DISCUSSION

PSL

Reads comic

strips to discuss

cultural

expressions.

TOPIC:

Reads comic strips.

ACHIEVEMENTS:

Selects and revises comic strips.

Understand the content of comic strips.

Exchanges opinions about cultural expressions.

Level: Secondary

Grade: 1st. Subject: English Term: 3rd.

Didactic

Situations

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WORKSHEET 1 PRIOR KNOWLEDGE

I. Cross out the images that are comic strips.

Goldilocks and the 3 bears

Little Red Ridding Hood

Peanuts

Batman and Superman

Captain America, Hulk and Iron Man

II. Look at the following comic strips and then highlight the illustrators and the name of the

comic strip. (Many of these comic strips were taken from gocomics.com)

https://www.complex.com/pop-culture/2013/01/best-sunday-comic-strips-of-all-time/peanuts

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SHERMAN´S LAGOON

https://www.comicskingdom.com/sherman-s-lagoon/2020-02-17

III. Answer the following questions.

‐ Do you like reading comic strips?

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‐ Could you name some of them you like the most?

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‐ What do you see in the comic strips?

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‐ What do you notice about the layout of the comic strips?

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‐ What is the dog doing in the comic strip number 1?

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‐ Why we cannot see the grand finale in the comic strip number 1?

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‐ Which number should the person press for Spanish in the comic strip number 2?

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‐ What was the voice mail did the person leave in the comic strip number 2?

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‐ What did the boy ask to snoopy in the comic strip number 3?

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‐ What is the best suitable Spanish word for the word blackmail in the comic strip number 3

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‐ What is the problem in the comic strip number 4?

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‐ What did the shark suggest Kahuma in the comic strip number 4?

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WORKSHEET 2 CONTENT

PARTS OF A COMIC STRIP

Comic strips have characters, some have heroes, with superpowers, some ordinary people,

animals, etc.

These are the main parts of a comic strip we have panels, gutters, tier, caption, speech

bubble, thought bubble.

There´s also the name of the comic strip, the illustrator, if it has copyright, etc.

‐ A panel is one illustration surrounded by a border, example

I. Read the following definitions and draw a line like the one already done of PANEL

• Gutter is the space between panels.

• Tier a single row of panels.

• Speech bubble surrounds what the character is saying.

• Thought bubble surrounds what the character is thinking.

II. Check with a peer if you both, have identified the same parts of the comic strip.

III. Write in the graphic organizer the comic strips you like.

IV. Look for a comic strip in a Sunday newspaper or in the internet, cut it out and paste it

below.

V. Identify the gutter, the tier, the speech bubbles, the thought bubbles, the panels in the

previous comic strip.

VI. Read the following comic strips and answer the following questions by pairs.

a) What´s the name of the comic strip? ____________________________________________

b) Who´s the illustrator?________________________________________________________

c) Who are the characters? _____________________________________________________

d) Does this situation happen also in Mexico or only in the USA? _______________________

e) Do you understand the expression SNOOORRRE? _________________________________

f) What expression do we use here in Mexico for the same situation? __________________

Fred Basset by Alex Graham

https://www.gocomics.com/fredbasset/2020/03/20

a) What´s the name of the comic strip? ____________________________________________

b) Who´s the illustrator?________________________________________________________

c) Who are the characters? _____________________________________________________

d) Does this situation happen also in Mexico or only in the USA? _____________________

VII. Regarding the comic strip you already pasted, answer the following questions by pairs.

‐ What´s the name of the comic strip? ____________________________________________

‐ Who´s the illustrator?________________________________________________________

‐ Who are the characters? _____________________________________________________

‐ Does this situation happen also in Mexico or only in the USA? ______________________

‐ Are the actions real or unreal?

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A final thing to consider when reading comic strips is the one related to Onomatopoeia.

Do you know what it is? _________ If yes, give an example. _______________________________

An onomatopoeia is a word that mimics or resembles the sound of a thing it describes, and it is

used sometimes in comic strips, there you´ll see it. Some examples are the following:

‐ Impact sounds: boom, crash, whack

‐ Nature sounds: splash, spray, drip

‐ Machine noises: honk, beep, clang, zap

WORKSHEET 3: APPLICATION

I. Look at the following comic strip in groups of three and then answer the following questions.

‐ What onomatopoeia do you see in this comic strip?

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‐ What do you think it means?

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‐ What onomatopoeia do you see in this comic strip? ______________________________________________________________________

‐ What do you think it means? ______________________________________________________________________

WORKSHEET 4 I. In teams of 4, draw or use a comic strip maker to create your own comic strip and then

check if it has the elements included in the following list:

Name of comic strip

Name of the Illustrator

Panels

Tier

Speech bubbles

Gutter

Onomatopoeias

Didactic

guidelines

Provea a sus estudiantes de una variedad de oportunidades para que logren:

• reconocer organización textual y gráfica;

• identificar ilustrador(es);

• activar conocimientos previos sobre elementos de tiras cómicas

Crosscurricular

relationships

Spanish, Art, History

Fuentes de consulta

Gocomics.com and www.comicskingdom.com