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r. mhm. comma? nope you're missing a... a period I mean. no. e? yep. r. nope you're all set. huh [frustration]. that's it. where. I wish you were. mhm. here. I was like where. hm. where here. mhm. hair. ah [surprise] www [laughs]. [laughs]. erase it. [laughs]. she's writing hair. oh [laughs]. wish you were hair. here l...
[sighs deeply]. [sighs deeply]. okay. wish you were hairy I guess. www [laughs] wish you were here. can I have a piece? okay so how do you write here? h e r e. %int: chewing mhm. alright. r e. okay can I say something? sure. please write back. [points to sentence; Chi has written right] okay period is good. you mean li...
okay. words. write. please write back. what's the first letter? r. no. please write [strangely enunciated]. %int: whispers w? mhm. w r! mhm. very good. i. mhm. g. nope nope nope. [giggles]. write www [laughs]. t? yeah. e. very good. you knew how to spell the hard one. [laughs]. [laughs]. xxx write. that's the hard one ...
okay. please write back. very good. anything else? Mommy you're a very good tutor. %int: whispers can I write my name in cursive? dear who? [Chi wrote dear as sign-off] wait wait wait wait wait stop xxx [laughing]. [cries out]. dear what's this for? what is this? a dear. for what? dear Julie! yeah but you already said ...
okay. and you can write your name in cursive yes. I don't write it very well. that's alright. it's just like signing your name. that's very nice. okay. why don't you put um... oh I like that Chi! %int: with wamth and conviction you make a good w! wow! that was neat. I can't even do that. [laughs]. very good. why don't ...
don't worry about it. it's hard. they start to... okay why don't you read it honey. abcd... %int: singing date. shh shh. date March twelfth nineteen ninety three. hi Julie I miss you. come back soon. please write back. I wish you were here. love Chi. nice. is Julie your friend that moved? mhm. she's um... she she useta...
is she living with the President? [laughs]. [laughs]. no probably not. nah. great. thank you very very much you did a nice job. can I please have some [? one] more cheese? nice r-s. [looking at Chi's cursive signature] oh look at the w. and h s. the w just impressed me. oh with the little extra www [laughs]. oh my God!...
= = = childes/CHILDES_NA/HSLLD/HV5/LW/tamlw5.cha = = = [Home Visit 4] so however you two wanna do it. do you want? you wanna write it? [nods] print it? with a take your time. you want her name up at the xxx and see what we wanna write it with. and what do you wanna write about? okay [? Chi]. can you think of anything...
you [laughs]. alright I'll hafta figure something out here. you putting this [picture] upside down. oh okay put it the right way. %add: BRO I don't know. alright can you think of something? [nods] mm. what are you gonna put? oh okay. who you gonna write it to? xxx dear. 'kay. okay you hafta put a comma after that [dear...
you could take your time a little bit. okay wait a minute. you hafta leave a space don't you? [Chi starts to write lovey, love you as one word and then crosses out the y and writes you after] write those words. you're sposta leave a space though. okay wait a minute now. alright. put a period? period. no! [laughs]. what...
%add: EXPs? okay um. alright xxx. [writing] how do you spell cousin? alright leave a small space. c o u s i n. um put an s. what? cousins you're gonna say? no. [shakes head] give me xxx. how do you spell Tony? [has already written t o] t o n y. no she's just still learning to print so some of her's you're gonna notice ...
could get messy you know it's a... [laughs]. that's just the reason I'm not... how do you spell church? I'm just lettin' her write. %add: INV2 uh. how do you spell xxx church. yeah that's a u. [to INV2, but they'll get the idea; you know basically you'll get the main idea I'm sure of what the words should be; you know...
just put the period though. [points] they'll [experimenters] still know. oh good. okay 'cause that goes xxx. [shows the letter?] you're all done? yeah. are you all done Chi? can you... can you read it to us Chi? can you read it now? dear mom. I love you. I love you all in my heart. [Chi consistently pauses when she...
