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The Jefferson Performing Arts Society
Presents
*JPAS Theatre Kids! Production of Disney's 101 Dalmatians
A Study Companion
Jefferson Performing Arts Society
1118 Clearview Parkway Metairie, Louisiana 70001 Phone: 504 885 2000 Fax: 504 885 3437
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Table of Contents
Teacher Notes…………………………………………………………3 Louisiana Content Standards and Benchmarks……………………4 101 Dalmatians History……………………………………………….5 Lesson Plans……………………………………………………………26 English Language Arts Benchmarks………………………………….28 More Lesson Plans…………………………………………………….29 English Language Arts Benchmarks………………………………….33 Mathematics Benchmarks………………………………….………….34 Teachingheart Teachers Share Ideas………………………………..35 101 Dalmatians Movie: Educational Activities and Games for 2 to 5 Year Olds………………………………………………………………...36 101 Dalmatians: Compare and Contrast……………………………..41 English Language Arts Benchmarks………………………………….75 Teaching the Compare and Contrast Essay through Modeling……76 English Language Arts Benchmarks………………………………….81 Additional Resources………………………………………………......82
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Teacher’s Notes
Directed by Matias Grau, III
Music and lyrics by Mel Leven, Randy Rogel, Richard Gibbs Brian Smith, Martin Lee
Fuller, Dan Root
Book adapted and additional lyrcs by Marcy Heisler
Music adapted an arranged by Bryan Louiselle
Based on the screenplay by Bill Peet
Based on the novel THE HUNDRED AND ONE DALMATIANS by Dodie Smith
In a loving home in the city of London, Dalmatian parents, Pongo and Perdita happily
raise their Dalmatian puppies, until the monstrous Cruella De Vil plots to steal them for
her new fur coat! Join all the dogs of London, as they daringly rescue the puppies from
Cruella and her bumbling henchmen. With a delightfully fun score, lovable characters,
and one of the most deliciously evil villains in the Disney canon, this stage adaptation is
certain to charm and delight all audiences!
JPAS Theatre Kids! are back again this season with two productions for kids by kids!
Kids have been invited to participate in 101 DALMATIANS. There is no enrollment fee
to participate. We will be offering performance opportunities next season. Be sure to
visit www.jpas.org for Theatre Kids! Auditions and info for our upcoming season.
On a sad note, tragically, animal cruelty is a real phenomenon happing today all over the
world. For an exposé linking 101 Dalmatians with data on cruelty to dogs and other
animals, visit: http://redstarcafe.wordpress.com/category/film/
WARNING: Not for those who have a weak stomach or who are faint of heart.
On a lighter note, 101 Dalmatians has been adapted many times, from Dodie Smith’s
book to a Disney film to a T.V. cartoon to a stage play. 101 Dalmatians History gives
an overview of each of these adaptations. This section includes many illustrations.
The lesson plan section of this companion provides writing prompts, game ideas and
math activities that focus on the 101 Dalmatians. This section includes activity sheets
that can be photocopied and used with students. Two of the lessons, 101 Dalmatians: Compare and Contrast and Teaching the Compare and Contrast Essay through
Modeling, provide ways of comparing and contrasting the book and the film version of
101 Dalmatians.
We welcome you to the magical world of Disney.
Enjoy!
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L o u i s i a n a Educational Content Standards
and Benchmarks Content Standards and Benchmarks will follow each section of this companion. In the interest of brevity, Content Standards and Benchmarks will be listed for grades K-4 only. Most Content Standards and Benchmark coding for each subject is similar, and can be adapted for every grade level. As an example, English Language Arts Content Standard Three, “Students communicate using standard English grammar, usage, sentence structure, punctuation, capitalization, spelling, and handwriting, has corresponding Benchmarks across grade levels. The code is written ELA (English Language Arts,) 3 (Content Standard 3,) and E1 (grades 1-4.) The same Benchmark applies to all grade levels. Coding can be converted as follows: ELA-3-E1 Writing legibly, allowing margins and correct spacing between letters in a word and words in a sentence Grades 1-4 ELA-3-M1 Writing fluidly and legibly in cursive or printed form Grades 5-8 ELA-3-H1 Writing fluidly and legibly in cursive or printed form Grades 9-12
As another example: Mathematics Content Standard NUMBER AND NUMBER RELATIONS, “In problem-solving investigations, students demonstrate an understanding of the real number system and communicate the relationships within that system using a variety of techniques and tools,” has corresponding Benchmarks across grade levels. The code is written N (Number and Number Relations,) 1 (Benchmark 1,) and E (grades 1-4.) The same Benchmark applies to all grade levels. Coding can be converted as follows: N-1-E Constructing number meaning and demonstrating that a number can be expressed in many different forms (e.g., standard notation, number words, number lines, geometrical representation, fractions, and decimals); Grades 1-4 N-1-M Demonstrating that a rational number can be expressed in many forms, and selecting an appropriate form for a given situation (e.g., fractions, decimals, and percents); Grades 5-8 N-1-H Demonstrating an understanding of the real number system; Grades 9-12
All Louisiana Content Standards and Benchmarks were retrieved from:
http://mconn.doe.state.la.us/standards1.php
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History
IMAGE RETRIEVED FROM:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/5e/DodieSmith_101Dalmations.jpg
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The Book
The Hundred and One Dalmatians, or the Great Dog Robbery is a 1956 children's novel
by Dodie Smith. A sequel entitled The Starlight Barking continues from the end of the
first novel.
At a dinner party attended by the Dearly couple, Cruella de Vil expresses her dislike for
animals; subsequently, the couple's new Dalmatian puppies disappear. The Dearly dogs
are some of 97 puppies who are kidnapped or legally purchased from various owners,
with the intention of skinning them for their fur. Through the co-operation of animals and
the "Twilight Barking", the dogs are found in Suffolk, England, and a rescue ensues.
Plot
Pongo and Missis Pongo (or just Missis) are a pair of Dalmatians. They live with the
newly married Mr and Mrs Dearly (their "pets"; dogs allow humans to think they are the
owners when it is really the other way round) and their two nannies, Nanny Cook and
Nanny Butler. Mr Dearly is a "financial wizard" who has been granted exemption from
income tax for life and lent a house on the Outer Circle in Regent's Park in return for
wiping out the government debt. Before marrying, the Dearlys lived in bachelor flats with
their nannies. After marriage, they all move in together and the nannies decide to train as
a cook and a butler to match their surnames.
Missis gives birth to a litter of 15 puppies, including the Cadpig, Lucky and Patch. The
Dearlys are concerned that Missis will not be able to feed them all and the humans join in
feeding them. Mrs Dearly looks for somebody to be a wet nurse, and by chance finds an
abandoned Dalmatian mother in the middle of the road in the pouring rain. She has the
dog treated by a vet and gives her the name Perdita, Latin for "lost". Later Perdita tells
Pongo about her lost love and the circumstances that led to her being abandoned in the
middle of the road.
Mr and Mrs Dearly are invited to a dinner party hosted by Cruella de Vil, an intimidating
and very wealthy woman. They meet her furrier husband and her abused cat, and discover
her love of pepper and very high temperatures, and her fixation with furs. They are
disconcerted by her suggestion that animals which are not valuable should be drowned,
including her own cat's kittens.
Shortly after the dinner party the puppies disappear. The humans fail to trace them but
through the "Twilight Barking", a forum of communication in which dogs can relay
messages to each other across the country, the dogs manage to track them down to Hell
Hall, the ancestral home of the de Vil family in Suffolk.
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Pongo and Missis try to explain to the Dearlys where the puppies are but fail. The dogs
then decide to run away and find them. They explain to Perdita that she should stay
behind and look after the Dearlys.
After a journey across country, they are met by the Colonel, an Old English Sheepdog
who shows them Hell Hall and tells them its history. He tells them to rest overnight and
that they will see their puppies the next day. They then discover there are 97 puppies
including their own 15 and many others who later turn out to have been legally bought.
They also discover Cadpig's love of television.
Cruella de Vil appears and tells the crooks in charge of Hell Hall that the dogs must be
slaughtered and skinned as soon as possible because of the publicity surrounding the theft
of the Dearlys' pups. Pongo and Missis devise an escape plan and agree that they must
take all the puppies with them, not just their own 15. They escape on the day before
Christmas Eve.
Cadpig is too weak to walk the long distance from Suffolk to London so she is lent a toy
carriage by Tommy, the Colonel's 2 year old "pet". When the cart loses a wheel, they
have a rest on the hassocks of a country church to escape the cold. The group almost meet
Cruella as she drives towards a burning building; Pongo says that they need a miracle and
find one when they are offered a lift in a removal van. Having previously rolled in soot to
disguise their white hair, they hide in the darkness of the removal van with the help of a
Staffordshire terrier whose pets are the movers.
When they return to London they find Cruella's (empty) house. Her cat is still there and
invites them in to destroy Cruella's collection of animal skins and fur coats. She gladly
joins in as revenge for her lost kittens.
The Dalmatians then return to the Dearlys' house where they are not recognized as they
are still covered in soot. They try again, bursting through the door and rolling around on
the floor to get rid of the soot. Mr Dearly then recognizes them and sends out for steaks
to feed them.
Later the cat drops by to tell them Cruella has fled from Hell Hall. It has been put up for
sale and Mr Dearly buys it with money he has been given by the government for sorting
out another tax problem. He renames it as Hill Hall and intends to use it to start a
"dynasty of Dalmatians" (and a "dynasty of Dearlys" to take care of them).
Finally, Perdita's lost love, Prince (the 101st Dalmatian) visits. His "pets" can clearly see
that the two wish to be together and allow him to stay with the Dearlys.
Adaptations
Disney adapted the novel into an animated film, released to theaters on January 25, 1961
as One Hundred and One Dalmatians. It was re-issued to theaters in four times, in 1969,
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1979, 1985, and 1991. The 1991 reissue was the twentieth highest earning film of the
year for domestic earnings.[2]
References
1. ^ Gebert,, Michael (1996). The Encyclopedia of Movie Awards. St. Martin's
Paperbacks. ISBN 0-668-05308-9.
2. ^ "1991 Domestic Grosses #1–50". Box Office Mojo.
http://www.boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?yr=1991. Retrieved 2008-04-02.
RETRIEVED FROM: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hundred_and_One_Dalmatians
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The Film
One Hundred and One Dalmatians, often abbreviated as 101 Dalmatians, is a 1961
American animated film produced by Walt Disney and based on the novel The Hundred
and One Dalmatians by Dodie Smith. Seventeenth in the Walt Disney Animated Classics
series, the film was originally released to theaters on January 25, 1961 by Buena Vista
Distribution.
The film features Rod Taylor as the voice of Pongo, the first of the Dalmatians, and Betty
Lou Gerson as the voice of the villainous Cruella de Vil. The plot centers on the fate of
the kidnapped puppies of Pongo and Perdita.
Plot
Pongo is a dalmatian that lives in a London bachelor flat with his owner Roger Radcliffe,
a songwriter. Bored with bachelor life, Pongo decides to find a wife for Roger and a mate
for himself. While watching various female dog-human pairs out the window, he spots
the perfect couple, a woman named Anita and her female dalmatian, Perdita. He quickly
gets Roger out of the house and drags him through the park to arrange a meeting. Pongo
accidentally causes both Roger and Anita to fall into a pond, but it works out well as the
couple falls in love. Both the human couple and the dog couple marry.
Later, Perdita gives birth to 15 puppies. One almost dies, but Roger is able to revive it by
rubbing it in a towel (because of which, they would name the pup, 'Lucky'). That same
night, they are visited by Cruella De Vil, a wealthy former schoolmate of Anita's. She
offers to buy the entire litter of puppies for a large sum, but Roger says they are not
selling any of the puppies. Weeks later, she hires Jasper and Horace Badun to steal all of
the puppies. When Scotland Yard is unable to prove she stole them or find the puppies,
Pongo and Perdita use the "Twilight Bark", normally a canine gossip line, to ask for help
from the other dogs in England.
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Colonel, an old sheepdog, along with his compatriots Captain, a gray horse, and Sergeant
Tibbs, a tabby cat, find the puppies in a place called Hell Hall (A.K.A The De Vil Place),
along with other Dalmatian puppies that Cruella had purchased from various dog stores.
Tibbs learns the puppies are going to be made into dog-skin fur coats and the Colonel
quickly sends word back to London. Pongo and Perdita immediately leave London to
retrieve their puppies. They arrive just as Horace and Jasper are about to kill the puppies.
While the adult dogs attack the two men, Colonel and Tibbs guide them from the house.
After a happy reunion with their own puppies, the Pongos realize there are 84 other
puppies with them. Horrified at Cruella's plans, they decide to adopt all of the puppies,
certain that Roger and Anita would never reject them. The dogs begin making their way
back to London, aided by other animals along the way, with Cruella and the Baduns
giving chase. In one town, they cover themselves with soot so they appear to be labrador
retrievers, then pile inside a moving van going back to London. As the van is leaving,
melting snow clears off the soot and Cruella sees them. She follows the van in her car and
rams it, but the Baduns, trying to cut off the van from above, end up colliding with her.
