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    Marcel and the Mona Lisa


    Stephen Rabley Discussion activities
    Pages 1–7
    Before reading
    1 Predict: Ask students to look at the cover and the
    title and discuss in pairs: What can you see? Where is
    Marcel? Is he happy? Is this a happy story? Is Marcel a
    good mouse? Is he clever?
    Tell students to take down notes of their predictions
    about what will happen in the story so that they can
    go back to them once they finish reading.
    2 Research: Ask students to use the Internet to find out
    about other famous works of art at the Louvre and
    information about the Mona Lisa.
    While reading
    3 Read carefully: Students record information about
    Summary Marcel and Céline using a Venn diagram.
    Marcel and the Mona Lisa is a story about a detective
    mouse. One day, Marcel visits a friend, Céline, at the Marcel Céline
    Louvre. As he’s leaving, he sees a man dressed as a guard
    with a knife. The man cuts the Mona Lisa out of its frame
    and puts it in a bag. Marcel jumps into the bag. The man
    takes a train and sits next to a thin man. They mention
    Italy and cats, which makes Marcel afraid. The train arrives
    in Venice and the two men see Signor Spandini in his
    After reading
    house. While they’re talking, Marcel jumps out of the 4 Pair work: Write BAD DREAMS on the board.
    bag and hides behind a chair. Then he sees nine cats and Ask students in pairs to make a list of words they
    decides to climb a curtain. One of Spandini’s cats follows connect with bad dreams. Get feedback and write the
    him. Marcel starts a fire. While the men decide what to students’ words on the board. In pairs, ask them to
    say which of these words they have had bad dreams
    do, Marcel grabs the painting and runs out of the house.
    about. Then ask them to describe or invent a bad
    He pushes the painting through the letter box of a police dream.
    station. The police send the painting back to the Louvre. 5 Write and guess: Put the students in pairs and
    tell them to choose one of the illustrations from
    Background and themes pages 1–7. Students write a description, making three
    deliberate mistakes. Each pair then reads out their
    Animal stereotypes: Some animals like mice are
    description and the rest of the class identify the
    considered disgusting by some people, but they are often mistakes.
    heroes in stories.
    Pages 8–15
    Justice: Marcel knows what’s fair and what’s not and he Before reading
    acts according to his beliefs. 6 Pair work: Ask students to make a list of words
    Low profile: Marcel is the hero of the story, but he isn’t related to Italy. Get feedback and write the words
    on the board.
    motivated by the search for glory. He lets the Italian
    police take the credit for finding the Mona Lisa. After reading
    7 Check: Ask students to go back to the predictions
    Art: Marcel knows that art is a very important cultural they wrote before reading the book. Were they right?
    asset and he does what he has to do to preserve it. 8 Role play: Student A: You work for a newspaper.
    Ask Marcel questions about his life and the Mona Lisa
    story. Student B: You’re Marcel. Answer the
    questions. Brainstorm possible questions with the
    whole class before they start.

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