= = = childes/CHILDES_NA/HSLLD/HV5/LW/suslw5.cha = = = [Home Visit 4] now what I'd like you to do is to write a letter to anyone in the world you wanna... and you can have your mom help you. um one thing though is we actually take the letter. so... you needta write a letter. %add: Chi xxx 'cause they wanna see your han...
you can write a letter to anybody... she thinks a letter like an a. oh oh I see. a letter. you know when you write someone a letter... %add: Chi like a letter... hi how are you? you know in the mail that type of letter? if you could write it... you could write it to Andrew or Dad you know... to anyone you wanna and you...
%add: Chi she writes letters once a month to my mom and stuff... puts stickers and stuff on it that... does your mom live in xxx? %add: MOT Boston. oh xxx. oh right the one that you... %add: MOT %int: whispered [Chi is asking for help from Mot?] yeah. okay. %int: whispered %add: Chi I wonder if they have that bird on e...
my mother moved and her couch was a disaster. so we all chipped in so that's why she's saying out of the blue... oh. how do you like your couch? yeah really [laughing]. how much are we into furniture? %int: sarcastically [laughs]. how do you spell Ericka? %add: MOT e capital e. [Chi erases small e and puts a capital e]...
just to make it xxx. there that's a good girl. now it's xxx gonna try. go ahead. yeah are you xxx? %add: Chi dear Nana I miss you. I will come out next week. I hope you like your couch. how is Ericka and Kristen. tell them I miss them. that's her cousins. that's a great letter! super! that's a real letter you wrote. [c...
no you're not. know why? you wanna bet? because I'm gonna lock your eyes [giggles]! then how can you write? [EXP talking to other exp in background] no no. [laughs]. you don't write j... do you write with the right hand? yeah? how come? xxx left. [blip in tape?] whoops! xxx sorry. that's alright. and you're not gonna s...
[laughs]. [laughs]. you don't know it's to you or Melissa. [I think she has written Dear M] I don't know who? it's to Melissa or you! so uh. it's to Melissa you? [laughs]. you don't know if it's to Melissa or you. oh [laughs]. or me? could be Melissa or it could be me? no. write neat [? me]. [Chi is covering the page s...
I'm not looking. [laughs]. yes you are! [giggles]. [laughs]. I wrote to Melissa [laughing]. oh. uhoh. not to you. 'cause I... well. my feelings are definitely hurt Chi. oops I can't say it. [laughs]. why? I'm kidding though. write it. you need your hair in a ponytail girl. [fixes Chi's hair] no sir! 'cause I don't want...
we hafta talk to her. I don't hafta work in morning you know. [noise] I know. www [gasps] you don't? nope. yeah! but I'm still sleeping upstairs. you're excited when I don't have to go to work [laughing]. [writes] oh. uhoh. [sees that Chi started sentence with a lowercase letter] yeah? now am I sposta interrupt her? %a...
you think I'll scribble off that and that and that? you're writing well. you don't hafta scribble all that off. but look at that. you started a sentence like that? uhoh I'm telling! [laughs]. bad! shut up [laughing]. want me to fix it? I'll fix it. no. do what you want. it's okay. I'm just pointing it out. [aft returns...
%add: EXP nope! I'm done! %int: sing-song yeah? you're done? you wrote a whole letter? [laughs]. wow let me see. I'm not gonna do that a capital. it's not a letter. that's a sentence. [banging on something] I know. [laughs]. I don't like write! I like writing only a little. [banging pen with each word] how come? 'cause...
whatever you want is fine. whatever I want or whatever she wants? whatever whatever. okay. are you sure... do you wanna read it back to us? [laughs]. just once. ouch! just once? ouch. do what? oh read it xxx. just once read it back to us? no. read it back to him. [laughs]. go ahead. I'm taking this out. okay you can ta...
