Click Clack Moo, Cows that type - Lesson Plan

 

Have you every heard real typewriter?  

Have you every typed on one? 

Well that is how I first typed, but not very well at first because if you typed too fast, then all the metal keys ended up in the middle, all in a clump. 

 I just tried to find a picture to show you, but as luck would have it, I can't.  No one wanted to take a picture of something that was so  so so , ok I will use the word:  annoying. 

To get an idea of the sound of an old fashioned typewriter, I have scoured YouTube tonight and I found this to be the best video for sound and the picture of how a typwriter sounds.  

There is a very funny one of Jerry Lewis, well a lot of funny ones, but he is pantomiming the typewriter and I wanted to show you the real thing!  So if you want to really laugh  you can see this one: 

Now that we are warmed up, let's go to our story:Click Clack Moo:  Cows that type

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Questions: 

Why do the Cows type?

What are they asking for? 

Is this reasonable? 

How does the farmer feel? 

What is a strike? 

What won't the cows give to the farmer? 

What does the farmer write back? 

Is this a good compromise?

Who else learns how to type? 

What do the second group want? 

Summarize the story in your own words 

Homework: 

Prepare a speech for your teacher 

In your speech you are one of the cows and you tell the farmer what you need  in order to give more milk.