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For many, it will be their first time viewing a live theatrical production. We have learned that when teachers discuss the play with their students before and after the production, the experience is more significant and long-lasting. Our study guide provides pre and post production discussion topics, as well as related activity sheets. These are just suggestions; please feel free to create your own activities and areas for discussion. We hope you and your class enjoy the show!  \nBackground  \nOur play is based on the Pete the Cat series of books by James Dean and Kimberly Dean.  \nThe Story  \n􀁸 Pete, a rock and roll cat and his animal friends are living a life of freedom and jam sessions when they wander into a yard and Pete is caught by the cat-catcher. His punishment is to spend a week as a housecat with a family.  \n􀁸 Pete meets his host family, the Biddles. He becomes roommates with Jimmy Biddle, a second grader who is nervous about the idea and has a lot of rules about behavior he wants Pete to follow. However, Pete likes to play it cool and is not a rule-follower.  \n􀁸 Jimmy brings Pete to school and his math test turns into an art class. Jimmy is flustered and copies another student’s painting because he can’t think of his own idea for a picture. He gets in trouble and has to create an original picture in order to pass second grade.  \n􀁸 To help him, Pete takes Jimmy in the VW (Very Wonderful) bus to find inspiration for his perfect picture. They travel to the beach, the moon and Paris and when Jimmy finally learns to let loose and jam with magic sunglasses on, he paints the perfect picture.  \nBefore Seeing the Play  \n1. You may want to read some of the Pete the Cat books and review the plots and characters with your students.  \n2. Ask your students about their pets. Have them describe some activities they do with them.  \n3. One character in the play has a list of rules he likes to follow. What sort of rules do you have in your classroom? Discuss with your students why rules are important. What happens when someone breaks the rules?  \nAfter Seeing the Play  \n1. Ask your students how the play was different from the Pete the Cat books you read. How was it the same? Discuss the actor who played Pete. How do you think he/she prepared for her role? How would you portray a cat on stage?  \n2. If your cat or pet could speak, what would you ask it? What do you think it would want to talk about? How would your family life change with a talking animal in the house?  \n3. Why did Jimmy copy the painting? What happens if you copy someone’s work at school? Why do you think it was hard for Jimmy to come up with a painting of his own?  \n4. Jimmy had a lot of rules for being a roommate. Pete didn’t follow rules. What do you think is better: to have rules or not? Discuss how rules are important in some cases and maybe not important in others.  \nActivities  \nCreative Dramatics (ELA Common Core Standard SL.4 Presentation of Knowledge and Ideas) Have your students re-enact scenes from the play. First, have the students discuss specific scenes – who were the characters, where did it take place, what happened? Examples of scenes might be:  \n􀁸 Pete and his friends jamming on their instruments  \n􀁸 Riding a VW bus to different places in the world  \n􀁸 Trying magic sunglasses for the first time  \n􀁸 Playing an “air” instrument: guitar, drums, piano  \nCreative Writing  \n1. Character Maps (ELA Common Core Standard RL.3 Key Ideas and Details)  \nUse the attached character maps to describe Jimmy and Pete. After students have listed some traits in the bubbles, have them write a paragraph describing the characters using the trait words. Discuss what traits are the same and different for Pete and Jimmy. 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