The Cat in the Hat Education Pack

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I’m going to show you how you too can create a terrific story with words and drawings just like me. Do you know the ingredients for a great Dr Seuss story?

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nds y can be brought to life, and my frie the t tha is ries sto g atin cre ut abo of my book The wonderful thing e made The Cat in the Hat step out hav y the how you w sho l wil atre in your the and into your neighbourhood. r house?

I wonder if he will call around to you click see a s. One more thing, Whenever you We better get started before he doe t. firs et are some people I’d like you to me click on it to discover more. There meet them?

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isel. My dad My real name is Theodor Seuss Ge but I always always wanted me to be a doctor d my middle wanted to be a creator. I really like title with my name so I decided to combine this Seuss. favourite name and call myself Dr

A Hall of Fame Pen Name

Pick a title

I would recommend that you find your ‘pen name’ too. Here’s how you do it:

People have titles to help us unders tand what job they might do, or to show respect to adults such as teachers or neighbours.

If you could pick your title what wo uld it be? Here are some examples: Mr. Mrs. Madam Master Pre sident Duke Duchess Lord Lady Doctor Professor Sir Dame Judge Captain Chief

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pieces e the word. These ak m at th es ec . pi e up of different en more syllables ev ad m or o, be n tw ca e, on ey Th saws. might have Words are like jig syllables. A word ve ha ds or w ll A . es are called syllabl For example: syllable. and so it has one Red is one sound es. it has two syllabl so d an lo lhe rhyme. ds with rhythm and on r Hello has two soun te la us lp he , animal, material, ds a word has will ur un lo so co y e, an m m na w ite ho Knowing your favour it has one syllable. ord you really like, w as a ng be lo s n A ca . e ng m hi na tion or anyt Your one syllable , food, clothes, ac er th ea w d, un so object, game, t Zoom Mars ot Sc l ar Pe : ne amples og Ju am Hop Here are some ex Shoe Claw D eb W e ik Nose Eggs H B z nt uz A B p g m Eg Ju Fox John Sky Wolf Tree k In m or St e Ic

rd is: My favourite One syllable wo : My Hall of Fame Pen Name is

My Pen Name also helped me to sta y mysterious as I am quite shy. I don’t really like to talk about myself. I leave that to other people. Suba Das, The dire ctor of The Cat in the Hat can tell you more about me. How many cats does he say I had?

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Lots of things in my life influenced the stories that I wrote. In fact, the reason why I wrote The Cat in the Hat was because I wanted to win a bet.

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A challenging bet words and to learn to read by using u yo e lik s er ad re g un They all t to help yo ols were pretty boring. ho sc in s I wrote The Cat in the Ha rie sto e th s, ry. Before my book drawings to tell the sto fferent words. a story with only 200 di ite wr n’t uld co I at th said rds to be exact). fferent words But I did it! (with 236 wo d Ham using only 50 di an gs Eg n ee Gr ite wr rk, do, to her bet boat, box, car, could, da , be e, ar , And later on I won anot re he yw an d, or, way, are: a, am, an ay, me, mouse, not, on, m e, lik , let in, if, (The 50 words, by the I, e, us , you). od, green, ham, here, ho tree, try, will, with, would in, tra , ey eat, eggs, fox, goat, go th e, er th , em ank, that, the, th rain, Sam, say, see, so, th And I love words.

I enjoy a challenge.

Do you think you could win a bet?

If I asked you to write your own story, using only 50 different words, that rhyme?

With drawings? Could you do it?

The bet is on!

The prize is a secret that can only be revealed once you have completed the task.

Now this is going to be exciting.

You have your Pen Name and your bet is set. Before you begin let me remind you of my story The Cat in the Hat to help you think of some ideas. I wrote down what happens but that naughty cat has jumbled it all up. Can you help me to put it back in order?

Put your answers onto the story recipe sheet

Thing One and Thing Two fly their kites in the house and everything is turned upside down.

