Here are resources for doing a MovieTalk with the Simon’s Cat video called “Sa
nta Claws.” A good one to do with Christmas coming soon!
Structures that I choose: empezó a jugar= s/he began to play
asustó a=s/he scared…
quería que fuera=s/he wanted him/her to go
Santa Claws-Simon’s Cat reading | Santa Claws Screen Shots Powerpoint
Textivate Activities: Who Wants to be a Millionaire Game | Sequence Game | Snake Game | Fill In Gaps (12/1/16 Update: Textivate activities are no longer available. I will try to update them soon)
Fill In Blanks Activity Sheet | Sequence Sheet
French Resources from Beth Lemoine
Williamson CI & TPRS 
This is great, by the way and I’ve just forwarded it to WFLTA! Gracias.
Muy bien hecho 😀😀😀
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Love it! I’ve translated the Power Point and reading into French!
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[…] resources in Spanish to accompany the cartoon “Simon’s Cat – Santa Claws” (click here to see his original post from last year), and Beth has translated both the short PowerPoint reading with visuals and the extended reading […]