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it's like...
whew [makes sighing noise]!
a sigh of relief.
um but what we are having all the kids do is write a letter to Eric Carle who is the author of the book.
and we're gonna send him the letters.
uh and he lives in Massachusetts.
so um we're wondering if you could try to a write a quick letter to him.
don't hafta... |
%int: laughing
I know it.
that's the feeling like oh my God.
getting sick of the stuff.
dear Eric Carle.
[reading Chi's letter]
great.
wait I forgot where I was sposta put the period.
the comma goes after his name.
oh.
right.
mhm.
doesn't look right.
for some reason.
ac tell him if you like the story.
tell him if you d... |
mhm.
is this the one where it has all the spots in it?
yeah.
yeah.
yeah.
I forgot how to spell story.
all the easy words are hard.
[chuckles quietly].
all um...
s t o r y.
I thought so.
Mommy I'm sure you know all the hard words are easy.
Chi we can take ten years to do this or we can get it over with.
%int: impatient
... |
interesting.
I'm gonna write this letter for you aren't I?
%int: impatient
i n t e r e s t.
t not d.
i...
oh.
i n g?
yeah.
[MOT pours coffee]
I hate this coffee pot.
it spills no matter what you do to it [chuckling].
that's what we have [chuckling].
the Braun?
yeah.
I bought it because it was sposta be one of the best.... |
hm?
but you still remind me the way Jake's mother hair is.
oh Jake's mother's hair is.
oh okay.
well this is the...
that's a pretty common style Chi.
it's also the slept on hair.
[laughs].
[laughs].
hat head.
imagine what you must have thought when you saw my fingernails.
[MOT's fingernails are covered with paint or ma... |
we may do airplanes in Chi's room right?
yep.
I'm doing it.
still.
I know.
mhm.
well that's all I hafta write 'cause I really don't know much about him [Eric Carle].
and really if I know about children's authors I would keep on writing and writing him.
do you do that a lot in school?
yeah.
yeah.
um well we actually onl... |
yeah?
have you read any of his other stuff?
uh no.
he has got uh let's see something like The Very Busy Spider and...
I like that.
I think one of my classmates read that.
yeah.
he's reading kind of like you know the um Roald Dahl books and stuff like that.
oh.
how do you like those?
they're good.
I just got finished wi... |
it was nice.
um yeah I like Roald Dahl a lot.
yeah.
I read James and the Giant Peach.
I really love that one.
yeah.
growing up I thought that was so cool.
they're readin' the BFG in um schools there.
still there.
[talking from a distance, as if he is coming in from another room]
he's still there.
Ester.
oh.
Ester xxx.
... |
and what does that mean?
the guy is sposta be from the South and he has you know this...
oh he has just...
he says just get on the horse and it'll take you home.
he says that's the homeliest horse I ever saw ride.
[laughs].
okay.
it was pretty funny.
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[Home Visit 7... |
here xxx.
do me a big favor and read that?
sure just a second?
[laughs].
dear...
[whispers].
go ahead xxx.
dear Eric Carle.
my mother and I have loved your books.
A Home For A h Hermit Crab and all your others.
now here's a word from my mom.
I've enjoyed your sweet stories and the bright collage effects of your illustr... |
I'm in third grade.
Have you written any other books from, Chi.
the book?
yeah so I would remember what it is about.
[laughs].
The Very Hungry Caterpillar.
for my sister Christina.
mm.
in the light of the moon a little egg lay on a leaf.
the guinea pig.
[explaining pet to EXP]
oh I was wondering what that was [laughs].... |
good old Saturday.
on Saturday he ate through a piece of chocolate cake one icecream cone and pickle one slice of Swiss cheese one slice of salami one lollipop one piece of cherry pie one sausage one cupcake and one slice of watermelon.
xxx up.
the night he had a stomachache.
well I would.
now he's going to the house.
... |
first I'll do it on this one.
well you know what?
we don't even hafta worry about it I mean we are not even bothering with drafts or anything 'cause I mean it kind of takes too long you know.
xxx write dear Carle.
dear Eric I'm sorry.
