The Cat and the Mice

Modeled Retelling
ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Cats love to chase and catch mice. They think LEARNERS
mice are delicious. Each day, Cat chases and Beginning
snatches a mouse.
Point to the cat. What is the cat
chasing? Why?
Guided Retelling Intermediate
What do cats do? Why do they do it? What do Who is chasing the mouse? What do
the mice do? cats think about mice?

Advanced
What is the cat doing? What will
he do with the mouse? Why do the
mice run?
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Modeled Retelling
ENGLISH LANGUAGE
The mice have a meeting to see what can be LEARNERS
done about the cat. The old mouse has an idea Beginning
to put a bell on the cat’s neck.
Point to the old mouse. What does
the old mouse want to put on the
cat’s neck?
Guided Retelling
Intermediate
What do the mice talk about? What idea does
the old mouse have? What is the old mouse’s idea? How
does this solve the problem?

Advanced
Why are the mice talking? What
idea does the old mouse have? How
will this solve the problem?
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Modeled Retelling
ENGLISH LANGUAGE
The mice are happy. They will hear the bell. LEARNERS
They will have time to run and hide. They think Beginning
the problem is solved.
The mice are . They think they
have solved their .
Guided Retelling Intermediate
How are the mice acting? Why are they How do the mice feel? How does
acting this way? How does this idea solve this idea solve their problem?

their problem? Advanced

Why are the mice happy? Explain
how this idea solves their problem.
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 The Cat and the Mice

Modeled Retelling
ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Then a mouse asks who will put the bell on LEARNERS
the cat. This is a new problem. The mice think Beginning
the old mouse should put the bell on the
The mice think the should
cat. The old mouse says no. This is a job for a put the bell on the cat. Does the old
younger mouse. mouse say yes or no?

Guided Retelling
What is the new problem? What do the mice
say? What does the old mouse say?
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Intermediate
What is the mice’s new problem?
What does the old mouse say?
Advanced
Explain the new problem that the
mice have. Who does the old mouse
think should put the bell on the cat?

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 The Cat and the Mice

Modeled Retelling
ENGLISH LANGUAGE
The mice do not know what to do. None of LEARNERS
them will put the bell on the cat. The lesson of Beginning
this fable is: “Easier said than done.”
Will the mice put the bell on the
cat? The lesson is: “Easier
than done.”
Guided Retelling
Intermediate
What finally happens? What is the lesson of the
fable? Who will put the bell on the cat?
What is the lesson of the fable?

Advanced
What won’t any of the mice do?
Why not? Explain why this job is
“easier said than done.”
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