[does SOMETHING] [laughs]. you are a silly goober. you're gonna sign it? [giggles]. [writes] are you left-handed or right-handed? um right. but I hafta use my left hand but I didn't. [writes] she's the first girl in my family who's not left-handed. really? yeah. all my aunts my mother my sister and myself are all left-...
right. [laughs]. how about you friend yeah. alright! = = = childes/CHILDES_NA/HSLLD/HV5/LW/monlw5.cha = = = [Home Visit 4] oh well this one's pretty exciting. this is a letter writing xxx. yeah! what do I hafta write? well... what you're gonna do is write a letter to whomever you want. anybody in the whole wide w...
oh. [laughs]. Mom Dusty [dog] got hit... pencil. by a car. 'kay. [MOT and Sis tell EXP stories about dogs that have been run over; Chi signs her name at top of page while waiting for them to finish so she can start] okay go sit. %add: SIS I wanna watch. okay. so xxx gonna write a letter? I'm gonna write a letter to yo...
[MOT and Sis talking about someone outside] [sneezes]. God bless you! bless you. [sneezes]. bless you again. thank you. Mama? what? %int: softly come here. huh? %int: softly how do you spell because? beca. becca. e oops. e a. I know you'll think I'm xxx. I write sloppy [chuckles]. yes you do. hm [laughs]. you write ...
I did u. s e. how do you spell special? s p... is it e? it's... I don't know I forgot [chuckles]. s p e a c i l. right special xxx [laughs]. gotta whip out the dictionary sometimes! %add: EXP hm [laughs]. [SIS comes back in] [discussing what SIS2 was doing outside] Jesus Christ you think he doesn't know what he's doin...
just write a short letter together. okay. you want him to write it though right? however you wanna work together. yeah. okay. what a short letter? okay who do you wanna write a sh letter to? Wendy. to Wendy? okay. are you gonna write it to Wendy or to Melissa xxx? [maybe last name] to all of 'em. to all of them? yea...
um but you hafta make a capital d. I forgot to tell you that. oh what are you doing sir... I mean... that's alright leave it like that. no. you can leave it like that and we can just fix it when we're all done with the whole letter. d e a r. okay. and Wendy. capital letter. what's that? dear um... w? is that what they ...
yeah if you want. I need an eraser. n. %add: SIS [tells to go to her room] okay. %add: MOT and what else? d y. what's a y? the one you can't say. what else? %int: slurred okay now you need a little comma there. you know what a comma is? [nods head] okay. now on this line you write what you wanna write. [points to line]...
r oop! you gotta... okay next time when you're doin' a new word you hafta move it over a little more. [starts to move Chi's hand, then points] r e. now move it over a little bit. um y. this is you okay? is that y? yeah. o u. nope that's a y. [Chi spelled you as yoy] [whines]. u in you. okay. and then a period. oh no. I...
okay lemme see. I'll do that for you. [takes pen] no it's uh... [takes pen back] you know what it is? it's like... after a question. right. okay good. and you wanna write when are you coming? back. back. okay w h e n. n. oh. but this hasta be a capital. [takes pen and corrects when] um okay now make a space for the nex...
[points to previous you in the letter.] y o u. [writing] coming c o m... c o m. [writing] [SIS2 asks when dinner is ready in the background] i n g. i n g. [writing] great remember when you start a new word you hafta move it over a little bit okay. how how will she know what I'm saying? she can read that. and then there...
let me see. how are you when are you coming okay? h. it hasta be a capital h. 'cause it's at the beginning of a new sentence. a p p y. that's happy. now a new word Thanksgiving. what's this? that says happy. Thanks what else? mm you might wanna start here because it's gonna be a long word. t h... it has gotta be capita...
period. period. anything else? nope. that's it? yep. can you rip that off so I can send it to her? well you gotta write your name on it [laughs]. oh. you're gonna to write love Chi or what? yeah love Chi. okay you put it down here. [points to bottom of page] l o v e. l o v e. what is that [v]? [the v in the word love b...
yeah they are going to take it with them. you want us to send it for you? yeah. and that way it might get to her... in Florida. in Florida? if you... we can do another one okay? that way you can draw a picture with it okay? can you read it to us? dear Wendy... how... what's that? you said it how. that's right. how...