Both vehicles crash into a deep ravine. Cruella yells in frustration as the van drives away.
Back in London, Roger and Anita are attempting to celebrate Christmas and Roger's first
big hit, a song about Cruella, but they miss their canine friends. Suddenly barking is
heard outside and after their nanny opens the door, the house is filled with dogs. After
wiping away more of the soot, the couple is delighted to realize their companions have
returned home. They decide to use the money from the song to buy a large house in the
country so they can keep all 101 Dalmatians.
Production
The film is a landmark in animation history for many reasons. It is the first Disney
animated film to be set in a contemporary setting. It is also the first Disney film created
by a single story man (Bill Peet).[1]
Graphic reproduction
The production of the film also signaled a change in the graphic style of Disney's
animation. Ub Iwerks, in charge of special processes at the studio, had been
experimenting with Xerox photography to aid in animation.[2]
By 1959 he had modified a
Xerox camera to transfer drawings by animators directly to cels, eliminating the inking
process and preserving the spontaneity of the penciled elements.[1][2]
The introduction of xerography eased graphic reproduction requirements, but at the price
of being unable to deviate from a scratchy outline style because of the new (and time and
money saving) technology's limitations.[2]
Since the line would not have fit the "round"
Disney drawing style used until then (with the exception of Sleeping Beauty), a more
graphic, angular style was chosen for this and subsequent films. Rotoscoping, a technique
formerly used for tracing live action human characters into animated drawings, became
less important.
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Another reason for its look was that the animators were used to producing sketchy
drawings, as the clean-up was done in the process of transferring the drawings to the cels.
With the hand inkers gone, the animation remained as the animators drew it. Later it
became common to do clean-up on paper before the animation was copied, and with time
and experience, the process improved.
According to Chuck Jones, Disney was able to bring the movie in for about half of what
it would have cost if they'd had to animate all the dogs and spots.[3]
The studio cut its
animation department after the failure of the very expensive Sleeping Beauty, resulting in
a reduction of staff from over 500 to less than 100. Walt Disney, who for some years had
spent his attention more towards television and his Disneyland amusement park and less
on his animated features, disliked this development. The "sketchy" graphic style would
remain the norm at Disney for years until the technology improved prior to the release of
The Rescuers. In later animated features the Xeroxed lines could be printed in different
colors. Unlike previous Walt Disney animated features, One Hundred and One
Dalmatians features only three songs, with just one, "Cruella De Vil", playing a big part
in the film. Even this song isn't sung in one setting (a scene between Cruella and Anita
splits it into two parts). The other two songs are "Kanine Krunchies Jingle" (sung by
Lucille Bliss, who voiced Anastasia in Disney's 1950 film Cinderella), and "Dalmatian
Plantation" in which only two lines are sung at the film's closure.
To achieve the spotted Dalmatians, the animators used to think of the spot pattern as a
constellation. Once they had one "anchor spot", the next was placed in relation to that one
spot, and so on and so on until the full pattern was achieved.[4]
All total, 101 Dalmatians
featured 6,469,952 spots, with Pongo sporting 72 spots, Perdita 68, and each puppy
having 32.[5]
Live-action reference
As done with other Disney films, Walt Disney hired an actress to perform live-action
scenes as a reference for the animation process. Actress Helene Stanley performed the
live-action reference for the character of Anita. She did the same kind of work for the
characters of Cinderella and Princess Aurora in Sleeping Beauty.[6]
According to Christopher Finch, author of The Art of Walt Disney:
“ Disney insisted that all scenes involving human characters should be shot first
in live-action to determine that they would work before the expensive
business of animation was permitted to start. The animators did not like this
way of working, feeling it detracted from their ability to create character. [...]
[The animators] understood the necessity for this approach and in retrospect
acknowledged that Disney had handled things with considerable subtlety.[7][2]
”
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Voice cast
Rod Taylor - Pongo
Cate Bauer - Perdita
Betty Lou Gerson - Cruella De Vil; Miss Birdwell
Ben Wright - Roger Radcliffe
Lisa Davis - Anita Radcliffe
Martha Wentworth - Nanny
Frederick Worlock - Horace Badun; Inspector Craven
J. Pat O'Malley - Jasper Badun; Colonel
Thurl Ravenscroft - Captain
David Frankham - Sgt. Tibbs
Barbara Baird - Rolly
Mickey Maga - Patch
Sandra Abbott - Penny
Mimi Gibson - Lucky
Bill Lee - Roger (singing)
Release
One Hundred and One Dalmatians was first released to theaters on January 25, 1961.
After its initial theatrical run, it was re-released to theaters four more times: January
1969, June 1979, December 1985, and July 1991.
One Hundred and One Dalmatians was released on VHS on April 10, 1992 as part of the
Walt Disney Classics video series. It was re-released on March 9, 1999 as part of the
Walt Disney Masterpiece Collection video series. On December 19, 1999, it received its
first DVD release as part of Disney's Limited Issue series. A 2-disc Platinum Edition
DVD was released on March 4, 2008.
Reception
One Hundred and One Dalmatians was the tenth highest grossing film of 1961, accruing
$6,400,000 in distributors' domestic (U.S. and Canada) rentals during its first year of
release,[8]
and one of the studio's most popular films of the decade. The film was re-
issued to theaters in 1969, 1979, 1985, and 1991. The 1991 reissue was the twentieth
highest earning film of the year for domestic earnings.[9]
It has earned $215,880,014 in
worldwide box office earnings during its lengthy history, and currently holds a 97%
"fresh" rating from critics and users on Rotten Tomatoes.
Sequels and spin-offs
In the years since the original release of the movie, Disney has taken the property in
various directions. The earliest of these endeavors was the live-action remake, 101
Dalmatians. Starring Glenn Close as Cruella De Vil, none of the animals talked in this
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1996 edition. This version's success in theaters led to 102 Dalmatians, released on
November 22, 2000.
After the first live-action version of the movie, a cartoon called 101 Dalmatians: The
Series was launched. The designs of the characters were stylized further, to allow for
economic animation, and appeal to the contemporary trends.
Most recently, 101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure, the official sequel to the
original animated film, was released straight-to-VHS/DVD on January 21, 2003.
References
1. ^ a b Thomas, Bob: "Chapter 7: The Postwar Films", page 106. Disney's Art of
Animation: From Mickey Mouse to Hercules, 1997
2. ^ a b c d Finch, Christopher: "Chapter 8: Interruptions and Innovations", pages 245-
246. The Art of Walt Disney, 2004
3. ^ An Interview with Chuck Jones
4. ^ Encyclopaedia of Disney Animation
5. ^ 101 Dalmatians Original Animation Forensically Examined
6. ^ "Cinderella Character History". Disney Archives.
http://disney.go.com/vault/archives/characters/cinderella/cinderella.html.
7. ^ "Walt's Masterworks: Cinderella". Disney Archives.
http://disney.go.com/disneyatoz/familymuseum/collection/masterworks/cinderella
/index.html.
8. ^ Gebert, Michael. The Encyclopedia of Movie Awards (listing of 'Box Office
(Domestic Rentals)' for 1961, taken from Variety magazine), St. Martin's
Paperbacks, 1996. ISBN 0-668-05308-9. "Rentals" refers to the
distributor/studio's share of the box office gross, which, according to Gebert, is
roughly half of the money generated by ticket sales.
9. ^ "1991 Domestic Grosses #1–50". Box Office Mojo.
http://www.boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?yr=1991. Retrieved 2008-04-02.
RETRIEVED FROM: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Hundred_and_One_Dalmatians
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101 Dalmatians:
The T.V. Series By: dalmatianlover
I'm sure most everybody remembers "The Disney Afternoon",
and all those great cartoons that Disney has been making in the
80's and 90's. I remember them just as much, and they were all
great. There is however, just one show that stands out to me more than any of the rest, and that is "101 Dalmatians".
I've seen a lot of movie-based TV shows in the past...pretty
boring. But this one is different. I've been a fan of "101
Dalmatians" since 1991 when I saw the movie for the first time. When I saw the live-action remake in 1996, I was pretty
disappointed, as it didn't really give that same feeling the
animated movie gave me, but Glen Close did a really good job playing Cruella De Vil.
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I started watching the series when it premiered in September of 1997. The series outdoes both of the movies taking the story to a
whole new level. When people first hear about this series, some
might think it's going to be about Pongo and Perdita with their 99 pups as they grow, learn and play. In some ways, it is, but the
main cast of the show was narrowed down to four major
characters, which are the ones seen in the picture above. As said in one of the episodes, the original plan was to have Pongo and
Perdy be the stars of the show since they were the stars of the
movie, but since the company was planning to make this a children's show, they wanted to have a younger perspective.
Each episode of "101 Dalmatians" is very original and mostly
contains a lesson to learn in life. There are even enough cartoon
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antics thrown in to amuse young children. I guess I'll talk more
about this stuff later, so now let's take a look at the characters.
Let's start off with Lucky. As I've said before, the show focuses
on four main pups; Lucky is their fearless leader. He's always been my favorite character on the show. Lucky is basically the
Tom Sawyer of dalmatian puppies: adventurous, thrill-seeking,
action-loving, and very enthusiastic. He's never afraid to be himself. There are a few flaws in his character to make him a
little dislikable. For one thing, his obsession with the action he
watches on TV (namely, Thunderbolt) makes him a little too adventurous. Whenever the main pups get into trouble or miss
out on something, Lucky's usually the one at fault. Lucky also
comes up with a lot of crazy ideas. He tried to drive a car once! Nonetheless, he's still a great character and a model for people
who believe in heroism.
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Cadpig is a character new to the screening universe of 101
Dalmatians. She's based on the character from the Dodie Smith
novel the movie was based on. As her name suggests, Cadpig is the runt of the litter, and she's also the youngest of Perdita's 15
pups. Cadpig has a very unique personality. She's the little hippie
of the four main pups. Some refer to her as the modern Gandhi. She has a calm demeanor, a total commitment to world peace,
and a way of talking others into putting on a happy face. Cadpig
also has incredible strength; several times in the series, she managed to support Lucky on her head without consequence (for
a little pup, she sure can lift a lot). Overall, Cadpig is a great
character, and most of the people who watch this series find her to be the main reason they watch the series. She's the most
common favorite character on the show. I agree with those
people who love her so much, for she has every right to be on this show, but my favorite is still Lucky.
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Rolly is a pretty good supporting character. I'm sure most of you
remember him from the original movie as the puppy that’s
always hungry. Well, he's come to the series. His personality is a little different, but his appetite hasn't changed much. His
character is in some ways weak, for he talks about food more
often than anything else. He thinks with his stomach more often than he thinks with his brain. He is also very lazy. Rolly does
have some strong points. When it comes to food, he has a lot of
knowledge. He also has an incredible sense of smell, which often comes in handy for the other main pups. Rolly's probably most
known for his memorable catch phrases such as, "Are you calling
me fat?" and then of course, there's the ever so lovable and memorable, "Oh, papa!" He seems to be Lucky's best friend.
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Now for the fourth main pup, Spot. Yes, I know, she's a chicken.
Spot is a puppy-wannabe. I don't know how she got put into the cast, but I think it was just one day, she got acquainted with
Lucky, Rolly and Cadpig, and before they knew it, they all
became best friends. Spot is most likely the brain of the group; I believe this because she seems to have the most common sense
of the four, and there were a couple of episodes where she
calculated some things. I never liked Spot from the beginning. The show is supposed to be about dalmatian pups, but she's a
chicken who doesn't even look like a chicken, she has an
annoying voice, and she's always ends up stealing the show with her multiple talents. I think the series would have been okay
without Spot. She's not my least favorite character on the show,
but I love the other three main pups a lot better than her.
The show also had some supporting characters as well as guest
characters. Some appeared regularly in about half of the episodes, and some only appeared in a couple. One character, for
example, is Two-Tone. She's one of the other dalmatian puppies
who had a really cool voice and a unique personality. She is supposedly in a romantic relationship with Lucky, and I think she
deserved to have larger roles in some more episodes (she's
mostly seen in the background in a lot of the episodes). Then of course, there are characters like Lieutenant Pug. Pug is
my least favorite character on the series. He's a tough character
who's always giving orders to the pups in a mean and strict manner. I never liked him because he always ruined the pups'
fun. I think he's a disgrace to the series!
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In addition to the main characters being so lovable and having such great personalities, a lot of the stuff on this series is very
entertaining to watch. I really love most of the episodes, but
some have pretty weak plots and not a lot of puppy action. I never liked any of the episodes where the main pups got
separated, because those were just too painful and
heartbreaking. There are also some episodes that are really not worth watching at all, for example, "Horace and Jasper's Big
Career Move", which is, hands down, at the bottom of the barrel
for the series.
