Priya's Mask: Comics for Vocab and Speaking

Comics for Vocab & Speaking

with Susie Holman

Priya's Mask

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Priya's Curriculum

Comics for Speaking

Pedagogical Potential

AE Lesson Plans

Exercise Ideas

Reusable Genially

AGENDA

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Comics for Speaking in the Classroom

1. Stories can be presented through comics in several different ways.

2. Students can tell the stories with appropriate tone, rhythm, & pace.

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Pedagocial potential of using comics

• expand vocabulary
• provide motivation for reading
• heighten
• use cooperative learning strategies
• foster creative language growth
• provide content-based materials
• serve as a model for further reading

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Exercise Ideas

1. Main idea: discuss the main idea; have multiple choice questions; ask & answer questions about the story.

2. Vocabulary: matching, sentence completion, explaining words in context, creating new sentences.

3. Speaking: pair and group work discuss the story, meanings, possible outcomes, etc.

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4. Student creation: extend the story, give opinions, write dialogue, write lyrics, draw their own comic.

5. Role-play: re-enact the scene or the problem in the story, extend the story, imagine a different scenario.

6. Use audio: imitate the characters in the audio, dramatize in mime, lip synch, dictation, listen for background noises.

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the Priya's curriculum

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Comics to tell stories in the Classroom

Click the AE icon below for 21 stories with lesson plans to get you started.

click here for a reusable genially comic

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Stories

Where Magic Happens

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