[Home Visit 5; Chi sits on the floor with the pad of paper on the table.] because now we have one more school like thing to do here. and it's not too. xxx think it's school. you're right you're right. I do that all the time and I'm not in school. a b c that's a b c. you're right you're right. www [giggles] I like t...
here. let him do it and then I'll www [laughs] help if he needs me. alright? ah [sighs]. want this off? is it in the way? hm. okay. [did you get xxx.] [I have to go to work at three.] [yeah I'll say.] yeah xxx. okay. dear. who? dear who? Frans? who's that? friends. oh. okay. dear friends. [doesn't matter how he writes...
k. oh yeah. [laughs]. o k. o k. %int: sort of sing-song I think there might be a letter chart. is there a letter chart in this one? it's on the cover. yeah it is. oh if you wanna look. that's fine. where's the k? find the k. right. okay. hm. cool. okay start over here. [tries to get Chi to start text on line unde...
xxx first grade. that's a start. mhm good start. great. you're okay. xxx write www [laughs]. mhm. oops. hm? yeah get him out of there. and you're happy. [giggles]. xxx T. what's ss? no look it there. s? c? s what? no. what's... look up here. [wants to check front cover of notepad for letter he is looking for] h? h....
what's the word? how do I write th. t h. oh yeah. th. [any word he is trying to get he tells me how do you write th.] [t h he's trying to get.] uhhuh. the? or what? or ch. t h what? there. oh okay there. E e. a. er. there [sounding out]. okay do it the way you want it. there okay. [I got an idea about what he wants t...
uhhuh. [and uh they just they moved.] oh. so. that's xxx. [he misses them a lot oh he was real close with them.] [MOT talking to EXP about how Chi and the neighbors had slumber parties] your dog. and your. that's a bog. dog. uhhuh. dog. dog you wrote the b instead of the d. oh. [erases the b and changes it to d] dog....
very good. you wanna try reading it? no. wanna read it to us? okay xxx. dear friends I hope you're okay and you're happy there and your dog too. from Chi. super. yeah. they had a dog too? yeah. oh nice xxx... Charlie his dog's name was Charlie. you miss the dog too? oh yeah. wow. did it live near by or far away?...
= = = childes/CHILDES_NA/HSLLD/HV5/LW/raulw5.cha = = = [Home Visit 5] now. do I hafta write something? what we need... if you could write a letter. yeah! to whomever you want. anyone in the whole wide world. here's a pencil. and here's some paper. and you can write it. your Mom can help ya. however you wanna ...
what? xxx the a nice book. oh this is nice. what xxx... xxx wait! how to write um. what's the word? no just write a letter. it doesn't matter. just write a letter. write anything? write a letter to Daddy! %int: impatiently how you write a letter to Daddy? didn't we write a letter to Daddy before? yes. so write a letter...
I think. I didn't write to Dabby. [laughs]. see now you're nervous. what? I don't wanna hear excuses. now notice this here. %add: EXP this is what he wrote. uhhuh. [MOT shows EXP letter Chi has written in school] this is what he wrote in school now. remind you. that's what he wrote in school. yes. okay he brings t...
[laughs]. let me see honey. get out of here. see when he gets nervous... look at this. hm. you see what I'm sayin'? yeah yeah not bad I mean that's actually very neat to be honest with you [laughing]. I think it looks pretty nice. %int: laughs but I think it could be a little bit better. well here. tell Daddy how y...