What disappoints me about this series is the fact that it had a
very short run and it never really became popular. The world of entertainment kept trying to interest me with real popular shows
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like "The Simpsons" and "Spongebob", which I have no interest
in and wish to stick with old school stuff like this. Only 65 episodes were made for this series. Some were full-length
episodes while the rest contained two short episodes in one.
Combined, they made 105 episodes. It was in March of 1998 when the supposed final episode, "Dalmatian Vacation", aired. I
really think they could have kept this series running a little
longer. Besides, there was a lot of stuff I wanted to see happen in the series that never did happen!
There is one major thing that they were forgetting about.
Merchandising! The real money is made from merchandising! To my best knowledge, very little was made for "101 Dalmatians",
and that's why it never became so popular. In January 1998, the
McDonald's Happy Meal had those little flip-cars. If you're a fan of the series and want to see what those were like, there's
always the chance of finding them on eBay. There were also a
couple of children's activity books, which were released quietly; they didn't sell too great. It also disappoints me the fact that
none of the episodes were released on video. The only episode
that ever came out on video was the Christmas special, and I think that video sold pretty well. I'm personally not a fan of the
Christmas special since I found it to be not as original as the
other episodes.
The series was active in 1997 and early 1998 in production.
During this time, it was being shown Saturday mornings on ABC
and weekday afternoons in syndication. Back in this time, it was actually worth it to get up at 7 A.M. on Saturday mornings! At
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the end of summer of 1998, the show was taken off of
syndication, but it continued to show on ABC (but at a more pleasing time). As the 90's came to a close, it moved to the
Disney Channel in some countries and Toon Disney in other
countries. Sadly, the show was taken off the air for good on January 31, 2006, just one day after my 21st birthday!
Thankfully, I managed to save a lot of the episodes on a tape
when I had the chance to just incase such happened. I only saved the episodes I liked the most, including my all-time
favorite episode, "Leisure Lawsuit."
In conclusion, I just want to say that "101 Dalmatians" is overall a wonderful series. If you haven't seen the series and know
someone who is a fan of it, they will very likely have a lot of the
episodes on tape. Otherwise, the best you can do is just pray that in time, the series will come out on DVD.
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THE PLAY Story
In a loving home on the edge of Regent's Park in the city of London, Dalmatian parents,
Pongo and Perdita, happily raise their fifteen Dalmatian puppies.
Nanny cares for the lot of them, including their human pets: Roger, a composer, and
Anita, an artist. As part of the family’s routine, they all watch and sing along joyfully
with their favourite television program. After Thunderbolt, the puppies watch and sing
along with a commercial for their favourite snack – delicious Kanine Krunchies.
One day, their fabulously rich neighbor, the abominable Cruella De Vil, stops by to pay
Roger and Anita a visit. Ever out for herself, Cruella notices the puppies as a potential
source for her new black-spotted fur coat! Roger tells her the puppies are not for sale,
even after Cruella offers him three zillion pounds in exchange. Angrily, Cruella storms
off, and Roger writes an impromptu song about Ms. De Vil’s ridiculous meanness, which
the whole family joins in singing.
Not deterred at all, Cruella plots with her bumbling henchmen, Horace and Jasper, to
steal the puppies.
With Nanny and Anita out of the house and Roger asleep at the piano, Horace and Jasper
sneak into the house, and use delicious Kanine Krunchies to lure the puppies out of the
house and into their getaway truck . The truck speeds away, with Horace and Jasper
driving the puppies to Cruella’s fur vault.
Realising their beloved puppies have been stolen, Pongo and Perdita telegraph a distress
call to all the dogs of London using the Twilight Bark, for if anyone can rescue the
puppies on time, the dogs of London can.
Despite the fact that she's now wanted by the police, Cruella is determined to get her
glorious new fur coat. She imagines how sensational she will be, once she finally has the
coat of her dreams. Meanwhile, the London dogs, led by the resourceful cat, Sergeant
Tibbs, slowly sneak the puppies out of the vault.
The puppies, including the dozens of other Dalmatians Cruella had locked up, have been
rescued from the vault. Realising the puppies are gone, Cruella screams, ordering her
henchmen to chase after them. To everyone’s surpise, the dogs turn the tables on our
villains, trampling them and holding them for capture. Just then, Roger and Anita arrive
with the police, ready to take Cruella and her toady accomplices to jail.
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Free from Cruella’s evil plans, Roger, Anita, and Nanny decide to adopt the other
Dalmatians Cruella had stolen – bringing the total number of Dalmatians in their home to
101! They will buy a big place in the country to accommodate all the dogs, and live
together, happily ever after.
As the curtain falls, the Dalmatians celebrate their new life together.
Musical Numbers
1. Dalmatian Conga.
2. Thunderbolt Adventure Hour
3. Kanine Krunchies
4. Cruella De Vil
5. Cruella's Scheme
6. Kanine Krunchies Reprise
7. The Fur Vault
8. Twilight Bark
9. My Beautiful Coat
10. The Chase
11. Dalmatian Plantation
12. Finale
13. Bow Wows
CHARACTERS
CRUELLA DE VIL - Solo Singing
ROGER - a composer, owner of the Dalmatians - Solo Singing
ANITA - an artist, owner of the Dalmatians - Solo Singing
PONGO - the Dalmatians' father
PERDITA - the Dalmatians' mother
PENNY - a Dalmatian puppy
PEPPER - a Dalmatian puppy
PATCH - a Dalmatian puppy
LUCKY - a Dalmatian puppy
DOTTIE - a Dalmatian puppy
SPARKY - a Dalmatian puppy
KIRBY - a Dalmatian puppy
ENSEMBLE OF PUPPIES
NANNY
HORACE Cruella's henchman
JASPER Cruella's henchman
VARIOUS CANINE NARRATORS
THUNDERBOLT and DOG CHORUS Television "wonder dog"
SCOTTIES
POODLES
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CHIHUAHUAS
SERGEANT TIBBS - a cat
POLICEMAN
DOG CATCHER
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Lesson Plans
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A Month of Writing Prompts
For each of the 31 days of May, thought-provoking prompts that will motivate your students to react in writing.
by James Wayne Regular contributor to the Gazette
May 1, 2009
The character trait for May is; TEMPERANCE.
Appropriate reactions to events in our lives
Moderation
Avoidance of extremes
May 3:
Dodie Smith, who wrote 101 Dalmatians, was born in 1896. What is your favorite breed of dog? Why do you prefer that breed? (If you don't like dogs, give reasons you prefer some other pet.)
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Many, many additional writing prompts for the month of May can be found on this
site.
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English Language Arts Benchmarks
Writing/Proofreading
ELA-3-E1 − writing legibly;
ELA-3-E2 − demonstrating use of punctuation (e.g., comma, apostrophe, period,
question mark, exclamation mark), capitalization, and abbreviations in final drafts of
writing assignments;
ELA-3-E5 − spelling accurately using strategies (e.g., letter-sound correspondence,
hearing and recording sounds in sequence, spelling patterns, pronunciation) and resources
(e.g., glossary, dictionary) when necessary
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Reading Activities: For Read-In Day
** Have a Dalmatian party. Celebrate "101 Reasons to Read" with a Dalmatian Celebration.
**Read for 101 minutes.
**Write songs, poems, and stories about dogs.
**Invite a local veterinarian or dog trainer to be your special reading guest.
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The activities
suggested on the following pages can be modified from 100 to 101. As an example:
Have students fill in the blanks to the statement.
I could carry 101 _______________________, but I couldn't carry
101______________!
I could eat 101 _______________________________, but I couldn't eat 101
_____________________!
I could put 101 ______________________ in my desk, but I couldn't put
101 _____________________ in my desk!
I wish I had 101 __________________________, but I am glad that I do
not have 101 _____________________________________!
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Teaching Heart's 100 Days of School Page
Ideas, lessons, printables, and more to use on your 100th day of
school!
Here are a few ideas to make the 100th day of school in your classroom
tons of fun!
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Update: Jan. 2009
The 100th Day of School Rules!
I think today is quite cool.
It is our 100th day of school.
Should we celebrate by jumping in a pool?
I think that might be too cool!
Instead, let's count to 100 ten times.
Let's see if we can make 100 rhymes.
There is so much we can do with our number!
There is no time to slumber,
when you are playing with our magic number.
Yesterday was our 99th day of school.
I know that because I am not a fool.
Yes, today we are celebrating the 100th day of school!
Doesn't that rule?
POEM BY: Colleen Gallagher
Copyright @ 2004 - 2009
Some of my favorite ideas
Collect your catalogs from home. Give each child a catalog and
tell them to go shopping. They can spend 100 dollars. Instruct them to
cut out the items they would buy and their prices. Have them glue their
pictures to a piece of paper. Have them share what they purchased with
your class!!!
Have students fill in the blanks to the statement.
I could carry 100 _______________________, but I couldn't carry 100
______________!
I could eat 100 _______________________________, but I couldn't eat 100
_____________________!
I could put 100 ______________________ in my desk, but I couldn't put
100 _____________________ in my desk!
I wish I had 100 __________________________, but I am glad that I do
not have 100 _____________________________________!
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Split students into teams of five. Give them a cup of
individually wrapped pieces of candy. Ask them to split the candy up
evenly amoung the group. Have them write about how they went about
splitting their candy up.
Have your students draw what they look like now and what they
may look like in 100 years!
Have your students guess how old you will be in 100 years.
How long does it take your students to write your name 100
times???
Give your students old magazines. Have each student cut out 100
words they can read without help. Have them glue their words to another
sheet of paper!
Discuss what was happening 100 years ago.
Pile up 100 pennies and measure them.
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English Language Arts Benchmarks Standard 1: Reading and Responding
ELA-1-E5 − reading, comprehending, and responding to written, spoken, and visual
texts in extended passages;
Writing/Proofreading
ELA-3-E1 − writing legibly;
ELA-3-E2 − demonstrating use of punctuation (e.g., comma, apostrophe, period,
question mark, exclamation mark), capitalization, and abbreviations in final drafts of
writing assignments;
ELA-3-E5 − spelling accurately using strategies (e.g., letter-sound correspondence,
hearing and recording sounds in sequence, spelling patterns, pronunciation) and resources
(e.g., glossary, dictionary) when necessary
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Mathematics Benchmarks
Measurement
M-1-E − applying (measure or solve measurement problem) the concepts of length
(inches, feet, yards, miles, millimeters, centimeters, decimeters, meters, kilometers), area,
volume, capacity (cups, liquid pints and quarts, gallons, milliliters, liters), weight
(ounces, pounds, tons, grams, kilograms), mass, time (seconds, minutes, hours, days,
weeks, months, years), money, and temperature (Celsius and Fahrenheit) to real-world
experiences;
M-3-E − using estimation skills to describe, order, and compare measures of length,
capacity, weight/mass, time, and temperature;
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Teachingheart Teachers Share Ideas!
You are never too old for the 100th day. We have the children
estimate how far 100 blocks will line up in our hall. They mark their
spot on an adding machine tape which we have rolled out by drawing a
line and writing their names. Then we award the tape to the child who
came the closest. This goes with our measurement and estimation
activities. We also make headbands counting by 5's. Then we attach a
pair of goggles that read 100. The two zeros are the holes for the
eyes. We have them make patterns on the band and the goggles. We
laminate the goggles so they like eyeglasses. We have the children
write - "What life will be like in 100 years (what will be invented and
what will be outdated). We have them draw a picture of what they
think they will look like in 100 years. Our math coordinator dresses
as Count 100 and reads a story about 100 to the children. My favorite
is Chicken Stew. Hope this helps you convince your principal.
Dianne
If you want to do something different for the
100th day you can celebrate 101 days of school
instead. I teach second grade and we are doing
that. Last year we had the kids bring in a white t-
shirt and we painted spots on them to make them
look like the 101 Dalmatians. I did not want to do
that this year, instead I am having them come in
dressed like they are 101 years old and then they
will write about it. I am also asking the
parents/kids to send in a food item such as
pretzels, m&m's, etc so that we can count to see
how many servings each child will get in our class.
Eileen
I agree that they are never too old for celebrating. A few
years back I had the kids write on hearts 100 reasons why we love our
school. I got literally 100's of reasons. We did this for K-6 grade. I
had the teachers laminate them and put them in the hall in the shape of
a great big heart. I didn't tell the pricipal what I was doing and it
even surprised him. It recieved much attention from the press and
school board which did alot to lift school spirit in the school right
before our standardized testing began. The kids loved it and have asked
every year what we are going to do next. Even the pricipal wanted every
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one of the hearts. My class pasted them in a notebook for him to keep.
