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    Marcel and the White Star is a story about a mouse named Marcel who acts as a detective. Marcel visits some friends at the Louvre metro station after dinner and overhears two men planning to steal an opera singer's ring. Marcel decides to follow the men but loses them. When he arrives at the singer's house, the ring has been stolen. Marcel sees the thieves in a car and jumps on, following them to a cafe where he realizes they met with the woman who took the ring. Marcel retrieves the ring and returns it, solving the case.

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    Marcel and the White Star is a story about a mouse named Marcel who acts as a detective. Marcel visits some friends at the Louvre metro station after dinner and overhears two men planning to steal an opera singer's ring. Marcel decides to follow the men but loses them. When he arrives at the singer's house, the ring has been stolen. Marcel sees the thieves in a car and jumps on, following them to a cafe where he realizes they met with the woman who took the ring. Marcel retrieves the ring and returns it, solving the case.

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    Marcel and the White Star is a story about a mouse named Marcel who acts as a detective. Marcel visits some friends at the Louvre metro station after dinner and overhears two men planning to steal an opera singer's ring. Marcel decides to follow the men but loses them. When he arrives at the singer's house, the ring has been stolen. Marcel sees the thieves in a car and jumps on, following them to a cafe where he realizes they met with the woman who took the ring. Marcel retrieves the ring and returns it, solving the case.

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    Teacher’s notes EASYSTART Teacher Support Programme

    Marcel and the White Star


    Stephen Rabley Discussion activities
    Before reading
    Pages 1–7
    1 Pair work: Put students into pairs and ask students to
    look at the cover and the title. Students ask each other
    the following questions:
    What can you see? Is it a ‘boy’ mouse or a ‘girl’ mouse?
    Where is he sitting? What colour are his shoes? What
    colour is his hat? Is this a happy story? What is the
    White Star?
    After reading
    2 Describe and draw: Students work in pairs.
    Student A chooses one of the pictures from pages 1–7
    and describes the scene to Student B. Student B tries
    Summary to draw the picture from Student A’s description. Then
    they reverse roles. How accurate are the pictures?
    Marcel and the White Star is a story about a mouse that 3 Pair work: Write the following words on the board:
    acts as a detective. Marcel visits some friends at the Louvre magazine, opera, old mouse, a car, a café, a box. In pairs,
    metro station. After dinner, he’s at the station and he sees students make sentences including these words to
    two men talking about the opera singer Zaza’s ring. It’s reflect how they were important in pages 1–7, without
    obvious they’re going to steal it. He decides to follow the looking back at the book.
    two men. He loses them at La Mouette station and when Pages 8–15
    he arrives at Zaza’s house, it’s too late. He sees the two Before reading
    thieves in a car, and jumps onto the number plate. The car 4 Predict: Put the students in small groups and ask
    stops at a café. The two men enter and talk to a woman them to predict what is going to happen next. Give
    them some possible suggestions: Marcel talks to the
    who’s waiting for them. Marcel realises this is the right
    men. Marcel bites the tall man / short man / woman?
    moment. Marcel eats the White Star. Marcel puts the White Star in
    Marcel takes the ring, puts it round his neck and runs to his jeans. The men catch Marcel. The police catch Marcel.
    Marcel jumps on the table.
    Zaza’s house. He tries to pull the ring off, but it’s stuck
    so he uses soap. He finally takes it off and leaves it on While reading (p. 13, after “She telephones the
    her bedside table. Zaza finds her ring and is very happy. police.”)
    5 Role play: Put students into pairs. Student A is
    Marcel is back at home, reading the newspaper stories,
    Zaza and Student B is a policeman. Write and act
    and he’s happy too. out their conversation. Encourage the students to
    be imaginative. Student B could ask the questions:
    Background and themes Where do you live? Where do you work? Do you work
    Animal stereotypes: Some animals, like mice, are in the morning? Is there a person in your house? Where
    is the White Star? Is it expensive? Is there perfume on the
    considered disgusting by some people, but they are often
    White Star?
    heroes in stories.
    After reading
    Courage: Marcel is ready to take risks for somebody he 6 Research: Ask students in pairs to choose one of the
    doesn’t know. following: a famous French film, a famous French
    Justice: Marcel knows what’s fair and what’s not and acts sportsperson, a famous French building, a famous
    French artist. Students then look for information on
    according to his beliefs. the Internet and give an oral presentation to the rest
    Low profile: Marcel is the real hero, but he doesn’t tell of the class, or make a poster for the classroom.
    anybody. This doesn’t prevent him from helping others in Vocabulary activities
    the future. For the Word List and vocabulary activities, go to
    www.penguinreaders.com.

    c Pearson Education Limited 2008 Marcel and the White Star - Teacher’s notes   of 1

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