[MOT points to next line] okay. I miss you. no write I am. just go ahead and write I am. [Chi erases what he has written and writes I am] xxx I. [mouths letters as he writes them] [coughs]. yeah I am trying. [Chi shows Mot letter] trying. how you spell trying? don't look at that. spell trying. e uh i. try spell try. t ...
be a good boy. good boy. %int: softly trying to be a good boy at home. at! at home. and. and. mhm. in school. and in school. Ma I hafta go to the bathroom. home and in school Peanut. it's xxx coming xxx. school. and in school. huh. school. yeah [laughs] he did that before. write school. take your time. write school an...
no. see Chi that's why I ask you to take your time. you didn't hafta go to the bathroom do you? yes! then go to the bathroom. then come back and correct it. little things like this will get you in trouble. trying to be a good boy at home and in school. xxx bathroom xxx. yeah. [EXP explains to Mot that her payment chec...
very much. mhm. you don't xxx Chi. I miss you all? should have said my brother and I miss you very much. hm? it's too late now. I miss you very much. [MOT peers over letter] I miss you very much. now let me see. [Chi pulls back] I'm not done. what's the a doing here for? let me see. you got it upside down. what's the a...
count the days when you're coming home? %int: baffled mhm just write what I say. okay. I can't wait 'til you come home. I can't www [exasperation]. [laughs]. stop playing xxx. okay just write I can't wait 'til you come home. can't wait to you come home? mhm. I can't! %int: forcefully okay. [laughs]. then sign it off ...
remember now we've gotta make it short 'cause we don't have much paper. Ma look at all this paper! I know on that side. we're not gonna write all that much. we could write it on the back. Chi close it up. close it up! and finish. finished it. finish. close it up. finish it up. close it up! %int: impatient now how many ...
a. and capital t. what? it's like c a n apostrophe t. thank you. [laughs]. and a capital xxx. [yells at little Bro to go into her, turn on the tv, and not to touch anything on her dresser] %int: angrily after t is what? wait. I can't wait. can't wait... to see you. to see you. %int: whispers see you. period. now xxx. ...
and when is there a question mark? it's fine Mom. okay stop playing around. and write love Chi. ha love baby! what did I say to write? Chi. look. just write love Chi. and I really don't like that penmanship xxx. that's alright. you were rushing. that's the way like this one here. Mommy 'cause this paper's not like that...
bravo. how many i-s did you use in here? did you notice that? you used too many i-s. I. I am I miss I can't. www [laughs] oh well. and wait is spelled what Chi? how you spell wait? w a t e. no buddy. don't spell it the way you hear it. the way it sounds is just wait. w ate. how you spell wait? oh w. mhm. eigh. no tha...
[laughs]. weight w ei t and w uh... see I don't think there's is. = = = childes/CHILDES_NA/HSLLD/HV5/LW/zanlw5.cha = = = [Home Visit 5] okay well this next job is um if you can write a letter to somebody and it can be anybody in the world and the only thing is we are going to keep the letter okay we're going to haft...
I love Mommy. m o m m y. and. ay. are you writing and? yep. a n d. a n d. then erase it. how about that? hm. and. how do you spell my? my? m y. m y. [sounds like is talking while writing] sis how do you spell sister? s i s. s i s. t e r. t e r. [radio or tv now heard in background, playing music] s. s. get it all? that...
b y. mhm. b y. d. b y. and your name. okay. okay you all done? now read it. yep. wanna read it out loud? okay. I love mommy and my sisters. [giggles]. oh that's nice. and what's the end? what did you write after that? say it. by Carlos. very nice. [laughs]. you did a very nice job. thank you. = = = childes/CHILDES_NA/...
mhm. your mom can help you if she wants. mhm. okay? oh. xxx this paper. mm. I don't know what to do. you know what to do. xxx write a letter? dear. %int: whining dear Miss White. how do you spell... d. Mrs. mm. d how do you spell dear? d. capital d. big d? yep. how do you spell... is that correct? look it. hm. you gott...