Janna
Our 100th day celebration includes the kids counting out 100
snacks from ten bowls (fruit loops, pretzels, raisins, chocolate chips,
etc.) But, what was really fun was our fashion show. We have the kids
decorate a plain shirt or hat with 100 things. They write it up on an
index card and it is read during their walk down the "runway". I have a
slideshow on my site from last year. (it may load slowly)
http://www.smithsroom.com/downloads/100%20day.pdf Melissa Smith
1st Grade / TN
www.smithsroom.com
Regarding 100 th day. One of the activities I do is have a
dollar dig!. I have a box filled with pennies and in groups of 2, my
students get to reach in and grab what they think is exactly 100
pennies! The partner checks as they count together. We complete a chart
of greater than or less than $1.00. Of course, anyone who has the exact
amount wins a crispy new dollar bill! In over 30 years of teaching I
have probably given out less than $5.00, but my former students all
remember it! Hope this helps. I too am on the look out for new ideas
for Hundreds Day! Karen
-I really like this idea but I have a few questions. Do they get to
grab with both hands? Can they go back for more if they think what they
have isn't enough? Thanks for the great new idea. Linda
The dollar dig works like this:. a pair of students, only one at a
time gets to reach in and pull pennies. He can use two hands if they
like, but only one chance for the dig! The partner supervises and
helps to count. When they think they have a $1.00, I get called over to
double check and everyone watches as I have the winner double check! It
is a lot of fun!
We talk about the math term "googol" which is a 1 followed by a
hundred zeros. We use an adding machine tape and make our own googol
and see how long it is. it really stayed with some of the kids because
a third grader asked if we were going to make googols for our hundred
day celebration. Mary/IA
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Favorite 100th Day Books
More 100 Days Resources
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101 Dalmatians Movie: Educational Activities and Games for 2 to 5 Year Olds Let's face it, kids love movies, but it's been proven that they should watch no more than 2 hours
of TV a day. So why not combine their love of a movie and activities that will help them learn and
grow? Following are suggestions for the movie 101 Dalmations released in 1961. These
activities would also work well for preschool classes and party games for this age group.
Watch the movie
Let your kids watch the show while you prepare the activities for the rest of the day or
attend to other responsibilities.
Rhyme Activities
Teach your child these rhymes. They'll love doing the actions and the time they get
to spend with you while they learn.
One little, two little, three little kittens (hold up three fingers)
Were napping in the sun (pretend to be sleeping)
One little, two little, three little puppies (hold up three fingers)
Said, "Let's have some fun."
Up to the kittens the puppies went creeping (make your fingers creep up your arm)
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As quiet as could be.
One little, two little, three little kittens
Went scampering up a tree! (wiggle your fingers in the air)
Old Mother Hubbard (pretend to walk with a cane)
Went to the cupboard (pretend to open a cupboard)
To get her poor doggie a bone,
When she got there
The cupboard was bare (shake your head)
So the poor little doggie had none. (hold your hands out)
Craft Activity
Print out an outline of three or four dogs or draw them yourself. Give your child some
crayons and ask them to put a certain number of spots on the first dog, another number on
the next dog and so on. If they are having a hard time, help them count.
Get a white piece of paper and cut out a strip long enough to go around your child's head.
Cut out two floppy dog ear shapes too. Let your child draw spots on the band and ears.
Staple the ears to the ban on opposite sides and staple the band together so that it fits your
child. Then let them pretend to be a dog. Encourage them to do things like roll over, bark
and sit.
Read a Book
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Comparisons: The Book and the Movie
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101 Dalmatians: Compare and Contrast Lesson Written by: Karel Sloane-Boekbinder
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Often when stories are adapted from books into film screen writers use creative license and change the story. When Dodie Smith’s book The Hundred and One Dalmatians, or the Great Dog Robbery was adapted for the screen, several elements of the story changed. This lesson helps students compare and contract the book and the film version of The Hundred and One Dalmatians. Prior to reading the book, write a list of characters where it will be viewable to the whole class, on a dry erase board, smart board or chalkboard. Review the list of characters with the class. The character list includes:
Pongo
Missus
Perdita
Mrs. Dearly
Mr. Dearly
Cruella De Vil
Nanny Cook
Nanny Butler
Cruella De Vil’s cat
Colonel
Cadpig
Cruella De Vil’s husband
Patch
Lucky
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Read The Hundred and One Dalmatians, or the Great Dog Robbery by Dodie Smith. Erase the list of character names from the book. Prior to reading the script from the film, write a list of characters where it will be viewable to the whole class, on a dry erase board, smart board or chalkboard. Review the list of characters with the class. Ask students if they notice any similarities; any differences. The character list includes:
Pongo
Perdita
Cruella De Vil
Roger Radcliffe
Anita Radcliffe
Nanny
Horace Badun
Jasper Badun
Colonel
Captain
Sgt. Tibbs
Rolly
Patch
Penny
Lucky
Read the script from the film The Hundred and One Dalmatians (a copy of the script has been provided along with the lesson handouts) Erase the list of character names from the film. Distribute “101 Dalmatians: Compare and Contrast Study Questions.” Give students time to complete the study questions. Using the “101 Dalmatians: Compare and Contrast Study Questions Answer sheet,” review the answers with the class. Distribute “101 Dalmatians: Compare and Contrast Characters” activity sheets. Ask students to fill in as many details as they can remember about each character. Give students time to complete the sheets. Review the answers with the class. Distribute “101 Dalmatians: Compare and Contrast Vin Diagram” activity sheets. Ask students to fill in as many details as they can remember about the book and the film. Details from the
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book go in the left circle; details from the film go in the right circle. Explain that any details that are the same in both the book and the film go in the center where the two circles overlap. Give students time to complete the sheets. Review the answers with the class.
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101 Dalmatians: Compare and Contrast Study Questions
Name__________________
1. In which version of the story does the character Rodger Radcliff appear?
2. What does Rodger Radcliff do for a living?
3. Who is Mr. Dearly?
4. Who is Missis?
5. Who is Cruella de Vil?
6. What does Perdita mean?
7. Who is Cadpig?
8. Who is Prince?
9. Who is Sergeant Tibs?
10. What does Cruella de Vil’s husband do for a living?
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101 Dalmatians: Compare and Contrast
Study Questions Answer Sheet 1--Rodger Radcliff appears in the film. He is Pongo’s “pet.” 2--Rodger Radcliff is a composer who writes songs. 3--Mr. Dearly appears in the book. He is Pongo’s “pet.” 4--Missis appears in the book. She is Pongo’s wife. 5--Cruella de Vil is a character who appears in both the book and the film. She creates a plot to make the Dalmatian puppies into fur coats. 6--Perdita means lost in Latin. In the book, Perdita is an abandoned dog Mrs. Dearly finds and brings home to help Missis care for her puppies. In the film, Perdita’s “pet” marries Rodger Radcliff and Perdita becomes Mrs. Pongo. 7--Cadpig means “runt.” Cadpig appears as a main character in the book. In the film, Cadpig is not named as a character, however, the 15th puppy, the one that almost dies is the smallest, or runt of the litter. 8--Prince appears in the book. Prince is Perdita’s lost love.
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9--Sergeant Tibs appears in the film. He is a cat who leads the rescue mission of all the Dalmatian puppies from Hell Hall. 10--Cruella de Vil’s husband appears in the book. He is a furrier, a person that makes, repairs, alters, or cleans fur garments.
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101 Dalmatians: Compare and Contrast Characters Name_________________
Below are several characters from 101 Dalmatians. The characters listed on the left appear in the book. The characters on the right appear in the film. Underneath the character names, use each box to write a detail about the character.
Mr. Dearly Rodger Radcliff
Mrs. Dearly Anita Radcliff
Perdita (Book) Perdita (Film)
Cruella de Vil’s Cat Sergeant Tibs
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101 Dalmatians Compare and Contrast Vin Diagram
Name_________________________
“101”
Film
"101
Dalmatians
" Book
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101 Dalmatians Script
The 101 Dalmatians script from the 1961 animated Disney movie.
Script Typed by typed by Cristina Sánchez Arteaga of Wilfried's Disney Database
Characters who support Pongo & Perdita
Characters who support Cruella De Vil
Other characters
Non dialogue elements are underlined italic written
Pongo was a handsome Dalmatian. He owns Roger Radcliff, a nice young bachelor
musician who was gentle, obedient and unusually intelligent. In fact, Pongo thinks at
times he is almost canine. They live in a nice little house near regents Park in London,
but it has become very lonely for both of them.
Pongo
My story begins in London, not so very long ago. Yet so much has happened
since then, that it seems like an eternity. At that time I lived with my pet in a
bachelor flat just off Regents Park. It was a beautiful spring day, a tedious
time of the year for bachelors. Oh… that’s my pet, Roger. Roger Radcliff, a
musician of sorts. Ha-ha. No, no, I’m the one with spots. My name’s Pongo.
As far as I could see the old notion that “a bachelor’s life was so glamorous
and carefree” was all nonsense. It was downright dull sighs It was plain to
see that my old pet needed someone. If it were left up to Roger, we’d be
bachelors forever. He was married to his work, writing songs. Songs about
romance… of all things, something he knew absolutely nothing about
Roger’s playing piano Oh, he’s intelligent enough as humans so. And I think
you could say, Roger is a rather handsome animal in his way. I could see no
reason why my pet didn’t deserve an attractive mate, but al least I was
determinated to do my best. Of course, dogs are a pretty poor judge of human
beauty, but I had a rough idea of what to look for He’s looking out from the
window spotting the candidates We see an Afghan Hmm! Unusual breed
chuckles Very unusual. Hmm! Oh, surely not. Well now, what have we here?
Hmm. Well, a little… too short coupled. Nope! I say! Well, I do say! Now
there’s a fancy breed. Hmm. Perhaps a little too fancy. Yes, much too fancy.
Oh! Too old. Too young. It was a problem, a real problem. Well, now that’s a
bit more like it! It’s a Dalmatian The most beautiful creature on four legs!
Now if only the girl… Well! She’s very lovely too! It was almost too good to
be true. I’d never find another pair like that, not if I looked for a hundred
years. Ah, they’re heading for the park. A perfect meeting place… if I can
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only arrange it. Uh-oh, but Roger never stopped work ‘til after 5:00. That
could be too late He changes the time and barks attracting Roger’s attention
.
Roger
Looking the clock After 5:00 already. Fancy that. All right Pongo, all right
boy. Pongo’s barking and yipping Pongo boy! Take it easy! What’s all the
hurry? Pongo boy, slow down.
Pongo
I was afraid we’d missed them. Perhaps they passed on by the park. Then
suddenly… I spotted them. It was a perfect situation if I planned it right. I
couldn’t depend on Roger. I knew what he’d do. He’d settle on the grass,
puff his pipe and that would be it. No, it was all up to me. Well as they pass,
Anita and Perdita take notice of them At first I had no particular plan just
anything to attract attention. You know stir things up a bit He takes off
Roger’s hat .
Roger Pongo, you silly old thing! C’mon! Let’s have it, boy. Pongo! yipping Pongo!
He leaves the hat on the bench where Anita’s seated .
Pongo For a while it seemed to work. At least they had seen one another. Things
were going along first-rate. But for some strange reason they left!
Roger C’mon, you old renegade. We’re going home.
Pongo But I wasn’t giving up. I was determinated that somehow they just had to
meet.
Roger Oh!
Anita Ohhh!
Roger I beg your pardon. Please, excuse me.
Anita I must say, what on earth!
Roger Oh dear!
Anita Oh really! Good heavens!
Roger Oooh!
Anita Ahh! Ahh! Perdita tries to stop them and she breaks Anita’s dress. The pair
end up toppling into a pond Oh, oh. Oh my new spring suit and my new hat!
Roger Ah, ah… I’m terribly sorry. Please, let me help you I’m so sorry. I don’t
know what’s come over him. I’m so sorry. He’s never acted this way before.
Anita Oh, never mind! Never mind! Please, just go away. You’ve done enough.
Please? Oh! she takes her handkerchief that is wet .
Roger Oh, I say. Here, take mine it’s wet too
Anita Oh! they laugh. For the very first time Perdita looks to Pongo
In a few weeks there was a double wedding for Pongo and Perdita, Roger and Anita, and
the dogs settled down to a life of pleasant domesticity with their happy pets.
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Priest
Wilt thou love her, comfort her, honour and keep her in sickness and in
health; and forsaking all others keep thee only unto her so long as ye both
shall live?
Roger I will.
Pongo
For the first six months or so we lived in a small house near the park, a
modest little place but just right for two couples who were just starting out.
In the window we see Perdita and Pongo resting. She sighs happily Perdita,
darling, are you all right?
Perdita chuckles Oh, of course, dear. After all, dogs were having puppies long before
our time.
Pongo
He chuckles happily Oh, that’s Nanny, a wonderful cook and housekeeper.
She’s such a kind understanding soul. You know, at times she seems almost
canine.
Anita Roger, dear, tea time! Tea time!
Roger Still playing piano Be down in a minute. Ta-tum-ti-ta-tum whistling Do you
like my new song.
Anita Ta-tum-ti-ta-tum. Such clever lyrics.
Roger Ho ho! Chuckles Melody first, my dear. And then the lyrics, hm? car horn
Perdita Oh, Pongo… it’s her. It’s that devil woman A car stops in front of the house
Roger
Oh, must be Cruella, your dearly devoted old schoolmate, Cruella de Vil.
