1. The Very Hungry Caterpillar by: Eric Carle
Performed by Kaylee Teixeira
Theme-Transformation,
Journey through life,
Growing and changing
Goal –Entertain 
I. “In the light of the moon, a little egg lay on a leaf.”
Egg,small, laysonleaf, moonlightshines
 Leaf CL: 5→ Egg→ Set up egg on leaf CL: 5 (bent) → Left hand: continues to be leaf;Right:
Moon CL: C (index & thumb) → Light shining down on leaf CL: O (flat)>CL: 5
 Tree→ Leaf CL: 5→ Left hand: continues to be leaf;Right: Moon CL: C → light shining down
CL: O (flat)>CL: 5 → egg CL: G→ small NMM: OOOO→ moonlightshining on egg CL: O (flat)>
CL: 5
 Moon CL: C (index & thumb) → Moonlight shining down CL: O (flat)>CL: 5→ egg
(fingerspelled) → Small (egg) small CL: G → Egg on wrist (point to w/ reference finger
CL:1)→ hand becomes leaf CL:5→ leaf movement LCL
II. “One Sunday morning the warm sun came up and out of the egg came a tiny and very hungry
caterpillar.”
Sundaymorning,sunrise,warm,caterpillarhatches,pop!, tiny& hungry
 Sunday→ morning→ sunrise CL:C→ egg on leaf CL:G→ egg opens→ fingerspell pop!
(fingerspell pop) NMM: PAH→ caterpillar crawls out CL:1→ small NMM:OOOO→ CL:1
(reference finger) point to caterpillar→ hungry
 Happen→ Sunday→ morning→ sunrise CL:C → sunlight→ warm→ sunlight→ egg→ pops
open NMM:PAH→ caterpillar crawls out CL:1→ small→ hungry

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III. “He started to lookfor some food.”
Food,search
 Food→ search, search, search
 Food→ search→ RS: “searching forfood”→ searching
 Food→ search→ where→ RS: “searching for food→ zoomout CL:1 “Searching for food”
IV. “On Monday, he ate through one apple, but he was still hungry.”
Monday,ate throughapple,one,still hungry
 Monday→ apple CL: C (claw) → eat→ ate through zoomout CL:1 → still→ hungry
 Monday→ role shift→ apple CL: C (claw) → one→ ate through→ “hole in apple” CL: F
V. “On Tuesday he ate through twopears, but he was still hungry.”
Tuesday,ate throughpears,two, still hungry
 Tuesday→ pears (fingerspell) CL: C (claw) →two→ atethrough zoom out CL:1 → still→
hungry
VI. On Wednesday, he ate through three plums, but he was still hungry.”
Wednesday,ate throughplums,three, still hungry
 Wednesday→ plums (fingerspell) CL: C (claw) → three→ ate through zoom out CL:1 → still
→hungry
VII. “On Thursday, he ate through four strawberries, but he was still hungry.”
Thursday,ate throughstrawberries,still hungry
 Thursday→ strawberries CL: 5 (bent) → four→ ate through zoom out CL:1 → still→ hungry
VIII. “On Friday,he ate through fiveoranges, but he was still hungry.”
Friday, ate throughoranges,five,still hungry
 Friday→ oranges CL: C (claw) → five→ ate through zoom out CL:1 → still→ hungry
IX. “On Saturday he ate through: a cake, an ice cream, a hot dog, a lollipop, chocolate,pizza, a
muffin. That night he had a stomach ache.”

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Saturday,ate through,chocolatecake,icecreamcone, pickle,sliceofswisscheese,slice
ofsalami, lollipop,pieceofcherrypie,sausage,cupcake,sliceofwatermelon(1). Night,
stomachache.
 Saturday→ fooditems (listed above) →night→ stomach ache (pain, nausea, cramp)
chocolatecake- Chocolate cake→ chocolate,fingerspell cake
ice cream cone- ice cream→ fingerspell cone // ice cream→ CL: 5 (bent) claw CL:C>CL:S
pickle- pickle// pickle CL:O (flat)
slice of swiss cheese- cheese //cheese→ CL:1 trace square→ CL:F shows holes
slice of salami- salami fingerspelled // fingerspelled→ meat→ slice Left:CL:C Right: CL:B
lollipop- fingerspelled //CL: X (cocked)
piece of cherry pie- fingerspelled // piece→ fingerspelled/ fingerspell→ show slice CL:B
sausage- sausage
cupcake-fingerspell
slice of watermelon- watermelon // watermelon→ Right/Left CL:B
 Saturday→ sign each fooditem in a line, zoomout CL:1 caterpillar eats through, CL:F hole →
night→ stomach ache (pain, nausea, cramp)
 Role shift→ stop at each fooditem→ eat through
 LIST all food items→ eat all
X. “The next day was Sunday again. The caterpillar ate through a nice green leaf and after that he
felt much better.”
Sunday,next day, ate throughgreenleaf, satisfied
 Sunday→ leaf CL:5 → caterpillar crawling on leaf CL:1→ nice→ green→ eat→ zoom out CL:X
“taps”→ eat→ zoom out CL:X “taps”→ finished→ satisfied
 Sunday → leaf CL:5 → caterpillar crawling on leaf CL:1→ nice→ green→ eat→ RS: “eat/sigh
in satisfaction”
XI. “Now he wasn’t hungry anymore and he wasn’t a little caterpillar anymore; he was a big-fat-
caterpillar.”
Now, hungrynot, littlenot, big& fat