d. xxx this letter. a. r. mhm. dear xxx. I don't know who. %int: whining Kyle or... no no. Krystal? hm. me? hm. Papa? hm. %int: more forceful each time Grandma? hm. Grandpa? hm. Murphy? no way Jose. well pick somebody. help me out [laughing]. [laughs]. Tatanna. I don't know how to spell her name. write t a t. no way.
xxx I'll pick somebody else. well hurry up. do you know how to spell um Cara? mhm. c. capital c. big c? yes. xxx look at that. [points to alphabet in the notebook.] a. xxx I can think. dear Cara. okay. what are you gonna write? [whispers] you gotta write something [giggling]. I said xxx [whispers]. let me write that at...
w. now another word a r. Dear Cara. how. how. are. are. a. a. big a? no. r. e. I can write xxx. [checks alphabet in notebook] [paper rattling in the background makes it hard to hear] right. e. you. you starts with o? how are you. y. excuse me. why. pay attention to what you're doing please. so dear Cara how are you. xx...
why? 'cause you asked. you ask a question you hafta put a question mark. dear Cara how are you? not bad. xxx you put a question mark. I need xxx. you're not gonna write it xxx. [writes the question mark and hands pen back to Chi] dear Cara how are you? %int: pleased with reading letter back xxx right back and she'll sa...
how is this gonna get to Cara? it's not. it's stuck in xxx. it's not [sing-song] xxx. how... mhm. xxx like... how are you. mhm. how are you. %int: wildly ranging intonation mhm. xxx how are you how are you. to... how do you spell day? d. d. then what? I'm writing a little d. [checks alphabet] [laughs]. [laughs]. xxx op...
a. y. that's right. [tries to check alphabet] look Chi. I know how to spell. and I need another e for the r. xxx what do you xxx in here? what do you say? l ove. l. xxx v. v. Chi. %int: sounds it out yeah? okay. yes. I'm not doing very well. mm let me spell your name. alright you done? okay thanks. will somebody write ...
[Home Visit 5] alright the last big thing we hafta do is to have you write a letter. and you can write anybody you want. and we'll hafta take it with us but if you want we can bring it back. or we can mail it for you. oh! can you mail it? sure. Sherry. Sherry. %add: brother Sherry's my sister who's in Wyoming. %ad...
the pumpkin! r. r r? y. Dear Sherry. [reading back what he's written] and you make a comma. what's a comma? a little you made it. little kind of curvy line. xxx like that. oh no no. after Sherry. that's right. perfect. okay. let's make another one with a comma. yes. Dear Sherry. what do you wanna say? [raspberry] Dear ...
I miss you. hope you come back. well she is. she's coming back for Christmas. I. I. [writing] you know how to spell miss? m i s s. okay. how 'bout I miss you and Zach. I. you. but Zach's not coming when she comes. aw shit. you know why? because he's too big. it's a dog. %add: EXPs oh. and uh it's hard. kind of old. an...
and that flight is so long that xxx he would be much happier staying home where he is. [can hear Bro playing in the background] yeah we're gonna go up there and visit next year maybe. I miss you and... [reading; Bro is noisy] Zach. z a c h. z a what? h. c h! h. c h. sorry. Zach? period. zzz that's how she spells it. [e...
we. good. went. to. New. alright try to make the lines a little bit low because it's gonna run like the line above. [points] [Chi's lines are too close together] do you see what I'm saying? uhhuh. [gets paperweight, as souvenier from NYC] thank you. oh! good idea. mm. hold that up? here xxx can see it. you already wrot...
mhm. we. and we. no. just put we. went. went to... that's alright. turn it [iy] into an o. [Chi wrote to as ti] the... top... of. actually you could make those small t-s but that's okay. [Chi has capital t's for the and top] top. of. the. wor world. r. yeah. w o r. wor. oh! [laughs]. [laughs]. what? I just thought you...