That’s it! Cruella de Vil Cruella de Vil if she doesn't scare you no evil thing
will
Anita Oh Roger To see her is to take a sudden chill
Anita Oh
Cruella
Cruella she's like a spider waiting for the... kill
Anita Roger, she'll hear you Look out for Cruella de Vil
Anita Let her in, Nanny.
Cruella Anita, darling!
Anita How are you?
Cruella Miserable as usual. Perfectly wretched! Where are they? Where are they? For
heaven sakes, where are they?
Anita Who, Cruella?
Cruella The puppies! in loud rude voice The puppies! Not time for games. Where are
the little brutes?
Anita Oh, it’ll be al least three weeks. No rushing these things, you know.
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Cruella chuckles Anita, you’re such a wit. Here, dog, here. Here dog Pongo growls
Anita Cruella, isn’t that a new fur coat?
Cruella Oh, my only true love, darling. I live for furs. I worship furs! Aaaah…. After
all, is there a woman in all this wretched world who doesn’t?
Anita Oh, I’d like a nice fur but there are many other things…
Cruella
Sweet, simple Anita chuckles I know, I know! This horrid little house is your
dreamed castle. Ha, ha, ha! And poor Roger is your bold and fearless Sir
Galahad! Ha ha ha!
Anita Oh Cruella!
Cruella Then of course you have your little spotted friends. Oh yes, I must say…
such a perfectly beautiful coats.
Anita Won’t you have some tea?
Cruella I’ve got to run. Let me know when the puppies arrive. You will, won’t you
dear?
Anita Yes Cruella.
Cruella Don’t forget, it’s a promise. See you in three weeks. Cheerio, cheerio darling
she slams the door
Anita Oooh!
Roger
At first you think
Cruella is a devil
but after time
has worn away the shock
you come to realize
you've seen
her kind of eyes
watching you
from underneath a rock
Anita
You're no help
this vampire bat
this inhuman beast
she ought to be locked up
and never released
the world was such
a wholesome place until
Cruella
Cruella de Vil
Anita They kiss Oh Roger, you are an idiot! They laugh
In the kitchen.
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Pongo Perdy?
Perdita That’s witch! That devil woman. She wants our puppies. That’s all she’s
after.
Pongo Oh, don’t worry, Perdy. They’re on to her. Nothing’s going to happen to our
puppies.
Perdita
What does she want with them? She can’t possibly love them. Oh Pongo
crying I was so happy at first, but now I--- Oh, I--- I wish we weren’t having
any.
A raining night. Perdita’s going to have her puppies. She’s been helped by Anita and
Nanny while Pongo and his pet waits patiently in the next room.
Pongo Poor Perdita. Of course she had no choice. The puppies arrived right on
schedule one wild and stormy night in October.
Roger Ooh! Steady, boy. He’s puffing his pipe and Pongo licks his hand
Nanny The puppies are here! shouting Oh--- the puppies are here!
Roger H-H-How many?
Nanny Eight.
Roger Eight? By George, Pongo! Eight puppies!
Nanny Ten!
Anita Eleven!
Nanny Eleven.
Roger Eleven? Eleven puppies, Pongo boy!
Nanny Wait a minute now, wait a minute… thirteen!. No, no, no fourteen, ohhh,
fifteen!
Roger Fifteen?
Nanny And the mother’s doing fine, love. Oh, you lucky thing, you.
Roger Fifteen puppies? Why, Pongo boy, That’s marvellous! It’s fabulous! Why,
you old rascal!
Nanny She enters sobbing with something in her hands Fourteen. Just fourteen. We
lost one. Oh, poor little thing.
Roger
Oh, pongo. It’s just one of those things. And yet? And yet I wonder… he
tries to resuscitate him and he does! Look Pongo! Anita! Nanny! Fifteen! We
still have fifteen!
Anita Oh Roger, he’s all right! Thank heaven!
Roger See? He’s just as good as new.
Anita Can you imagine, Roger, fifteen puppies! Suddenly a sinister shadow appears
in the door and a wellknown voice ask
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Cruella
Fifteen! Fifteen puppies! How marvellous! How marvellous, how perfectly…
she sees the puppy Ugh! The devil take it! They’re mongrels… no spots! No
spots at all! What a horrid little white rat! Ugh!
Nanny They’re not mongrels! They’ll get their spots. Just wait and see.
Anita That’s right. They’ll have their spots in a few weeks.
Cruella Oh, well, in that case I’ll take them all. The whole litter. Just name your
price, dear
Anita I’m afraid we can’t give them up. Poor Perdita. She’d be heartbroken.
Cruella Anita, don’t be ridiculous. You can’t afford to keep them. You can scarcely
feed yourselves.
Anita I’m sure we’ll get along.
Cruella
Chuckling Yes, I know! I know! Roger’s… Roger’s songs! laughing Enough
of this nonsense I’ll pay you twice what they’re worth. I’m being more than
generous. Blast this pen. Blast this wretched, wretched pen! she puts ink
spots in Roger and Pongo who are so furious When can the puppies leave
their mother? Two weeks? Three weeks?
Roger Never.
Cruella What?
Roger We’re n-n-not selling the puppies. Not a single one. D-do you understand?
Cruella chuckling Anita, is he serious? I really don’t know Roger.
Anita Well, Cruella, he---
Cruella Surely he must be joking!
Roger No, no, no. I-I-I-I mean it. You’re not getting one. N-n-not one. And that’s---
final! Pongo nods his head
Cruella
Shouts Why, you horrid man! You… you… Al right, keep the little beasts for
all I care. Do as you like with them. Dorwn them! But I warn you, Anita. I’m
through with all of you! I’ll get even. Just wait. You’ll be sorry, you fools!
You, you idiots! she slams the door
Anita embracing Roger Oh Roger! You were magnificent, darling!
Nanny Oh he was a bloomin’ hero, ma’am. Indeed he was. A bloomin’ hero!
Pongo
he runs to tell Perdita the good news Perdy? Perdy darling? Perdy, we’re
keeping the puppies every single one of them. My ol’ pet Roger, he told that
devil woman off. He told her off, Perdy. She’s gone darling, she’s gone for
good.
Perdita Oh Pongo Now she’s happy sights Some weeks later our dogs are watching
their favourite TV programm.
Puppies C’mon, Thunderbolt. C’mon, Thunderbolt Go get him, Thunder After him,
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boy He’ll get that dirty ol’ horse thief Old Thunderbolt’s the greatest dog in
the whole world. He’s even better than Dad. No dog’s better than Dad Pongo
smiles proudly What’s he going to do, Dad?
Pongo Shhh, shhh. Let’s just wait and see, eh?
Puppy Look at him run, the old coward.
Patch That old Dirty Dawson! The yellow-livered old skunk! I’d like to tear his
gizzard out.
Perdita Why, Patch, where did you ever hear such talk? Certainly not from your
mother.
Penny Watch out, Thunder!
Patch Don’t worry Penny. He’ll get that yellow-livered---- oh, well, he’ll get him,
all right.
Puppies Lucky, Lucky, get down. We can’t see. Mother, make him get down.
Perdita C’mon, Lucky. Down, dear.
Puppy Missed him. Missed him by a mile.
Rolly I’m hungry, mother. I’m hungry.
Perdita Now Rolly, you’ve just had your dinner.
Rolly But I am just the same I’m so hungry I could eat… a whole elephant.
Puppies Shh! There he is, behind that rock! gunshot Oh dear, he shot poor Thunder
Patch He missed him! Ol’ Thunder’s pretending… I think, see? What did I tell
you? That’s one of his tricks.
Puppy Lucky, get down.
TV Ha-ha-ha! Lucky whimpers and yipps
Rolly I’m hungry mother, I really am.
TV Don’t miss next week’s exciting episode. Who will triumph?
Patch Ol’ Thunder always wins!
TV
… and speaking of champions, friends, Kanine Krunchies is the champion of
all dog biscuits.
Kanine krunchies
Can’t be beat
They make each meal
A special treat
Happy dogs are those
Who eat nutritions
Kanine Krunchies
Pongo Uh, Perdy, we better get these little nippers off to bed if we’re going for a w-
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a-l-k.
Puppies We want to go, mother. Can we mother? We never get to go.
Perdita Come along children. Bed time.
Patch But we’re not a yawn bit sleepy. We want to go for a walk in the park.
Puppy Dad, can we?
Pongo Better do as your mother says. One, two, three, four, five, six… seven, eight,
nine, ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen…
Rolly I’m not sleepy. I’m hungry.
Pongo … fourteen, Hmmm?
TV So do what all The smarts dogs do And you’ll free great
The whole day through
You can be a champion too If you eat Kanine Krunchies Now remember, friends, just
send five---
Pongo turning off the TV Lucky, you little rascal, let’s go.
Pongo and Perdita take Roger and Anita for their customary walk in the park. But there
is car from where two men spy them. One tall and skinny and one short fat.
Jasper There they go, Horace, me lad, out for their evening constitutional. A lovely
pair of turtledoves. Around the corner and off to the park.
Horace Yeah, I don’t like it, Jasper. One more pinch and they’ll throw the keys away.
Jasper Oh, come off it, Horace. We’re getting plenty of boodle.
Horace Yes, but… I’ve been thinking.
Jasper
You’ve been thinking? Now look here, I warned you about thinking. I’ve got
the knob for this job, so let’s get on with it. Ah, nobody home but the little
ol’ cook. You just leave her to ol’ Jasper. He can handle her real diplomatic-
like.
Horace Yeah, but I still don’t like it.
At the home.
Nanny
There, here. Now Patch you settle down chuckles Oh dear. Go to sleep now.
Close your little eyes. That’s a good little one Door bell Now, who do you
suppose? she opens the door .
Jasper Good evening ma’am. We’re here to inspect the wiring and the switches.
Horace We’re from the gas company.
Jasper Electric, electric.
Horace Electric company.
Nanny Oh, but we didn’t call for any inspection.
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Jasper
Oh, yes ma’am, you see, there’s a new act just been passed in parliament
Comes under the heading of defence od the realm act from section 29, very
important it’s the law and it’s for your safety, ma’am.
Nanny Well, I don’t care what Parliament realm or whatever it says. You’re not
coming in here, not with the mister and missus gone.
Jasper Now, come off it, Ducky. We got no time to palaver. We got a job to do.
Excuse me! They enter by the force
Nanny What’s the matter with you two? You got cloth ears? I say you’re not coming
in here.
Jasper Oh, she’s a regular, little Tartar, ain’t she Horace? Ha-ha-ha!
Nanny
Don’t you dare go up there, you long-legged lummox! Now I mean it! If
you… if you don’t get out of this house I’ll call the police, I will. Now be off
with you, you big weagel! She’s locked in the cellar
Jasper
Now, you’ve been and gone and done it. You’ve cut me to the quick, Lady.
Why I wouldn’t stay here if you asked me to. Not even for a cup of tea.
Whoa! Horace, me lad, I’ve got a sneaky suspicion we’re not welcome here.
Horace Pack up we’re leaving. Sharp’s the word and quicks the action.
Nanny Let me out! Help! I’ll call the police! Help!
Jasper Good night, Ducky. Ta-ta!
Nanny
Oh those good-for-nothing-hoodlums! Electric company? Hm. They’re
nothing but common sneak thieves. I’ll bet they made off with the good
silver, why I bet they took every last… Oh! The puppies! They’re gone!
Patch? Lucky? Rolly? Ah! They took the puppies! Oh… whatever will I do?
Those scoundrels! They stole the puppies! Coming out the house Police!
Help! The puppies! Police! Somebody help me! Help! Help! Help!
Cruella’s home. She’s reading the papers.
Cruella
“Dognapping” Can you imagine such a thing? “Fifteen puppies stolen”, they
are darling little things. Anita…. Ha-ha-ha… and her bashful Beethoven! Ha
ha ha! Pipe and all! Ha ha ha ha! Oh Roger you are a fool! Ha ha ha ha phone
ringing Hello? Jasper! Jasper, you idiot! How dare you call here?
Jasper We don’t want no more of this year. We want our boodle!
Horace We’ll settle for half!
Cruella Not one schilling ‘til the job’s done.
Horace Jasper!
Cruella Understand?
Horace Jasper!
Jasper But it’s in the blinking papers, pictures and all!
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Cruella Hang the papers! It’ll be forgotten tomorrow!
Horace I don’t like it?
Jasper Shut up, you idiot!
Cruella What?
Jasper Oh no! Not you miss. I mean Horace!
Cruella Why, why you imbecile! she phones Anita
Roger It’s Scotland Yard. Maybe they found something. Hello Inspector?
Cruella Is Anita There?
Roger Who?
Cruella Anita!
Roger It’s for you.
Anita Hello?
Cruella Anita, darling!
Anita Oh Cruella!
Cruella What a dreadful thing. I just saw the papers. I couldn’t believe it!
Anita Yes Cruella. It was quite a shock.