[laughs].
are you really gonna give it to him?
uhhuh.
in fact I found out...
yeah.
we... |
this is just the way it is.
from here.
just the first letter is capital.
oh I really messed up.
dear...
I mean the.
[softly]
no.
is it capital or...
beginning of each word is capitalized.
you can leave it.
leave it leave it leave it.
[doesn't want Chi to erase mistake]
no I don't wanna!
[laughs].
then listen to what I ... |
i.
is a.
how do you spell fantastic?
[laughs].
f a n.
t a.
do you want me to write very good?
no finish writing this [laughs].
[maybe Mot is thinking of the words very good and Chi is thinking of penmanship]
do I hafta write very good?
s i c xxx.
I'll write it.
no no no no!
don't erase that whole word.
please Chi don't... |
what do you wanna look at?
what's...
what's the picture of?
a caterpillar.
that's it xxx.
hm well we're writing a letter.
no.
I dunno.
I think xxx another book.
hm?
what?
%int: whispers
huh?
%int: whispers
what?
what else would you write?
xxx ask him if he xxx.
%int: whispers
you can ask him whatever you want.
it's you... |
what?
nothing is stupid what?
you can ask him anything you want.
yeah anything.
uh xxx.
do you have any children?
that's a good question.
that's fine.
I think it's nice to ask him a personal question.
who was he writing for?
put your hand on the paper so it doesn't slide all over the place.
hold your hand on the paper.... |
I read your book a lot.
r e a d.
[Chi probably asked for help by whispering]
that's read [present tense].
no that's read [past tense].
it's both.
yeah.
say it two ways.
two words.
I read [past tense] it.
a lot of.
I read it a lot?
I read your book a lot it should have been but that's fine.
that's fine that's fine!
no I... |
read.
I wanna write xxx...
a lot of.
o f.
finish that.
%int: whispers
sure.
read it a lot of times.
yeah that's true.
he'll know you must have read it a lot!
whatever you can end it there if you want.
we give you a lot of lines because some people write bigger then others.
I'm in third grade.
okay?
that's fine and then... |
you wanna end it?
I'll write from.
[laughs].
right you don't really know him.
[laughs].
Chi [full name].
do I hafta write that much?
it's your name.
Chi [middle name].
I don't needta write it on the line.
a n...
capital a.
n n.
hm?
[laughs].
the world's famous small writer.
[Chi has to scrunch letters together to put f... |
um the last thing that I'm gonna have you guys to do together is um...
and if you don't mind we are going to video tape your hands?
I'll try to...
oh God.
I know.
%int: laughing
[laughs].
we'll put in a disclaimer about your finger nails.
I know.
she was stenciling the night before.
no mom I'll get the nail polish.
no ... |
[clears throat].
so xxx.
oh you are almost done.
put that right up there.
how's that?
I'll give it to you.
it is cold.
yeah isn't it cold?
ah!
uh.
is this cold?
this isn't cold for some reason.
yeah r why do you think it's not cold and this stuff is cold?
this is plastic.
yeah I think that's right.
and this is...
the p... |
that's for xxx.
it's a magnet.
for you to...
yeah.
for you to play with.
uhoh everything keeps on attaching to the thing.
whatever you want.
well whaddya think?
'cause it's magnetic force.
right.
magnetic force.
oh my God it's floated up in the air.
have you ever done like this?
like tape a piece of string like this an... |
it would stand up but you'd hafta hold that right?
mean you couldn't...
no you could get somethin' to hold it.
something to hold it up?
yep.
like the xxx.
dangerous for Pete's sake.
kids gonna get killed.
why are they dangerous?
no it seems dangerous this thing right here.
well.
ah.
oh a ring.
xxx let me adjust my view... |
he just got the Connects for Christmas.
[Connects is a construction toy]
um.
what is this sposta do?
well give it a try.
just don't let it land in your cereal.
[laughs].
[laughs].
splash.
uh it's landing in my cereal ah.
this Mom.
check this out.
whoops.
you go like this.
climb up.
whoops!
[laughs].
[laughs].
oh my goo... |
strong magnets huh?
gimme gimme gimme.
xxx pick that up.
darn this stuff!
remember on um Edward Scissorhand?