But the Cat plays a game called UP -UP-UP with a fish and balances the fish bowl on his umbrella.

The fish falls into a pot and tells the cat to go away.

Sally and I are bored in the house on a rainy day.

But the Cat won’t go and plays FU N-IN-A-BOX instead.

Mother returns home.

Then The Cat in the Hat appears wit h a bump and says he has some tric ks to share.

But the Cat returns to help and pic ks everything up.

The fish says that the Cat shouldn’t be here and should go away.

We have to clean up a lot of mess.

Mother returns and asks if we had any fun. But I wasn’t sure how to ans wer that one!

The cat stands on a ball and holds a book, and even balances a cup and a cake on his hat. He holds up a little toy ship, and some milk on a dish and hops up and down.

Out of the box comes Thing One and Thing Two and they shake hands wit h Sally and I. Sally and I catch the Things with a net and tell the Cat to leave.

The trick gets bigger and better unt il the Cat falls on his head!

Sally and Boy can tell us if we got this right

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Listen to this:

What do you think it is?

Exactly! Rain! What else can you make with music?

Captain Tune Maker has made the music to sound like the character’s personalities. Who do you think this could be?

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Character 1 - Name: Type of music:

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How would you describe this music?

Which character do you think it is?

Character 2 - Name: Type of Music:

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A list of words you’d like to use o or more words Rhyming words are tw similar ending that have the same or of rhyming words sound. Some examples float, coat. are: goat, boat, moat, out if two words When you are figuring listen as you say rhyme, use your ears to d the same or the words. If they soun r example: car & bar similar, they rhyme. Fo rhyme. If the two rhyme; house & mouse they do not rhyme. words sound different, do not rhyme; For example: car & man yme. house & grass do not rh

A good game to play is Keep the Rhyme self or with a friend.

You can play it by your ink of a word All you need to do is th in turns to find to start with and take it yme going. another to keep the rh Boy Can you help Sally and with their game?

Round One Cat Rhyming Game Round Two Book Rhyming Game Round Three Dog Rhyming Game

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morphism. more human. This is called Anthropo m see t tha s ect obj or ls ma ani e My stories often hav ry or art. a human, more human-like in a sto not is ich wh ing eth som ke ma This is when you human, feelings, like a human. It can mean giving it re mo ped sha g thin the g kin ma This can mean goals, or the ability to talk. like? who have been made more humanw kno you t tha ries sto in s ter rac Can you think of any cha

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How can you create your own anthropomorphic characters? ing animals What would you add to the follow an? or objects to make them more hum ipe. rec ry You can draw them on your sto Think about their feelings, clothing, position, whether they can talk.

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My stories are made up of words and drawings. This is a photo of me creating one of my favourite characters:

Pencil and paper will need to learn If you are going to win the bet you how to draw your characters. if you can draw Follow my step by step guide to see in the Hat. some of the characters from The Cat

Here is The Cat:

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What animal, or object would you like to create in your story?

How would you make it more human? ner e, the desig own creature: Follow my six steps to draw your everything else Remember to start with the face and r pencil and paper will follow, why don’t you take you it in six easy steps and try to draw your creature? Do in your story recipe sheet:

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Some tricks up your sleeve e characters you have a hall of fame name, som ry, sto r you h wit re the ost alm You are ke human and ming words, a creature you can ma who are looking for fun, some rhy ke your story come alive. some brilliant drawings to get ma things that we p your story a surprise. Tricks are kee to ks tric e som are d nee you ers.

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Take a look at this trick Bending a spoon in To bring the story to life the actors g The Cat in the Hat have been learnin r. rne Ho k some tricks with an expert Jac Let’s see what tricks he has been working on:

Jack & tricks

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Shall we see Nana practise the balancing ball trick?

What tricks would you like to include in your story?

Put them into your story recipe to use in your creation.

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Patience and imagination

t you If you have followed my ingredientfulis will have the makings of a wonder l story.

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beginning of Don’t worry if you are only at the agination you this journey, with patience and im can create anything.

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