Roger What is what she want? Is she calling to confess. The Radcliffs, Pongo and
Perdita are desolated by the loss. Roger is sure that Cruella is behind it
Anita Roger, please!
Roger Oh, she’s a shy one! She is…
Anita Yes, we’re doing everything possible.
Cruella Have you called the police?
Anita Yes, we-we called Scotland Yard but I’m afraid---
Roger Where are they?
Anita To Roger You idiot!
Cruella Anita!
Anita Sorry, Cruella, Yes, if there’s any news we’ll let you know. Thank you
Cruella. Roger, I admit she’s excentric but she’s not a thief.
Roger Well, she’s number one suspect in my book.
Anita She’s been investigated by Scotland Yard. What more do you want?
Roger Oh, I don’t know darling. I don’t know.
Anita Oh, Roger. What’ll we do? What’ll we do?
Pongo taking Perdita into his confidence Perdy, I’m afraid it’s all up to us.
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Perdita Oh, Pongo. Isn’t there any hope?
Pongo Well, yes. There’s the twilight bark.
Perdita The twilight bark? That’s only a gossip chain.
Pongo
Darling, it’s the very fastest way to send news. If our puppies are anywhere
in the city, the London dogs will know. We’ll send the word tonight, when
our pets take us for a walk in the park.
In the park, Pongo barks as loud as he can. He does to north, south, east and west.
Perdita There’s no one out tonight. I’m afraid it’s too cold.
Pongo We’ve got to keep trying, Perdy he continues barking and someone answer
him Perdy, we’re in luck! It’s the Great Dane at Hampstead.
Roger Pongo, quiet, boy! Do you want to stir up the whole neighbourhood? Come
on, Pongo.
Anita Perdy! Come on.
Roger Let’s go! Pongo, you old idiot! Pongo continues barking and howling Come
on, now, we’re going home!
Terrier What is it, Danny? Who’s on the telegraph?
Great
Dane It’s Pongo. Regents Park. It’s an all-dog alert.
Terrier What’s it all about? Tell me, Danny, tell me! Tell me!
Great
Dane Wait a minute, wait a minute. Well now, hmm, that is something.
Terrier What Danny? What’s something?
Great
Dane Fifteen Dalmatian puppies. Stolen!
Terrier Have they called the police? Scotland Yard?
Great
Dane The humans tried everything. Now it’s up to us dogs and the twilight bark.
Terrier I’ll sound the alert! yipping
Great
Dane Woof! Woof! howling
Terrier Ahhh barks From the Great Dane, to a terrier, to a Scottie, to an Afghan to a
barge dog of no discernable bloodlines but much intelligence, the alert pass
Prissy’s
pet Prissy, come in here!
Coco’s pet Coco! Be quiet now!
All the city is in alert. All the London’s dogs bark the word.
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Man
Aw, shut up!
Quiet!
Will you be quiet?
Countryside. Barking continues.
Lucy Towser, what’s going on? What is it? What’s all the gossip?
Towser ‘Taint no gossip, Lucy. It be all the way from London.
Lucy You don’t say!
Towser Fifteen puppies stolen!
Lucy There’s no puppies around here, not since Nellie’s last little and they all are
grown.
Towser Well, then we’d best send the word along. It be up to me to reach the
Colonel! He be the only one in barking range.
Lucy You’ll never reach him at this hour.
Towser Well I can try! I’ll bark all night if I have to. Ahem. barks
Captain Hmm. Hmm. Hmm. Sounds like old Towser. It’s an alert. Sergeant! Sergeant
Tibs! I say Sergeant! neighing
Tibs Oh, yes Captain!
Captain Barking signal. It’s an alert. Report to the Colonel at once.
Tibs Yes, righto, sir. Right away sir! Colonel? I say, Colonel! Colonel sir?
Colonel?
Colonel What? Who goes there?
Tibs Sergeant Tibs reporting, sir.
Colonel Tibs? Tibs? Oh, yes, Sergeant Tibs!
Tibs Colonel, sir.
Colonel Look here, Tibs. What’s the idea of barking in at this hour’s night?
Tibs But Colonel…
Colonel Hold on, Sergeant. You hear that? Sounds like an alert.
Tibs Yes, colonel.
Colonel We’d better look into it. Come along, on the double.
Tibs Yes sir, righto sir.
Captain It’s old Towser down at Withermarsh, sir.
Colonel By Jove, yes! So it is. Well, I’ll see what he wants. Ahem! Woof, woof,
woof! Woof, woof, woof!
Towser It be the Colonel! The old boy himself. He wants the message.
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Lucy You’d better make it loud or he’ll never get it. Towser barks the message
Colonel One long howl, two short. One yip and a woof.
Tibs Two yips sir.
Captain What’s the word, Colonel?
Colonel It’s from London.
Tibs It must be important.
Colonel Yes. I’ll get the rest of it. Ahem! Woof, woof, woof! distant barking sounds
like a number. Three fives is thirteen
Tibs That’s fifteen, sir.
Colonel Fifteen, of course, fifteen barking continues Yes… dot, spot… spotted
puddings, poodles. No, puddles!
Captain Puddles, sir?
Colonel Fifteen spotted puddles stolen? Oh, balderdash!
Tibs Better double-check it, Colonel.
Colonel Oh, yes. I suppose I’d better. Woof, woof, woof. Two woofs, one yip and a
woof.
Tibs It sounds like puppies.
Colonel Of course, puppies.
Tibs I just remembered. Two nights past, I heard puppy barking at Hell Hall.
Colonel You mean the old De Vil place? Nonsense, Tibs! No one’s lived there for
years.
Captain Hold on! There’s smike coming from the chimney!
Colonel By Jove! That’s strange… strange indeed. Ahem. Well, I suppose we’d better
investigate. I’ll send word for ol’ Towser to stand by. Roof! Roo-roo-roof!
Towser Please, stand… by.
Lucy What’s he mean by that?
Towser I don’t know. Oh… maybe the ol’ boy’s found something!
Lucy Oh, I do hope so.
Hell Hall
Colonel They say the ol’ place is haunted or bewitched or some such fiddle faddle.
Tibs Fiddle faddle and rot, sir.
Colonel
Just the same, Sergeant, use extreme caution. No telling what hocus pocus
you might run into. Well, blast it all, Tibs. On the double, man. On the
double.
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Tibs Yes sir. Right away sir he crawls through an open window and finds himself
in a room full of Dalmatian puppies Psst. Rover! Spotty!
Puppy Hum. What?
Tibs Are you one of the fifteen stolen puppies?
Puppy We’re not stolen. We’re bought and paid for. There’s 99 of us all together.
Tibs Ninety nine!
Puppy How ‘bout that bunch of little ones? They have names and collars. They’re
not from the pet shops.
Tibs Fifteen of ‘em.
Puppy We never counted them. They’re over there by the TV.
Tibs I’s better count ‘em.
Puppy Watch out for the Baduns.
Tibs Baduns?
Puppy Those two blokes, Horace and Jasper. They’re mean ones, they are.
Jasper Hey, look Horace! Watch me pot. His Lordship smack on the conk. Ha ha ha
ha. How’s that for callin’ ‘em eh? Ha ha ha ha!
Tibs whispering One, two, three, four, five, six...
Horace Hey Jasper! Give us a swig. Just a short one.
Jasper Now Horace, this hogwash ain’t fit for a bloke like yourself. Besides you’d
get crumbs in it, you cabbage head!
Horace All right! Guzzle the whole works. I hope it gives you colly wobbles, that’s
what Rolly eats his sandwich Hey Jasper, did you…
Tibs Six, seven, eight, nine, ten, elen…
Horace Hey, get down, you little runt! And stay down Patch faces him Go on, get out
of here or I’ll black your other peeper.
Tibs Where was I? Nine… three more. Twelve and one, two, three. That’s fifteen!
They’re the ones!
Jasper
Taking Tibs as a bottle Blimey! What the… Horace, look what we git! A
tabby cat! all the puppies barking and yipping Ha ha ha! Ho ho ho! How’d
you like a tabby cat stew? Or a cat Cassarole? Ha ha ha a la mode!
London. The twilight bark is working and soon the Pongos know the good news.
Perdita What is it Pongo? What is it?
Pongo It’s the Great Dane. He has news for us. He’ll meet us at Primrose Hill.
Perdita How’ll we get out?
Pongo The back bedroom window. It’s always open a wee bit. C’mon.
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Primrose Hill.
Great
Dane Woof! Woof! Pongos, you’ve made it. Good.
Pongo What’s the word? What’s the news?
Perdita Have they found our puppies?
Great
Dane They’ve been located somewhere north of here in Suffolk.
Perdita Oh, thank heaven!
Great
Dane Can you leave tonight?
Pongo Oh yes, of course.
Perdita We can leave right away.
Great
Dane
Good. I’ll go along as far as Caruden Road and give you instructions. When
you reach Withermarsh contact old Towser. He’ll direct you to the Colonel
and the Colonel will take you to your puppies at the De Vil place.
Perdita De Vil?
Pongo The De Vil place?
Perdita Oh Pongo, it was her!
Great
Dane Oh, someone you know?
Pongo Precisely, there’s no time to explain they run
Perdita I hope we’re not too late.
Great
Dane
Good luck Pongo! If you lose your way contact the barking chain. They’ll be
standing by! Pongo and Perdy continue running during the whole night. It
doesn’t matter the rain, or the snow…
Captain Any news Colonel?
Colonel No. Not a blast thing. They’re lost or captured, or something or other. Who
knows what.
Tibs Colonel, here comes a car.
Colonel Oh, come now, Tibs. Don’t be ridiculous. They wouldn’t be driving.
Tibs Yes, I know sir but it’s heading for Hell Hall. It… it’s stopping at the gate!
Colonel It is? Well, blast it all! Better see what’s up. On the double man. On the
double!
Tibs Yes sir!
Colonel Take over, Captain.
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Captain Righto, sir.
Hell Hall. Cruella’s arrived.
TV I’m sorry Mr. Simpkin. The answer is no, no, no. Six down, four to go.
Cruella I’ve got no time to argue. It’s got to be done tonight.
TV … it must be a yes or no question, Inspector?
Cruella Do you understand? Tonight!
Horace But they ain’t big enough.
Jasper You couldn’t get half a dozen coats out of the whole caboodle.
Tibs Coats! Dog-skin coats?
Cruella We’ll settle for half a dozen! We can’t wait! The police are everywhere. I
want the job done tonight!
Horace How’re we gonna do it?
Cruella Any way you like. Poison them, drown them, bash them in the head. You got
any chloroform?
Jasper Not a drop.
Horace And no ether “ee-ther”
Jasper Eye-ther.
Cruella I don’t care how you kill the beasts, but do it… and do it now!
Jasper Aw, please, miss. Have pity. Can we see the rest of the show first?
Horace We want to see “What’s my crime?”
Cruella Now, listen, you idiots! I’ll be back in the morning and the job better be done
or I’ll… I’ll call the police! Do you understand?
Horace I think she means it.
Jasper Ah… we’ll get on with it as soon as the show’s over.
TV …will you please sign in, sir?
Tibs whispering Hey kids, you’d better get out of here if you want to save your
skin.
Puppy But how?
Tibs Shhh. There’s a hole in the wall, there by the door. C’mon shake a leg. Psst.
Kids, follow me.
Horace Hey Jasper, look! Ha ha ha ha! It’s old Meathead.
Jasper Yeah, what do you know…. Old Meathead Fauncewater?
Tibs C’mon, don’t crowd. One at a time. One at a time!
TV Now for our last contestant, this evening meet Mr. Percival Fauncewater. Mr.
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Percival Fauncewater if the panel fails to guess your unusual crime in ten
questions you will receive two weeks vacation at a seaside resort all expenses
paid. That is after you’ve paid your debt to society. Now, who will take the
first question? Inspector?
TV
(Inspector) Could your crime be classified as larceny? A theft burglary?
Tibs Straighten out! Form a queue… along the wall. Snap it up.
TV
Mr. Fauncewater is a burglar by trade but in this case his crime was not a
burglary. I’m sorry, the answer is no Jasper and Horace laugh One down,
nine to go. Miss Birdwell?
TV (Mrs.
Birdwell)
If your crime wasn’t robbery did you… oh dear, what I mean is, do
something of a violent nature, that is…
TV Come, Miss Birdwell we’re running short of time.
TV (Mrs.
Birdwell) Oh yes, of course. So sorry. Did you do someone in?
Tibs Oh.
TV I’m sorry, the answer is no. Two down eight to go. Mrs. Simpkins?
Tibs to Lucky Psst. Hey kid, let’s go.
TV (Mrs.
Simpkins) All right then. Could it be a violation of a city ordinance?
TV … eh no.
Horace Hey get out of the way, you little runt!
TV Three down, seven to go. Inspector?
TV
(Inspector) Very confusing, I must say. Surely this crime could…
TV
(Buzzer) I’m terribly sorry I’m afraid we’ve run out of time.
Horace Ain’t that always the way!