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 Now→ little→ not→ NMM:CHA→ Role shift “puffedcheeks”→ Fat CL:5
 Now→ little→ not→ Role shift “puff cheeks”→ Fat CL 5→ zoom out→ describe caterpillar CL:
C NMM: puffedcheeks
XII. “He built a small house, called a cocoonaround himself. He stayed inside for more than two
weeks. Then he nibbled a hole in the cocoon,then he pushed his way out and…”
Builtsmall house,Cocoon,livedin,two weeks, nibbledahole,pushedhimselfout
 Happen→ build→ house→ small Left: CL: B (palm in) Right: CL: b (palm in)→ name?
(rhetorical question facialgrammar) Cocoon (fingerspelled) → Right: CL:1 wraps Left:CL: C
(curved) around to show cocoon→ CL:B wraps around to show covered→ stay → two
weeks→ Finish NMM: FSH→ RS “push out Butterfly”,beautiful
XIII. …He was a beautiful butterfly
Beautiful,butterfly
 Became→ butterfly,beautiful
 Role shift “butterfly,beautiful”

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Final Story:
 Tree→ Leaf CL: 5→ Left hand: continues to be leaf; Right: Moon CL: C → light shining down CL: O
(flat)> CL: 5 → egg CL: G→ small NMM: OOOO→ moonlight shining on egg CL: O (flat)> CL: 5
 Happen→ Sunday→ morning→ sunrise CL:C → sunlight→ warm→ sunlight→ egg→ pops open
NMM:PAH → caterpillar crawls out CL:1→ small→ hungry
 Food→ search→ where→ RS: “searching for food → zoom out CL:1 “Searching for food”
 Monday→ apple CL: C (claw) → eat→ ate through zoom out CL:1 → still→ hungry
 Tuesday→ pears (fingerspell) CL: C (claw) →two→ ate through zoom out CL:1 → still→ hungry
 Wednesday→ plums (fingerspell) CL: C (claw) → three→ ate through zoom out CL:1 → still
→hungry
Thursday→ strawberries CL: 5 (bent) → four→ ate through zoom out CL:1 → still→ hungry
Friday→ oranges CL: C (claw) → five→ ate through zoom out CL:1 → still→ hungry
 Saturday→ sign each food item in a line, zoom out CL:1 caterpillar eats through, CL:F hole →
night→ stomach ache (pain, nausea, cramp)
chocolatecake- Chocolate cake→ chocolate, fingerspell cake
ice cream cone- icecream→ fingerspell cone// icecream→ CL: 5 (bent) clawCL:C>CL:S
pickle- pickle// pickleCL:O (flat)
sliceof swiss cheese- cheese //cheese→ CL:1 trace square→ CL:F shows holes
sliceof salami- salami fingerspelled // fingerspelled→ meat→ slice Left: CL:C Right: CL:B
lollipop- fingerspelled //CL: X (cocked)
piece of cherry pie- fingerspelled // piece→ fingerspelled/ fingerspell→ showslice CL:B
sausage- sausage
cupcake- fingerspell
sliceof watermelon- watermelon // watermelon→ Right/Left CL:B
 Sunday→ leaf CL:5 → caterpillar crawling on leaf CL:1→ nice→ green→ eat→ zoom out CL:X “taps”→
eat→ zoom out CL:X “taps”→ finished→ satisfied
 Now→ little→ not→ NMM:CHA→ Role shift “puffed cheeks”→ Fat CL:5
 Happen→ build→ house→ small Left: CL: B (palm in) Right: CL: b (palm in)→ name? (rhetorical
question facial grammar) Cocoon (fingerspelled) → Right: CL:1 wraps Left: CL: C (curved) around
to show cocoon → CL:B wraps around to show covered→ stay → two weeks→ Finish NMM: FSH→
RS “push out Butterfly”, beautiful
 Role shift as butterfly, beautiful

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