[Edward Scissorhand is a character in a movie]
whoops.
Chi look at this.
I got it.
Chi.
[laughs].
no.
[laughs].
darn this stuff.
on Edward Scissorhand...
oh jeez look at that.
it shifted around.
mhm.
look at thi... |
yeah.
[laughs].
Mom go like this.
you can...
that's our favorite store.
we love The Learningsmith.
oh yeah?
yes.
Mom go like this.
hold this hold the ball right here.
yeah I know.
%add: MOT
it feels like force.
mhm.
hold it.
right here.
[laughs].
[laughs].
yeah he felt it alright.
oh!
[laughs].
sorry.
it goes like...
i... |
take everything off.
I'll do it a quicker way.
[video tape starts here]
oh my look what happened.
[using the yellow wand Chi lifts the black base magnet and all the nuts cling to the bottom of the base]
[laughs].
you're gonna clean the slate here huh?
[picks pieces off the base]
are you ready now?
%add: EXP
why don't y... |
I even got a kick out of it though.
yeah.
the rest of it I didn't really get a kick out of.
yeah.
oh don't tell me.
whoop'.
[accidently makes the silver men fall over]
you stupid idiot!
%int: voice of a mad scientist to his assistant
dodododododoto!
these are strong magnets these guy ones.
yeah.
oh my God there's force... |
yeah.
see if this will stop on top of this guy.
Mom I have a good idea.
watch.
I can make it go I think.
watch.
make a what thing?
go.
oh a golf thing.
no it will go.
I don't know if that is going to work Chi.
watch.
[puts a ball and a nut together and then places the yellow magnet a few inches from them and the ball a... |
ah.
[laughs].
don't kill me.
%int: $=2 voice of play character
a a a a a a a a a.
ah!
that's great.
ah!
good idea Chi.
yeah.
whoop.
oh neat.
[sound effects].
[still using the wand under the folder to make the ball mover around on top of the folder]
magic.
ah!
oh thanks.
[MOT hands EXP her folder back]
woulda had xxx th... |
they both really are.
this one gives the [? you] magnetic force.
see how these willn't stick together?
[touches a paper clip to another paper clip]
watch.
but it sticks to that?
it willn't sti you hafta have regular...
xxx loves this.
see how this doesn't stick together?
[tries the paper clip and the silver stick toget... |
see if you can do it with the paper clip too.
oh.
worked the first time.
wait a sec'.
you gotta rub it and then do it right away.
[rubs the silver stick on the yellow wand again]
there you go.
dadadadadadata!
[raspberry].
[laughs].
xxx dropped his head.
class clown xxx.
yeah.
[gets the sticks to stick together again]
o... |
[puts a silver man on the base magnet]
look at this Mom.
ah don't kill me.
%int: funny voice
[laughs].
[laughs].
ah.
what's with xxx.
did you guys do that in school xxx.
it's the Wheel of Fortune.
[tries to move things on the table using the yellow wand under the table]
[laughs].
it's working under the table under wood... |
right exactly just all imagination.
and it is hard to loose the parts cause they stick to each other.
right.
exactly.
we'll hafta go to the Learning Center.
'right ready?
do [? could] you mind if I take this [silver circle on the base] off?
oh that comes off?
yeah go ahead.
[Chi takes off the circle plate]
yeah.
oh.
%i... |
[the magnet makes the paper clip jump around]
look at the thing going.
it was going like this.
[demonstrates how the paper clip was moving]
xxx like you should do special effects for a movie.
I know.
hey Mom look at it.
Chi you know what we should do?
have one of your friends come over right?
and we'll make believe we ... |
okay.
wait a sec' they hafta be not together.
oh okay.
the xxx.
the magnetic monster.
[puts the orange monster on top of a silver man and tries to move it around with the base magnet but it willn't move]
okay.
it willn't work.
no?
oh for some reason no it's not.
hasta be over here [sing song].
[tries it on a different ... |
[holds the base magnet in the air above the table and gets objects to move around]
oh!
[one of the silver men suddenly jumps up to the base magnet that is still being held in the air above the table]
[laughs].