TV
Would it be possible for Mr. Fauncewater to come back next week? Then we
could finish out little game. Good night audience. See you next week at this
same time on “What’s my crime?”
Jasper Ah, oh well. C’mon Horace. Let’s go on with it I’ll pop’em on the head, you
do the skinnin’
Horace Oh no, you don’t Jasper! I’ll pop ‘em off and you do the skinnin’
Jasper
Hey Horace! Look! They’re gone. They flew the coop. Right out through this
hole. Here, grab a torch. We’ll run ‘em down before you can say “Bob’s your
uncle” They discover the puppies climbing stairs up There they go, Horace,
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up the stairs whistling Here puppies, here puppies! C’mon now. Don’t go
hiding from ol’ uncle Jasper, he-he. I ain’t gonna hurt you.
Horace I thought we was gonna pop ‘em off.
Jasper
Shut up! Take a squint in there. I’ll check these other two rooms whistling
Here puppies! Come on out! Come on wherever you are They go out from
under the bed Horace! Oh! It’s the mangy tabby cat. He’s the ringleader!
Head ‘em off. Head ‘em--- You bungling blockhead!
Tibs Back here! Back here! Shhh. Here they come.
Jasper Double-crossin’ little twerps, pullin’ a snitch on us! After we took care of
‘em.
Horace There’s gratitude for you. It ain’t fair Jasper.
Jasper Horace! There they go!
Colonel Sergeant? I say Sergeant!
Tibs Sorry. No time to explain. Busy sir.
Jasper Shut the door, Horace. We’ll close in on ‘em. Enough of this “ring around
the rosy”.
Crossroads.
Perdita Oh Pongo, I’m afraid we’re lost.
Pongo It can’t be far barks
Colonel By Jove! It can’t be the Pongos barks answering Grr. howls
Pongo It’s the Colonel. C’mon this way. Colonel? Are you the Colonel?
Colonel At Hell Hall’s gates Oh, Pingo! Uh-uh Pongo?
Perdita Our puppies, are they all right?
Colonel No time to explain. There’s trouble. A big hullabaloo. Come along! Follow
me!
Jasper
Ah ha ha ha. Now we’ve got ‘em Horace. They’ve run out the room In that
moment the Pongos arrive as two snarling furies crash through the window
and hurl themselves at the men to save the puppies What have we got here?
A couple of spotted hyenas? C’mon Horace. Give ‘em what for. I’m right
behind you, lad. Uh… oh! You clumsy clod!
Horace I’ll knock the spots off you. Let go! Let go!
Colonel Well, by George!
Jasper You mangry mongrel! I’ll knock your blinkin’ block off Pongo bites him
Aww!
Colonel Blast ‘em Tibs. Give ‘em what for.
Tibs No, no, Colonel! Retreat, retreat! He lead the puppies out through the open
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window
Colonel Yes, oh yes of course. Retreat! Retreat on the double!
Horace Help, Jasper! Get me out of here!
Jasper Hey Horace, they’re fighting dirty.
Horace Oh, oh, oh! He falls over the fire Oh, oh, oh. Jasper!
Jasper Horace!
Pongo C’mon Perdy. Let’s go.
Jasper I’ll skin every one of them spotted hyenas if it’s the last thing I do.
Puppies
Dad! Mother!
I missed you mommy!
Here we are mommy!
Perdita Oh, my darlings…. My darlings.
Lucky How’d you find us?
Pongo Ha-ha. Lucky! Patch! Pepper!
Puppies Oh daddy!
Pongo And Rolly, you rascal!
Rolly Did you bring me anything to eat?
Pongo Ha ha! Everybody here? All fifteen?
Patch Twice that many Dad. Now there’s 99 of us!
Pongo What’ Nine--- ninety nine! Oh, where did they all come from?
Perdita What would she want with so many?
Puppy She’s gonna make coats out of us.
Perdita She couldn’t they’re shocked
Tibs That’s right. Dog-skins coats.
Colonel Oh, dog-skins coats! Come on, Tibs!
Tibs But it’s true, sir.
Patch Horace and Jasper, were gonna pop us off and… skin us!
Perdita She’s a devil! A witch! What’ll we do?
Pongo We have to get back to London, somehow.
Patch What about the others? What’ll they do?
Pongo Perdy, we’ll take them home with us… al of them. Our pets would never turn
them out.
Captain Colonel, sir, lights on the road. It’s a truck headin’ this way.
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Tibs It’s the Baduns, Horace and Jasper. They’re following our tracks.
Colonel Well, we’ve got ‘em outnumbered, tibs. When I give the signal we’ll attack.
Tibs Colonel, sir. I’m afraid that would be disastrous.
Colonel Ahem! Oh, think so?
Pongo He’s right. We’d better run for it.
Tibs Out the back, across the pasture.
Pongo Thank you, Sergeant, Colonel, Captain.
Perdita Bless you all!
Pongo How can we ever repay you?
Colonel Ahem! Oh no, nothing at all! All in the line of duty.
Tibs That’s right sir… routine.
Captain Better be off. There they come.
Perdita C’mon kids, hurry.
Tibs Good luck, Pongos!
Colonel And never fear. We’ll hold them off ‘till the bitter end Captain gives the
signal
Jasper Now, what’s this? Out of my way you barking haysack or I’ll knock your
blinckin’ block off!
Horace They ain’t here.
Jasper They’re hiding in the hay. Give me a match. We’ll burn ‘em out.
Tibs Ready Captain? Aim… fire one. Fire two.
Jasper
Hey there they go, the little sneaks. C’mon Horace, back to the truck. We’ll
head ‘em off in half a mile in a bridge They gotta be around here,
somewhere.
Horace Jasper, I’ve been thinking.
Jasper Now Horace.
Horace What if they went down the froze-up creek… so’s not to leave their tracks?
Jasper Oh, Horace, you idiot! Dogs ain’t that smart.
Pongo All clear, Perdy. All clear.
Puppies We gave ‘em the slip! Didn’t we dad?
They didn’t even see us, Patch!
Perdita Shhh children. Children, shh.
Puppy My feet are slippery. I wish we could walk on the snow.
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Pongo No son, we can’t leave tracks.
Cruella Well, any sign of them?
Jasper Not so much as one blooming footprint. And we’ve been up and down every
road in the all county.
Horace We are froze stiff. We’ re giving up.
Cruella
OH no, you don’t! We’ll find the mongrels if it takes ‘till next Christmas.
Now get going and watch your driving! Do you wanna get nabbed by the
police?
Pongo 93, 94, 95, 96, 97 98 Oh Lucky! C’mon Lucky boy! We can’t give up now.
Lucky I’m tried and I’m hungry and my tail’s froze and my nose is froze and my
ears are froze. And my toes are froze.
Collie Barking Pongo! Pongo! Pongo! Oh we’d just about lost hope. We have
shelter for you at the dairy barn across the road.
Pongo Oh thank goodness. Perdy! Perdy! This way Perdy! The dairy barn across the
road.
Perdita C’mon kids.
Pongo It’s not far. C’mon, this way. Follow the Collie.
Cows
Just look Queenie. Have you ever seen so many puppies?
Oh aren’t they adorable!
Perfectly darling.
The poor dears. They’re completely worn out and half frozen
Perdita They all here Pongo?
Pongo Yes dear. All 99 accounted for.
Cow The famous Pongos. We were so worried about you.
Collie Been trying to reach you. Afraid you’ve been captured.
Cows How did you make it all this way? And in such dreadful weather.
With all those little ones.
Rolly I’m hungry mother. I’m hungry.
Puppies I’m hungry too mother. Mother, we’re hungry. We’re all hungry.
Perdita I’m sorry children
Cow Do they like warm milk? It’s fresh
Perdita Oh!
Rolly Where is it?
Puppy Where is the milk?
Cow Come and get it, kids. It’s on the house.
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Perdita This way children. Around this way. Now, don’t crowd. You’ll have to take
turns. Rolly wait your turn dear.
Cow Don’t worry kids. There’s plenty for all. Oooh! The little darlings.
Collie Pongo, a few scraps I saved for you and the missus.
Pongo Oh, thank you.
Collie It’s not much but it might hold you as far as Dinsford.
Pongo Huh? Dinsford?
Collie There’s a Labrador there. His pet is a grocer.
Pongo yawning Oh I--- I’m terrible sorry.
Collie Quite all right, quite all right. Get some rest and don’t worry I’ll be standing
watch.
Perdita I don’t know what we’d have done if…
Cows
We’re very honored to be of service.
We’re sorry we can’t do more.
Anyone who would think of hurting theses dear little puppies
Shh! Duchess!
They’re so dear. I wish they could stay with us for always.
Princess, shhh. Quiet everyone. Let them sleep, the poor things. They’re so
exhausted and they have such a long way to go.
Next morning. They cross a road. A car is approaching. It’s Cruella.
Pongo Hurry kids, hurry! He tries to disguise their tracks
Cruella
Well now, what have we here? Well… so they thought they could outwit
Cruella. Ha ha ha ha! Jasper! Horace! Here’s their tracks heading for the
village!
Jasper Blimey! It’s them, all right.
Cruella Work your way south on the side roads. I’ll take the main road. See you in
Dinsford.
Dinsford. Labrador’s barking and waiting for the Pongos.
Labrador Pongo, I’ve got a ride home for you.
Pongo A ride home? Perdy, did you hear that?
Perdita For all of us?
Puppy You mean, we don’t have to walk any more?
Labrador Yes, if we can manage it. We’d better hurry.
Perdita We’ve got a ride home! C’mon children.
Labrador See the van down the street? It’s going to London as soon as the engine’s
repaired and there’s room for all of you.
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Perdita Pongo! There’s Cruella!
Pongo Yes… and Jasper and Horace.
Perdita Pongo, how will we get to the van?
Pongo I don’t know, Perdy but somehow we’ve got to.
Lucky Mother, dad, Patch pushed me in the fireplace.
Patch Lucky pushed me first.
Lucky Did not!
Patch Did too!
Lucky Did not!
Patch Did too!
Lucky Did not!
Perdita Please, children, don’t quarrel.
Pongo Say….! Perdy I’ve got an idea he rolls in soot
Perdita Pongo! What on earth….
Pongo Look, I’m a Labrador! We’ll all roll in soot. We’ll be Labradors!
Labrador Say, That’s an idea!
Pongo C’mon kids! Roll in the soot!
Puppies
You mean, you want us to get dirty?
Did you hear that, Freckles? Dad wants us to get dirty.
Mother, should we?
Perdita Do as your father says.
Puppies This’ll be fun.
I’ll always wanted to get good and dirty.
Pongo That’s the stuff. The blacker the better!
Puppies
I’m ready!
Me too!
How’s this Dad?
Pongo Wait! That’s enough. Not too many at a time. Uh-oh. Rolly, hold on. You’re
only half done.
Labrador And now stay right with me, kids.
Puppies We’re gonna fool the ol’ mad lady.
Perdita Pongo… I’m so afraid.
Horace seeing the “black” dogs Oh Jasper, do you suppose they disguised
themselves?
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Jasper sarcastically Say now, Horace. That’s just what they did. Dogs is always
painting themselves black! You idiot!
Pongo Well, so far so good. C’mon, Perdy. Better get on your makeup. I’ll go ahead
with the next bunch.
Cruella Jasper! Horace! Well?
Jasper Be reasonable, miss.
Horace We’re froze to our bones.
Jasper We’re been out all night and all day, with nothin’ to eat.
Cruella They’re somewhere in this village, and we’re going to find them. Now get
going!
Pongo Do you think they’ve seen us?
Labrador No, but we’re running out of time.
Man Try ‘er again, mate.
Pongo Hurry Perdy. The van’s about ready to leave.
Labrador Better hurry.
Pongo I’ll get the rest
Man That ought to do. She’ll get you back to London.
Labrador Better get aboard, miss.
Horace Hey Jasper they try to open the door
Jasper C’mon Horace.
Pongo Hurry kids! C’mon kids. Run on ahead.
Puppy She’s watching us, Dad.
Pongo Keep going. Keep going.
Cruella It can’t be! It’s impossible!
Labrador Run for it! Hey have been discovered
Cruella Jasper! Horace! Jasper! There they go… in the van! After them! After them!
Perdita Pongo! There she is… Cruella!
Cruella drives like the maniac she is, trying to force the furniture van off the road. The
efforts of the Baduns to help her succeed only in creating a huge smash-up between their
truck and her car.
Driver Hey, lady! What in thunder are you trying to do? Crazy woman driver!
Perdita Pongo! Look!
Horace Jasper!
Jasper Ain’t nothin’ to it. I’ll give him a nudge and shove him in the dirt.
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Pongo Perdy, watch out!
Horace Jasper!
Jasper Horace! they crash
Cruella You idiots! You fools! sobbing You imbeciles!
Jasper Oh, shut up!
London. Radcliffs home. They are mourning the loss not only the puppies but now also of
the two adult Dalmatians. But then there is the sound of barking from without. Pongo,
Perdita and 99 puppies burst into the room, and a delighted pair of Radcliffs determine
to keep all of them.