world. trade. t. t r [laughs]. what? t r. I know but capital or lower? oh uh capital. t o... r! t. hey you xxx! a. hm. center. is it one word? no. [BRO with the trucks again.] do you know how to spell center? no. c. [scolds Bro] I'm sorry. c e. cen. n. t e r. %int: quickly period? oh no you can write and...
what else did we do? a xxx. mhm. now make xxx. no put in an and. 'cause we're gonna say what else you did. make it look like a comma. make that into a comma. okay. now write and. you know what else you did? how 'bout the zoo? we went to the parade. and the zoo. mhm. we went to xxx. which? no. and to the parade? what ar...
d. e. parade. and... the Central Park Zoo. how do you spell central? c e n. t r. hey you. %add: BRO a. know what? I'm afraid that the water's gonna start coming out of here. l. do you know how to write park? yeah. p a. stop it Bro! %add: BRO see the water just came out. %add: BRO Bro stop! %add: BRO do it over here. %a...
don't because see what happens. %add: BRO xxx stop it! %add: BRO just start over here. and let that dry. %add: BRO alright? start over here. p. oh you know how to spell park right? yeah p a r k. you better hurry up 'cause he's [Bro] getting a little bit out of control. don't throw that it's gonna break and the water's ...
zoo! period! there? mhm. now you can just write see you at Christmas! do you have anything else you wanna say? [I think EXP is keeping Bro out of the way] see. you. at. how do you spell Christmas? c h r. ah ah sorry not s. i. i xxx. s t. m a s? right! you want an exclamation point. a line with a dot on the bottom. not ...
%int: nervous, I think she doesn't want Chi to make any mistakes in front of the EXPs. good! xxx sorry. all you hafta do is cross it out. you said to write first. I said you could've written it instead. not that you had to. look at that beautiful comma. p s what? um I dunno. nah. you could say you went to the hundred a...
on. the. what are you doing? %add: BRO cut that out! hun! one o nine. xxx nine? no you make a little stilt. look it says log. but that's alright. you make a little t and a little h. yeah. no next to the nine. a small t and a small h. that's good. xxx floor. [BRO babbling] floor. [spelled florr] not exactly how it's spe...
[scribbles out something?] oh stop it! xxx kind of messy now. arf. f. arf. to Zach. to... [spelled too] arf to Zach! done! = = = childes/CHILDES_NA/HSLLD/HV5/LW/jenlw5.cha = = = [Home Visit 5; Chi sits cross-legged on the floor and holds the pad on paper on her kneese] um now this next thing we hafta do... could you ...
you'll hafta get the kind of a carbon paper or something. yeah I know. so you can keep a copy and take it. that's a good idea. that's a really good idea. I don't know what to write. you don't know what to write? mhm. who do you wanna write a letter to? mm. Uncle Tommy. Uncle Tommy? okay. do I help her do this? %add:...
e? e yeah. eight o'clock. nine o'clock. dear... %int: under breath t? no ear. a. r? e a. [BRO counting in background?] a. wait a minute. dear r r. what letter makes some kind of r? [laughs]. r r. very good. r. [writing] wait a minute. how do you spell Tom? t t. how does Mommy star start her name? t. very good. Mama. pu...
Mom can I xxx. you move 'em the amount you spinned your spinner. %add: BRO then what you do? move the guy. %add: BRO o. yep. Tom m. m. mhm. Mom Mom. okay what else do you wanna write? when xxx done? xxx is that? well what number is it? %add: BRO I don't know. let me help Chi and then I'll help you okay? %add: BRO [BRO ...
good move him four then. %add: BRO [BRO continues talking a little] i i i. a? no. i s. s? no a vowel in between it. i. 'member we were practicing is earlier? [BRO counting in the background] yeah. s. miss. s? yep. two s. mm. [after spelling Chi taps the pencil against her face] I miss what's the next word? you. okay. h...
what else do you wanna write? this doesn't hafta be twenty pages xxx. it's okay. [laughs]. I'm all done now. %int: slight whine why don't you ask him how Alex is? okay. %int: agreeable okay start over here. [points] how. what letter is... g? h xxx. g dZA. [demonstrating what sound g makes] I can make that. how. o. go ...