[laughs].
oh.
that noise scared me.
[noises, sound effects].
reminds me of last year.
I took him and his broth... |
yeah and plus you weren't expecting it.
right.
that's the other thing is...
look at this.
they must have jumped up a mile out of there seats.
you know I think I saw that now that I think about it.
it was great.
yeah.
it was really good.
I thought it was something light for kids their age you know that wouldn't turn the... |
it would be great if we could give you all of these but...
it was a great choice.
yeah.
definitely.
they're nice.
can we get these at The Learningsmith?
[piles the nuts onto the base]
the next time we go to the mall which I try to avoid the mall at all costs.
yeah especially now.
after Christmas.
[laughs].
places you d... |
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[Home Visit 7]
xxx just wanna make sure that this is workin' okay.
do you know what the date is today?
dear Eric Carle.
I like the book The Very Hungry Caterpillar.
I like the food that he eats.
Chi.
hi.
[INV says hello to Fat, who enters room]
January five.
this ... |
you don't like reading?
how come?
is it hard for you?
yeah.
its hard for a lot of kids.
it's hard when you're learnin'.
mhm.
you know?
but I bet you remember this book right?
have you seen this before?
[laughs].
yeah.
where have you seen it?
did we bring...
um last year in school?
oh really?
did you see it in school?
a... |
'cause we have his home address and...
um here's some paper?
and take about ten minutes or so and here's the book if you want that...
wanna read it?
[FAT says something to Chi?]
that's it.
no!
[laughs].
you have read that before remember?
mhm.
[laughs].
what's wrong Chi?
I don't wanna read it.
you don't wanna read it?
... |
%int: each word is a little drawn out.
there you go.
you know how to do it.
your jus...
you're just nervous.
you can do it Chi.
[coughs].
one sunny [Sunday] morning?
the...
warm.
wham sun came up up in what?
[possibly whispers word]
out of the egg?
came a...
tiny [laughs].
tiny leaf?
tiny and very hungry caterpillar?
m... |
on Wednesday he ate through three pears...
hm.
I don't know.
you don't know what's that?
plums.
plums but he was still hungry.
on Thursday he ate through four grapes?
I don't know.
Chi.
I know what they are.
does that begin with a g?
Sis.
[whispers to Chi's sisters suggesting that they leave]
strawberries.
thank you [w... |
[laughs].
what does this xxx it?
yeah.
mhm.
salami one lollipop?
one piece of cake?
cherry pie.
no.
cherry pie one...
sausage.
sausage one cupcake and one slice of watermelon.
no.
yeah.
that day then then there.
that.
that.
%int: quietly
that night he had a...
stomach ache.
stomach ache.
the next day was Saturday?
Sund... |
after.
after there...
that.
that he l fell.
fell.
[FAT is whispering the words Chi is struggling with (but not alright words)]
felt.
sick.
felt much better.
good.
better right?
%int: whispers
new?
now.
now he wanted...
wasn't.
wasn't hungry anymore www [giggles].
and he wanted a little caterpillar anymore?
yeah.
he was... |
himself.
himself he...
stayed.
stayed inside for more?
mhm.
more than two weeks then he...
nibbled.
nibbled a hole in the cocoon...
pushed.
pushed his way out and he was a butterfly butterfly.
does it [repeating word butterfly] sound right?
xxx he was a beautiful...
[laughs].
beautiful butterfly.
yeah.
done.
nice boy.
... |
we'd like you to write it but you know you and your mom can work together.
so how do you wanna start it?
oh I'll leave this [book] here in case you wanna look at it again.
well you hafta start a letter with dear...
'kay.
how do you spell it?
d e.
d e a r?
mhm.
mhm.
dear...
what's his name?
I might know hee.
[probably c... |
you see?
this looks like c right?
[sighs].
[laughs].
uh uh how do you do caterpillar?
[aft Mot holds up book for Chi to copy; Chi writes in silence]
done [? uh].
so what else?
keep going.
unhunh.
it's only five lines.
make xxx more line.
well you can make it as long or as short as you want.
mhm.
maybe but he still did ... |
[Chi flips through the pages of the book, looking for how to spell that]
that page?
