でも、まずは見本がないとね、ということで、ぼくが見本を見せます。
材料は Mr. Putter and Tabby シリーズ。
ms.mikanさんの Bitesize Writing を材料に、
まず1語から始めます。
次にBitesize≦2、
次にBitesize≦3 でBook Talk を試みます。
うまく行くかどうか・・・ でも、やってみるんだ!
今回はBitesize=1 で!
全体は ms.mikan さん。
もしこのBook Talkを Bitesize=1 で書いたらこんなかな?ということで、
1語だけを青い太字にしました。全体を読んでもいいし、青い太字だけ読んでもいいでしょう。
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Mr. Putter and Tabby MAKE A WISH
1. Good Heavens!
It was a beautiful morning.
Mr. Putter and Tabby enjoyed breakfast.
He was reading the paper.
He looked at the date.
“October 2” said Mr. Putter.
“It’s my birthday!”
Tabby purred.
Mr. Putter thought of all his birthdays.
As a child, he loved birthdays.
A cake with candles.
Balloons.
Friends.
Birthdays were perfect days.
But now, he was old.
He needs a fire hose to put them out.
Too old for a birthday.
Too old for a cake.
Too old for balloons.
He shared breakfast with Tabby, instead.
They had more jam.
2. Can You Wait?
But he wanted more than jam.
“I want one anyway,” said Mr. Putter.
Mr. Putter wanted to get company.
He called Mrs. Teaberry.
He invited her to tea.
“Wonderful!” said Mrs. Teaberry.
“But I have to do the dishes.
Can you wait?”
Mr. Putter said he could wait.
Soon Mrs. Teaberry phoned.
“Can you wait?”
Mr. Putter said he could wait.
Then Mrs. Teaberry phoned.
“Can you wait?”
Mr. Putter said he could wait.
After that Mrs. Teaberry phoned.
“Can you wait?”
Mr. Putter said he could wait.
Again Mrs. Teaberry phoned.
“Can you wait?”
Mr. Putter wanted to say, “NO.”
“I CAN’T WAIT.”
But he was nice.
He said he could wait.
“This is a very strange birthday,”
Mr. Putter said to Tabby.
3. Finally
Mr. Putter thought she would never come.
But finally the doorbell rang.
“SURPRISE!”
It was an enormous cake with lots of candles.
Zeke had a present and balloons.
“Thanks for your waiting,” said Mrs. Teaberry.
“So I could bake a cake.”
He opened his present.
He blew out all of his candles.
It took five breaths.
And Mrs. Teaberry’s hat helped him.
“Did you make a wish?” asked Mrs. Teaberry.
He didn’t.
He had already everything.
They ate cake for days and days.
It was the most wonderful birthday in his long life.
It was worth the wait!
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絵がなくて、しかも1語では、ほとんど通じませんね・・・
実際の Book Talk では絵の中の大事なところを指さしながら、1語で紹介します。
でも思い出してください。Bitesize=1~3 は unlearn のためにあるのでした。
わたしたちの頭の中の「文法」を退治するには、相当な荒療治が必要で、
だから、上の太字を見ても、ひどいでしょう?
could なんて、それだけでは意味がないですからね。
でも、意味を多少犠牲にしてでも Bitesize≦3 で無理やり書いてみる意味は
まさにそこにあります。わたしたちの頭の中の英作文を壊すこと!
講釈はいいとして、あしたは Bitesize =1~2 を試しましょう。
実際に Bitesize Writing を見ていくことで少しずつ
Bitesize Writing の意味が分かることを目指します!
Bitesize Writing のたたき台を提供してくれる ms.mikanさんに感謝!
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