Radio
You’ve seen her kind of eyes
Watchin’ you from
Underneath a rock
Cruella de Vil
Cruella de…
Anita Roger, after all that’s your first big hit. It’s made more money than we ever
dreamed of.
Roger Yes, I know. I still can’t believe…. That Pongo and Perdita would run away.
Nanny
Here’s a bit of Christmas cheer for you. If there’s anything to be cheerful
about sobbing Oh those dear little things. Sometimes, at night, I can hear
them barking, but it always turns out I’m dreaming they hear real barkings .
Anita Roger, what on earth…
Roger They’re Labradors!
Nanny No, no, they’re covered with soot. Look, here’s Lucky!
Roger Pongo boy, is that you? Ph Pongo, Pongo! Ho ho, it’s Pongo!
Anita And Perdy, my darling!
Nanny And Patch, and Rolly, and Penny and Freckles. They’re all here, the little
dears.
Roger It’s a miracle!
Anita What a wonderful Christmas present!
Nanny And look! … there’s a whole lot more!
Roger Look Anita, puppies everywhere!
Anita There must be 100 of them!
Nanny One, two, three and four is seven. Eight, nine continues counting
Roger Two, four, six and three is nine plus two is eleven.
Nanny Thirty six and eleven that’s forty seven!
Anita Fourteen, eighteen Roger!
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Roger That’s sixty five!
Nanny Ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen!
Anita Wait a minute, wait a minute, six more.
Roger Let’s see, that’s 84 and fifteen plus two…. One hundred and one!
Anita One hundred and one? Where did they all come from?
Roger Oh Pongo, you old rascal!
Anita What will we do with them?
Roger We’ll keep ‘em.
Anita In this little house?
Roger We’ll buy a big place in the country. We’ll have a plantation… a Dalmatian
plantation.
Anita Oh, Roger, that’s truly an inspiration.
Nanny It’ll be a sensation!
Roger
We’ll have a Dalmatian plantation. A Dalmatian plantation, I say.
We'll have a Dalmatian plantation
where our population
can roam
Rolly
I'm hungry mother
our whole aggregation will
love our plantation home
Pongo Woo-woo-woo-woo
Perdita oo-oo-oo
Dalmatian plantation home
THE END
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English Language Arts Benchmarks Standard 1: Reading and Responding
ELA-1-E4 − identifying story elements (e.g., setting, plot, character, theme) and
literary devices (e.g., figurative language, dialogue) within a selection;
ELA-1-E5 − reading, comprehending, and responding to written, spoken, and visual
texts in extended passages;
ELA-1-E7 − reading with fluency for various purposes (e.g., enjoying, learning,
problem solving)
Standard 7: Reading and Responding
ELA-7-E1 − using comprehension strategies (e.g., sequencing, predicting, drawing
conclusions, comparing and contrasting, making inferences, determining main ideas) in
contexts;
ELA-7-E2 − problem solving by using reasoning skills, life experiences, and available
information;
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Teaching the Compare and Contrast Essay through Modeling
Overview Together, students and teacher create the first half of a
draft of a comparison and contrast essay. During the modeling,
students observe what writers do when revising a draft as they
reread and write. They will begin to explore the techniques that
writers use, such as rearranging or clarifying words or sentences.
Students then apply the techniques by continuing the draft
independently.
From Theory to Practice When I model the writing process for my class, I can see the
light bulb moments in the students’ faces as they think of ways to apply what is being
demonstrated in their own writing. In her book Conversations, Regie Routman explains
why this modeling process is so successful: "It has always been our job to teach directly
and explicitly in response to students' needs—carefully demonstrating, specifically
showing how, clearly explaining. Whatever we want our students to do well, we first
have to show them how. Of all the changes I have made in my teaching, adding explicit
demonstration to everything I teach has been the single most important factor in
increasing students' literacy" (24).
Further, writing out loud with students gives me an opportunity to show my enjoyment
for the writing process. Students see that revision and editing are part of the fun, and that
even teachers don’t get it correct the first time. As an added bonus, students are
frequently more eager to share personal writings with me for feedback once they see this
process modeled.
Further Reading
Routman, Regie. 1999. Conversations: Strategies for Teaching, Learning, and
Evaluating. Heinneman.
Student Objectives Students will
define the characteristics of a comparison/contrast essay.
generate ideas for the group composition and their own essays as the process is
modeled.
develop a final copy of a comparison/contrast paper.
Instructional Plan Resources
LCD Projector hooked to a computer with a word processor, or an overhead
projector
General classroom supplies (pencils, paper, etc.)
Venn Diagram Student Interactive
Comparison and Contrast Guide
Compare and Contrast Map
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(optional) Compare and Contrast Chart Graphic Organizer
(optional) Comparison and Contrast Rubric
Preparation
1. Set the projector up so that the teacher is facing the class and able to type the text
(or write easily on the overhead) and the class is able to follow along.
2. Familiarize yourself with the basic commands of the word processor on the
computer that you're using.
3. Test the Venn Diagram Student Interactive, Comparison and Contrast Guide, and
Compare and Contrast Map on your computers to familiarize yourself with the
tools and ensure that you have the Flash plug-in installed. You can download the
plug-in from the technical support page.
4. Prior to this lesson, students should have learned how to write introductions and
conclusions. The ReadWriteThink lesson Leading to Great Places in the
Elementary Classroom can be a useful resource for exploring introductory
sentences.
Instruction and Activities
Session One
1. Hold up or display two different objects for students to focus on as they explore
the meaning of the terms compare and contrast. You might choose two different
beverage options (juice versus milk), two candy bars (Milky Way versus Reese's
Cups), or two different television programs (SpongeBob SquarePants versus The
Rugrats). Be sure to choose items which students are familiar with so that the
process of comparing the objects will be clearer to them.
2. Make two columns on the board or chart paper and invite students to brainstorm
characteristics of first one of the objects (e.g., juice) and then the other object
(e.g., milk). Invite students to add and revise information as they work, moving
between the two columns.
3. If students need help building the lists of characteristics, ask leading questions
such as "How do you decide which beverage you want to drink?" or "How do you
decide which candy bar to buy?"
4. Ask students to identify characteristics that are included in both of the columns.
Either mark these similarities using a different colored pen, or create a new chart
with the column headings of "Comparison" and "Contrast."
5. Based on the information in the lists, lead a class discussion on the definitions of
the words compare and contrast. Refer to examples on the charts to clarify the
difference between the two terms.
6. As a class, brainstorm other ways students compare and contrast in their daily
lives (sports teams, restaurants, toys, books, etc.). You can do this by pairing
students in groups or 2-4 having them compose a list as a group and then as a
coming together as a class to share ideas.
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7. From there, you will brainstorm and generate a class definition of compare and
contrast making sure they understand why comparing and contrasting is important
by using examples as needed.
Session Two and Three
1. Use the Comparison and Contrast Guide to review information from the first class
session as needed.
2. You can decide or allow the class to help you decide two things to compare and
contrast for the class essay.
3. Use the "Graphic Organizer" tab on the Comparison and Contrast Guide to
introduce the 2-Circle Venn Diagram. Alternately, you can use the Compare and
Contrast Chart Graphic Organizer if you prefer.
4. Open the Venn Diagram Student Interactive. Alternately, you can draw a simple
graphic organizer on the chalkboard of a Venn diagram (two overlapping circles).
5. Label the circles and brainstorm as a class what is different about your topics and
drag the ideas to the appropriate circle and what is the same about your topic and
drag those ideas to the overlapping part of the circles.
6. Print out the Venn Diagram, and make copies for students to use in later sessions.
7. Use the "Organizing a Paper" tab on the Comparison and Contrast Guide and the
Compare and Contrast Map to introduce the Similarities-to-Differences structure.
8. Open a new word processor file, where you'll compose the first sections of the
essay as a group.
9. Brainstorm an interesting lead with the class. Have several people give ideas and
model for the class how to rearrange ideas and thoughts to come up with the best
and most interesting beginning and continue writing as a class from there.
10. Demonstrate cut, copy, and paste commands for your word processor software.
11. As you write with your class, feel free to delete ideas and change them as better
ones come up and reread what has been written before asking for the next idea to
be sure that the thoughts flow nicely. Refer back to the Venn Diagram as
necessary.
12. Use the "Transitions" tab on the Comparison and Contrast Guide to introduce the
use of transitional words to increase coherence.
13. Save your class draft of the introduction and the section on similarities. If
possible, share the file with students, so that they can continue writing the text in
their own copy of the file. Alternately, print the file and makes copies for
students.
14. Ask the students to continue the essay using the beginning that you've written
together. They can add the section on differences and the conclusion in class or as
homework.
15. Use the Comparison and Contrast Guide to review information as needed. Use the
"Checklist" tab to explain the requirements for the finished essay. If desired, share
the Comparison and Contrast Rubric with students as well.
16. Show students how to access the Comparison and Contrast Guide so that they can
refer to the resource as they like while writing.
17. If students work in class, circulate among students, giving ideas and help.
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Extension Activities
Write another comparison and contrast essay, using the whole-to-whole or point-
by-point organization explained in the "Organizing a Paper" tab on the
Comparison and Contrast Guide.
Have students write a compare and contrast essay in a different content area. See
the list below for a sampling of topics that can be compared.
History
historical figures, maps of different time periods, states, time periods, books on
the same historical subject
Science
scientists, weather patterns, plants in habitats
Art
paintings, artists' lives, different techniques
Reading
two different authors, two stories by the same author, books on the same topic by
different authors, a book and the movie made from it
Web Resources Learning Tip #26: Comparison Strategies Support Reading, Writing, and Learning
http://www.kidbibs.com/learningtips/lt26.htm
This site provides a number of resources appropriate for teaching comparison-
contrast in the elementary classroom, including picture books which explore the
topic. Note that the site includes links purchase the books on Amazon.com.
Comparison/Contrast Essays, from LEO: Literacy Education Online
http://leo.stcloudstate.edu/acadwrite/comparcontrast.html
This explanation of comparison-contrast provides advanced examples of the basic
structures for the essay. The site is part of the St. Cloud State University Writing
Center.
Three-Part Format: Comparison/Contrast
http://www.odessa.edu/dept/english/mjordan/Compare-contrast.htm
This detailed explanation of comparison/contrast essays from Odessa College can
provide complete information for teachers to review before teaching the essay.
Student Assessment/Reflections If possible, it is great to read the essay with the student
individually and provide direct feedback. When this option is not available, constructive
written comments are helpful. As you read the essays, keep notes on the aspects to review
and share with the class later. For more structured feedback, use the Comparison and
Contrast Rubric.
After you have finished responding to the essays, review them with the class, adding
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advice as needed. You might go back and model an area where students needed more
practice. Alternately, you can use the Comparison and Contrast Tour to review the area.
NCTE/IRA Standards
3 - Students apply a wide range of strategies to comprehend, interpret, evaluate,
and appreciate texts. They draw on their prior experience, their interactions with
other readers and writers, their knowledge of word meaning and of other texts,
their word identification strategies, and their understanding of textual features
(e.g., sound-letter correspondence, sentence structure, context, graphics).
4 - Students adjust their use of spoken, written, and visual language (e.g.,
conventions, style, vocabulary) to communicate effectively with a variety of
audiences and for different purposes.
5 - Students employ a wide range of strategies as they write and use different
writing process elements appropriately to communicate with different audiences
for a variety of purposes.
6 - Students apply knowledge of language structure, language conventions (e.g.,
spelling and punctuation), media techniques, figurative language, and genre to
create, critique, and discuss print and nonprint texts.
RETRIEVED FROM: http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=275
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English Language Arts Benchmarks Standard 1: Reading and Responding
ELA-1-E5 − reading, comprehending, and responding to written, spoken, and visual
texts in extended passages;
ELA-1-E7 − reading with fluency for various purposes (e.g., enjoying, learning,
problem solving)
Standard 7: Reading and Responding
ELA-7-E1 − using comprehension strategies (e.g., sequencing, predicting, drawing
conclusions, comparing and contrasting, making inferences, determining main ideas) in
contexts;
Writing/Proofreading
ELA-3-E1 − writing legibly;
ELA-3-E2 − demonstrating use of punctuation (e.g., comma, apostrophe, period,
question mark, exclamation mark), capitalization, and abbreviations in final drafts of
writing assignments;
ELA-3-E5 − spelling accurately using strategies (e.g., letter-sound correspondence,
hearing and recording sounds in sequence, spelling patterns, pronunciation) and resources
(e.g., glossary, dictionary) when necessary.
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Additional Resources
These links all require teacher registration to access resources: 101 Dalmatians Worksheet: http://www.eslprintables.com/printable.asp?id=28979 101 Dalmatians Worksheet: http://www.eslprintables.com/printable.asp?id=58028 101 Dalmatians and Counting:
http://www.lessonplanet.com/search?keywords=french+vocabulary&
media=lesson&page=7&rating=3&search_type=related