[aft writes word that]
that food.
how do you spell food?
is it back here [in the book]?
what?
food.
the food?
you already put it...
I like the food that...
he e...
mhm.
[Chi writes]
eats.
e ts.
[sounds out]
e a t s.
I'll just spell ate.... |
xxx so are you gonna write your name?
oh.
write it right here.
xxx right here xxx.
what...
right here.
I didn't write that.
e?
okay.
what do you write then?
put your name.
just my name?
no.
put www [Mot's last name].
no.
no no.
yeah yeah.
they have you as www [Chi's last name] Chi.
you're not www [Mot's last name]...
y... |
no.
yours has changed.
yes.
okay.
[Mot's last name]
yup.
am I saying it right?
yeah.
okay.
are you all set?
%add: Chi
okay can you read it for me?
can you read me what you wrote Chi?
you did such a good job.
you didn't brush your teeth yet either.
that's excellent.
[laughs].
I like the book the Hungry...
very.
Very Hun... |
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[Home Visit 7]
you remember that one right?
dear Eric Carle.
my name is Chi.
age nine.
I enjoy reading your book The Hungry Caterpillar.
the most exiting I liked about it was the caterpillar popped out the egg.
he had a very hungry appetite too.
then he turned out ... |
hm and we're gonna write a letter to the caterpillar.
oh no to the auth author.
tell him what a terrific book uh okay so you start off like uh uh let's see now.
this is author Eric Carle right?
uhhuh.
oh.
you can write dear uh Eric Carle...
[coughs].
an' how you enjoyed reading his book...
[coughs].
mhm.
I'm not gonna ... |
Chi I enjoyed reading your book.
I enjoyed reading your book...
okay.
I enjoy reading your book...
Chi.
what?
r e a d i n g.
what did you enjoy about reading the book?
you enjoyed reading it or...
wha what's the main part that you liked about the book?
forget.
okay I enjoy your book uh The Hungry Caterpillar.
I enjoy r... |
you see this is sposta go like this.
this should go like that.
okay.
period.
okay now explain about what you read.
what did you remember reading?
a hungry caterpillar?
mhm.
In the light of the moon a little egg lay on a leaf.
One Sunday morning the warm sun came up and pop out of the egg came a tiny and very hungry cat... |
The most exciting thing I liked about it was when uh the caterpillar popped out of the egg.
when the caterpillar popped out the egg.
[MOT continues to read the book to herself]
oh you got a very hungry appetite too.
[sighs].
go ahead.
now do it?
he has a very hungry appetite.
let me see.
are those my glasses?
[MOT says... |
I wanna hear you read.
he started to look for some food.
on Monday he ate through one apple but he was still hungry.
on Tuesday he ate through two pears but he was still hungry.
on Wednesday he ate three plums but he was still hungry.
on Thursday he ate thr through four strawberries but he was still hungry.
what a big ... |
okay okay so...
he had a uh very hungry appetite and the best part you liked when he turned into a butterfly.
but I already wrote that the best part I like was um when he popped out the egg.
when he popped out the egg...
uh then we should've read the whole thing before we wrote it down 'cause then would've said at the ... |
oh thank you.
[chuckles].
that's great!
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[Home Visit 7]
you gonna write it all by yourself?
dear Eric Carle.
I have a suggestion of your next book.
It could be about dinosaurs.
when you finish it send it to me.
my zip is zip code.
Chi.
I can do it I guess.
you coul... |
you sure?
that's how you spell care Carle?
yeah it's...
yep.
nope nope you forgot the l now.
[laughs].
l e.
[Chi erases]
this is gonna be a friendly letter or a business letter?
[laughs].
I don't know why don't you ask her.
%int: laughing
it's up to you.
oh I forgot to tell you.
the most important part is that we're ac... |
oh does he?
yeah I guess he lives up in western Mass um in the Berkshires.
oh in the Berkshires.
at least I think that's where he lives.
beautiful there.
[laughs].
yeah it's pretty up there.
expensive up there [laughs].
right you write one good book you know?
yeah [laughs].
you're gonna live off the book you wrote.
