:  Es una manzana.

-Taste it!  ¡Pruébalo!, ¡Pruébala!

-It´s good:  Está bueno/ Está buena.

-It´s very good: Está muy bueno/ Está muy buena.

-Yum/yummy: ¡Ñam, Ñam!; ¡Qué rico!/ ¡Qué rica!

-Enjoy your meal!: ¡Disfruta la comida! / ¡Disfrutad la comida!

•Good: buena/bueno

•Fun, funny: divertida/ divertido; graciosa/gracioso

•Delicious: deliciosa/delicioso

- An apple: una manzana.

-A banana: un plátano.

-Cherries: cerezas.

-A strawberry: una fresa.

-An orange: una naranja.

-A tomato: un tomate.

-A potato: una patata.

-A lettuce: una lechuga.

-A carrot: una zanahoria.

- A mushroom: un champiñon.

There are also other "Cat and Mouse" books which can be used in english classes to teach and introduce new vocabulary to young learners.