Clip Description
Here Martha describes her story. You can see she has only written the word "yo" (I, me) on each page, which in a sense is the essence of narrative writing.
Commentary
I like that Martha is so proud of her story. When asked what writing looks like, Martha has trouble explaining, answering, "Like writing." I think that's a challenging question for a kindergarten student.
Transcript
| VISITOR: |
¿Me puedes decir lo que estas haciendo? ¿Que estas haciendo en este momento?
Can you tell me what you're doing? What are you doing right now? |
| STUDENT: |
Yo estoy haciendo este, ya lo terminé.
I'm doing this, I already finished. |
| VISITOR: |
¿Escogiste un libro mas excelente?
You picked an excellent book? |
| STUDENT: |
Si.
Yes. |
| VISITOR: |
¿Me puedes contar este cuento que escribiste?
Can you tell me the story that you wrote? |
| STUDENT: |
Si.
Yes. |
| VISITOR: |
Ok. Cuentame el cuento.
Ok. Tell me the story. |
| STUDENT: |
A mi me gusta este dibujo porque puse esta estrella y este caracol.
I like this picture because I put this star and this shell. |
| VISITOR: |
ah. ¿Y la proxima pagina?
Oh. And the next page? |
| STUDENT: |
Aqui, yo fui a una casa, y aqui, hay un amigo se llama Alberto Manuel. Y aqui, yo fui al parque.
Here, I went to a house, and here, there's a friend who is named Alberto Manuel. And here, I went to the park. |
| VISITOR: |
¡Que bueno! ¿Puedo sacar unas fotos de tus paginas?
How great! Can I take some photos of your pages? |
| STUDENT: | nods |
| VISITOR: |
¿Y como te llamas?
And what's your name? |
| STUDENT: | Marta |
| Shows images | |
| VISITOR: |
¿Vas a seguir escribiendo?
Are you going to keep writing? |
| STUDENT: |
Si.
Yes. |
| VISITOR: |
¿Cuando estas escribiendo, como puedes ver que un amigo o una amiga esta escribiendo? ¿Que estan haciendo cuando estan escribiendo?
When you're writing, how can you tell that a friend is writing? What are they doing when they're writing? |
| STUDENT: | Ummmm... |
| VISITOR: |
¿Como puedes ver si alguien esta jugando, o esta escribiendo? ¿Que estan haciendo cuando estan escribiendo?
How can you tell if someone is playing, or is writing? What are they doing when they're writing? |
| STUDENT: |
Escribiendo. Escribiendo.
Writing. Writing. |
| VISITOR: |
¿Escribiendo con sus manos?
Writing with their hands? |
| STUDENT: | nods |
| VISITOR: |
¿Y estan aprendiendo a escribir, verdad?
And you all are learning to write, right? |
| STUDENT: | nods |