how do you spell is? s... what comes before the s though? one of those words on your cards. [leans chin in hand as thinks of how to spell] sound it out. no no no. sound it out. is [buzzing sound on s]. i s. a. s. no. okay what word is this? an s right? s. okay. that makes s [? is]! okay what is i s. is. is. is? that xx...
a. ay mhm. big a. capital a. a. let's erase. yeah we need a new eraser unfortunately. mhm. thank you. yeah. you're welcome. Mommy thank you. [Chi erases small ay] thank you. I've already xxx for awhile. no I need some more. a l. a l. uhhuh. p. no. you said it right ale. don't confuse your vowels. ex. spell xxx. x? e ...
[points to where question mark goes and demonstrates the shape in the air] you know how to make those? put a dot on the bottom. like... yeah. like... sort of yeah. what else do you wanna write? I miss you how is that? what else do you wanna write? %int: whispers how is Paula. okay. now you xxx how is. [points to how is...
no g. au. la. oh a. yeah. mhm. oh [sighs] xxx. xxx oh. l. no there's a vowel before this. Bro let go. Paul. no. Paula [sounds out, with stress on last syllable]. a? know what? what did you say before the u? p? a. l. o. don't confuse her Bro. that's l. o. yep. no small. la. A A. [sounding out] a.
yes! [gasps]. first can you make a question mark now? oh thanks. that looks good. good job. good. okay? that's it? yeah. write your name here. [shows Chi where to write] put love Chi. I know you know how to write that. a... in a minute okay? %add: BRO no no you're done. we're not all done. %add: BRO alright... how do...
use the dictionary. they're xxx! the dictionary is right over here. they're xxx... would you like it? huh? would you like the dictionary? yeah. I'm all done. do you wanna read it uh back to us? give it a try. huhuh. you sure? sure. okay. well you did a great job. thank you. yeah. [laughs]. you have nice neat ...
can you handle that all by yourself? do you wanna use a marker or a pen? marker. okay. you get marker on the furniture you will be xxx. [warning] alright I can take this. name. [begins letter, looks up and smiles at Mot] not up there down here Chi. [Chi wrote his own name at the top of the letter instead of the name of...
blabber blabber blabber blabber. how do you spell blabber [laughs]? blablauber. this is inventive spelling mind you. %add: to EXP [laughs]. blabber blabber! that's not bad. is he funny? %add: to EXP [laughs]. = = = childes/CHILDES_NA/HSLLD/HV5/LW/jeblw5.cha = = = [Home Visit 5] tell me about the last letter you wrote....
um we were reading some Doctor Seuss and I hadta read the Wall Street Journal and the Globe and all this. and so I said well wait a minute why doesn't he just read the Globe with me so... [laughs]. he would read the headlines and then I would read the article. and then we would talk about it. and after reading some art...
[sighs]. [sighs]. yay! = = = childes/CHILDES_NA/HSLLD/HV5/LW/juslw5.cha = = = [Home Visit 4] write a short letter to anybody you want. I just wanna write my abcs like you let the other kids. [the writing pad has the alphabet written on it] and um... okay write your letter Chi. you hafta do what xxx. I wanna do my abcs...
can I copy? %add: to EXP %int: in a high pitched voice no. no just write a short letter to your friend or relative or somebody. a short letter? that's fine. it's up to you. okay. %int: sing-song hm. who will I write? hm hm hm hm. what about dear Mom? no way! O [laughs]. I want you to xxx the letters. I need some time t...
it's short! maybe a little bit longer. oh no! a little bit longer. %int: mimicks Chi's tone. oh no! so you can show people how well you write. I love you blah blah blah? uh it's up to you. I can write blah blah blah? xxx and write... can I write two more letters [whining]? [talks with Mot] words? I don't have a good en...