%in... |
yeah really bor or or.
nope.
let's get this right.
okay there's no w in it.
bor o r...
ro.
just an o no w.
[erases w for Chi]
there you go.
[MOT puts down pencil, Chi continues to write]
hm.
okay.
yeah comma there.
oh yeah comma.
Sis.
[SIS answers back about looking for something.]
what's the date Mom?
[Chi looks to th... |
did you like this book?
I never really finished.
[the other child has returned and is talking to EXP]
yeah you did.
I think you read it twice.
remember?
um...
[opens book]
on Monday he ate through one apple but he was still...
oh yeah yeah I can read.
look.
e r i c.
c a r l e.
comma.
comma.
%int: whispers
okay.
you ind... |
ug ug.
no u.
oh.
[erases.]
a e i o u.
g.
ja.
no g 'nother g.
[talking to other sibling]
um okay so um ja a a...
s junt.
suggestion.
tion.
it's t i o n.
like that?
it's hard.
it doesn't hafta be spelled perfectly you know.
I know I'm trying to show him how to spell because he doesn't hear very good.
oh.
so I don't think... |
we have about thirty six of you at least this year.
but then we have a whole other group that's a year behind you.
oh [chuckles].
like same amount and you'd probably like them.
are you going to my school?
it'd be either me or Petra [another EXP].
you probably remember Petra.
last year.
yeah.
he has a better memory then... |
I was I was tryin' to like...
[laughs].
oh no.
I forgot to write a cursive letter.
writin' cursive now?
right now uh spelling words in cursive.
oh.
[Chi continues writing]
[laughs].
remember after a period?
[reminding Chi to capitalize the next word after a period]
oh!
[laughs].
dinosaurs?
%int: softly
[asking for Mot'... |
I know that.
[erasing]
[laughs].
%int: under her breath
[laughs].
[trying to hold in her laughter]
to my.
[Chi has written send it to my instead of to me]
[laughs].
I always get those two mixed up.
[erasing]
here we go [laughs].
gonna sign it?
I hope he knows your name [laughs].
he willn't know who it is.
oh.
yeah!
[ch... |
[laughs].
it'll probably be about a baby dinosaur eatin' too much food.
a baby dinosaur eatin' too much food?
that's true.
and then he grew into...
except for big baby dinosaurs don't turn into butterflies they just turn into big dinosaurs.
mhm.
um good.
thanks Chi that was nice.
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Massachusetts.
Massachusetts.
got it!
a hey hey hey.
I think he lives in the western part of the state.
up near you know in the Berkshires.
oh in this state?
yeah.
that's where he lives.
[MOT and EXP discuss the how the tape recorder functions for a minute]
she hates to write.
I know xxx.
well just you know you can tel... |
oh I don't know what to write.
%int: whining, nervous
do I help her?
yeah.
xxx how do start at any letter?
um dear...
Mister...
Carle.
right!
%int: encouraging
Carlisle?
Eric Carle.
um Carle.
alright.
yeah!
well that's how you start.
[laughs].
good job.
what's his name?
Eric Carle?
yeah.
mhm.
c a r l e.
okay.
%int: und... |
[laughs].
right.
BC [Boston College] and who?
uh Notre Dame.
oh.
hm.
alright.
so do you like this book?
well don't you think maybe you should tell him?
but that's the only thing that I don't know what I like about it.
well...
[laughs].
well do you like the holes in the pages?
do you like the colors?
[laughs].
or do you... |
what book?
wasn't it yours i about the...
sea?
sea.
right.
yeah.
yeah.
she wrote a little book.
in third grade.
on the letter c?
on...
no.
on the ocean.
oh the ocean sea [laughing].
yeah.
duh.
and the little uh porpoise or something?
in an adventure.
somebody's st stuff is somewhere out in the backyard.
yeah I know.
I ... |
[laughs].
I know it.
I don't want you to see it.
%int: speaking as a child would
[coughs].
can I read it?
no?
you wish.
I don't like that curl right there.
I'm thinking you needta cut your hair.
I don't...
hm.
yeah I want my bangs like yours.
[hums].
can I help?
through.
yeah.
through.
