GRRRRReat readers: Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss

EL GRUPO LEO EN FLORIDA

Hace un año, una maestra del CEIP Gabriel Miró de Benidorm se unía a las actividades del Grupo Leo. Al finalizar el curso, nos comunica que tiene una beca para impartir docencia en un Centro del Estado de Florida en Estados Unidos.
Desde allí, quiere seguir aportando a este Grupo sus iniciativas en pro de la animación lectora, en este caso, en inglés.
Por ello abrimos este apartado en nuestro blog, que yo lo titularía: “El Grupo Leo abre fronteras” e intenta incentivar la lectura en inglés en un mundo cada vez más universal.
Conscientes, de que a través de la lectura y de cualquier lenguaje, la persona sea cada vez más de un mundo de todos y en el que el ser humano sea el centro de libertad y responsabilidad.
Gracias a María Signes por su colaboración. Esperamos que sirva al profesorado implicado en el objetivo de apertura a un mundo en el que un idioma sea un vínculo de una relación más universal.
Con el ánimo de que esta actividad pueda ser fructífera.

Diego Gila Haro
Coordinador Grupo Leo

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El primer libro que he propuesto es muy famoso aquí en Estados Unidos. Hace poco celebramos en el colegio el cumpleaños del autor y preparamos diversas actividades en torno al mismo. A los niños les encanta.
Seguiré recomendando más libros del Dr. Seuss porque son muy fáciles de leer y de comprender, sobre todo son útiles para los lectores que están empezando a estudiar inglés.

María Signes Perelló

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GRRRRReat readers!!!

Best book of the month: beginner book.

With his unmistakable characters and signature rhymes, Dr. Seuss's beloved Beginner Book has cemented it's place as a children's classic. Follow Sam I Am as he tries to convince an acquaintance that green eggs and ham is, indeed, a delectable meal to be savored everywhere and every way. Sam-I-Am mounts a determined campaign to convince another Seuss character to eat a plate of green eggs and ham. "Limited vocabulary but unlimited exuberance of illustration".

Read aloud

http://youtu.be/vbeSIiN1R-M

Dr. Seuss was born Theodor Geisel in Springfield, Massachusetts, in 1904. After attending Dartmouth College and Oxford University, he began a career in advertising. His advertising cartoons, featuring "Quick, Henry, the Flit!," appeared in leading American magazines. His first children's book, And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street, hit the market in 1937, and the world of children's literature was changed forever!

His popular series combines engaging stories with outrageous illustrations and playful sounds to teach basic reading skills.

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize in 1984 and three Academy Awards, Seuss was the author and illustrator of 44 children’s books, some of which have been made into audiocassettes, animated television specials, and videos for children of all ages. Even after his death in 1991, Dr. Seuss continues to be the best-selling author of children's books in the world.

Activities:
Before your read:

• Pay attention to the character on the cover of the book. Judging from the facial expression, what does this character think about green eggs and ham?

After you read you can discuss and answer the following questions:

• Would you like to eat green eggs and ham?
• At the beginning of the story, who looks happy? Who does not?
• Which ways does Sam use to convince his friend to eat green eggs and ham? Why do you think he doesn’t give up?
• How do you think are feeling both characters at the end of the story? How do you know it?
• Have you ever had a strong opinion about something that you were convinced you hated and later discovered you liked?
• Let´s prepare green eggs and eat them!!