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Using comics

Кристина Белова

Created on April 4, 2022

This presentation aims at sharing some tips how to work with comics in English classes

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Using comics: ideas and tips

Plan

1. What for?

2. How?

3. Tips

4. Useful resources

Why is it a good idea to use comics?

How to connect these pages?

Let's try!

Underline all [u] words

Circle all [u:] words

Watch and answer the questions

  • What did the person from the City Zoo say?
  • Whose motorbike was it?
  • What did the man take?
  • Who was the man?
  • What was inside the lorry?

Mime!

Teacher reads out the story, students mime the actions.

Act it out!

Step 3

Step 2

Step 1

Assign a role to each group: Lock, Key, Zoo man.

Make students act out the story (read the phrases and mime the actions).

Divide the class into 3 groups

Follow-up ideas

Ask students what they think happens next in the story.

Make students make up a dialogue between the main characters.

Create your own comic about Lock and Key!

Anticipated problem

Possible solutions

Brainstorm some typical phrases used by Lock and Key ("No problem, Lock!" ; "Oh no, Key!")

Students might find it difficult to make up a dialogue

Give Ss prompts to start the phrases with (Let's ... / It's a good idea to.../ Look, there's .../ We need to../ Shall we...?/ Can we....?)

Put strong and weak Ss in pairs

Resources

Making comics

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