[Chi may be asking Mot to help he... |
[laughs].
you're so cute.
mm.
messy.
mess up xxx.
so what year are you?
I'm done.
I just do this.
oh!
[laughs].
that's great.
this is your job?
yeah.
[buzzer sounds and there is a conversation among Fat, MOT, and EXP about the football games of the day. Mot leaves the room.]
you don't hafta write a magnum opus here.
we... |
actually I had intended it to go the other way?
I had just stopped makin' lines.
I got tired of makin' lines.
so I had just intended it was gonna go like this.
and then I just got bored and stopped making lines [laughs]!
[laughs].
Chi!
aw!
cut it out.
I don't know what else to...
I don't have anything...
can I help you... |
I threw the ball [laughing].
I threw the ball.
right!
but wh...
that's the same thing.
you spell it the same way.
so ha ha ladeedoodaday.
well I don't think so.
%int: lightly
I mean think about it.
you threw the ball and through the fruit.
are you throwin' it across the room?
the fruit?
no.
well...
e?
good.
t h r o u g... |
what's twelve times twelve?
this one does!
[laughs].
a hundred and forty four.
[laughs].
not bad.
mm mm mm Mama.
how do you spell it again?
threw?
%int: quietly, as if thinking aloud
how do you sp...
hey wasn't that one of your spelling words you know?
oh yeah.
look.
le lemme see your hand.
[Chi has a phone number writ... |
[chuckles].
no don't yell at me.
okay.
what made you come up with the holes through the fruit?
[MOT is reading from Chi's letter]
[whines].
I think it's a very good sentence.
I think that's...
but um it's a question.
oh yeah [laughs].
now did you like it or not?
yeah.
you gonna tell him you liked it?
I dunno.
I dunno.
... |
[laughs].
I'm all done.
my sentence.
can I see?
that's fine.
[laughs].
that's good!
[laughs].
now what do you do at the end of a letter?
does it hafta be way down there do you think?
I want it to be.
okay.
[pause of :26 seconds follows as Chi writes]
I hafta write my last name.
that's okay.
yeah.
you're sposta at the e... |
this girl?
she sits in...
she loves to dress up.
she...
oh.
this girl?
she's in my class?
she sits in front of me?
can I have this book?
she's in the...
can you have it?
we're in the second row?
her first name is Chi [same first name].
her s middle name is Lee.
and her last n...
and her and her la and her last name beg... |
I like the fact that you asked a question.
[laughs].
that's pretty nice.
it makes it a little more interesting for him [Eric Carle].
'cause then he can actually write you back maybe or give you an answer.
[laughs].
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[Home Visit 7]
and write a story?
dear Eric Carle... |
thanks.
[talks to EXP and says she tried to call EXP to confirm her coming]
[MOT leaves the room and Chi writes the letter by herself. Chi refers to the book for how to spell things. Mot returns in few minutes but is busy tending to the other children and then does not get involved with the activity]
how is it?
good.
l... |
[giggles].
you can write in your Trapper and xxx through the book.
[shivering noise]
[talks to Mot about the weather, which is a snowstorm]
[MOT and EXP talk about the family cats]
oh here's a pencil I stole it.
okay.
do you know what I write about?
just like what?
it's a letter.
alright.
do I put my name up here?
well... |
probably somewhere xxx.
[laughs].
where do I put my name?
[dead silence while Chi writes]
where do you probably sign a letter?
down at the bottom?
yeah.
sign it however you want.
you wanna know how to spell it?
sincerely?
how?
s i.
n.
n c.
sin.
e r l y.
or l e y.
it's xxx...
I think it's l e y isn't it?
I don't wanna s... |
I know.
[coughs].
[EXP and Mot talk about the cat]
so what did you write?
um I really like the story you wrote on the caterpillar because it was funny because he ate and ate and ate so much he had a stomach ache and made a cocoon on him and he was a butterfly.
wow!
great.
told him the story.
you understood the story ve... |
nope.
the caterpillar that turns into the butterfly.
[laughs].
the butterfly that turns into a calerpillar!
[laughs].
mhm.
mama?
um what should I write about?
by Eric krEl [Carle].
%int: draws out krel, sounds it out
krElo.
[not sure who says this line]
you wanna look at the book?
xxx no.
I wanna um write...
I'm gonna ... |
it's good.
well couldn't we [? you] find a better word than good?
it's...
wonderful?
alright.
um howdya wanna write it?
I wanna write it [sing-song] cursive?
no!
howdya wanna...
I think your book is great?
yeah.
alright.
um you wanna write something different.
I wanna write something different!
alright.
then what would... |
is.
wait a minute.
what's that?
a d.
how do you spell book?
b o o d.
no!
k.
k!
%int: genuinely excited
that's it.
your book is...
dyou know how to spell great?
g r.
g r e a t.
yeah.
great.
now maybe he wrote other books.
so we gotta let him know it's the book about the caterpillar.
The Hungry Caterpillar.
The Very Hung... |
what?
r i t h?
w r i t e.
uh aren't you gonna um do som...
[erasing sounds before and during statement; not sure what's happening, maybe Mot is getting up to leave]
we're doin' this.
but what w w w w w what.
what?
what do I write down?
w r i t e.
w r i t e.
write other...
that's a spelling word Chi.
other is not one of... |
books.
%int: whispers to herself
now a question mark.
a' right.
what else do you wanna say?
your books are...
wait a minute.
xxx you just wrote the book is great.
but not books.
%int: emphasis on s in books
it's the same thing Chi.
www [whispers] do you write other books too?
%int: quietly, to herself
do you write othe... |
no no no no.
right here.
[doesn't want to indent the new paragraph?]
so I don't run out of space.
a' 'ight.
I think t h i n k I think your...
um o w what was I writing again?
I think your book...
%int: weary
[aft sound of Chi writing]
your books.
book!
book.
b o o k.
[whispers to herself]
The Hungry Caterpillar.
yeah.
... |
please spell caterpillar 'cause it's hard.
well look.
[probably points to the book's cover]
c a t e p?
e r!
e r.
p.
p.
i.
i.
l l.
l l.
a r!
a r.
wait a minute did I mess up here?
nope.
wait a minute is there's two p?
no.
no one p.
I put two.
no you didn't.
I only see one.
one two.
that's c a t C Chi.
c a t.
yeah you wr... |
e r that's an r.
p i l l a r.
you've got too many r in there.
a' right.
is!
is.
a great story?
a great book.
a' right.
is a g r e a t.
is a great...
[sounds of writing]
done!
%int: explosive
a'right.
we're done.
now you've gotta sign your name.
[aft sounds of writing]
Chi [last name].
[whispers letters of name]
now can... |
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[Home Visit 7]
refresh yourself on the story and then you can um just write him.
Mister Eric Carle.
your story was kind of good.
I thought it was good.
when I was in the third grade I had three caterpillars.
then I got one more.
by Chi.
doesn't hafta be that long.... |
I thought...
what'd you think?
it was...
could be.
[silence follows and then phone rings. Mot answers it. Mot is upset at her daughter who is over at her grandmother's]
looks like you got a lot there.
[chuckles].
wanna say any more or you just wanna sign off?
[coughs].
[bef phone rings again and Mot gets up to answer p... |
where did you get your caterpillars?
we went to a caterpillar place and we got 'em.
yeah?
I useta have tickets to go back.
oh yeah?
but I don't know where they are.
there's a better caterpillar booklet xxx they are all xxx and this girl.
when she had home base or whatever.
uhhuh.
that's what they...
yeah it's such a bi... |
Chi.
well it's your letter.
you write what you want.
uh the caterpillar.
that's what you're gonna read about.
[MOT leaves room to fix dinner. Her interaction for the next several minutes is coming from the other room]
[laughs].
so?
%int: so what
[aft reads through book]
[laughs].
do I hafta write what it's about?
no yo... |
he went for the pen.
do I hafta write my name up here?
well it's your letter.
so you can write your let name wherever you want it.
'cause if you sign it you might wanna sign it down at the bottom.
hm.
%int: oh yeah
this...
is it [pen] workin'?
here.
here's a xxx scrap paper.
check it out.
[Chi scribbles back and forth ... |
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