calvin and hobbes presentacion (comics)

8/3/2019 Calvin and Hobbes Presentacion (Comics)

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By: Dora Fanny Castelo


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Why using comics to encourage

reading in class?


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y "Readers in the 21st century need to be able to analyzewhat they read and understand the motive of theauthor and the accuracy of the reading. They need tosee themselves as active users, not merely vessels to befilled. Graphic novels offer a forum for these essential

discussions."

-- Nancy Frey, Using Graphic Novels, Anime, and theInternet in an Urban High School


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According to Stephen Cary, a second languagelearner specialist and author of Going Graphic:Comics at Work in the Multilingual Classroom, "Comics provide authentic language

learning opportunities for all students.Thedramatically reduced text of many comics makethem manageable and language profitable for evenbeginning level readers."


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Using Comics for reported speech


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Process

y -Students should each be given a copy of some comicstrips.

y -The teacher tells the students that they will bereading these comics.

y - The teacher t asks the students a few leadingquestions to activate prior knowledge.

y The students then do a quick reading of the strips to

get a basic idea of the contents.y -The teacher will then ask volunteer students the

students to tell what he/she had said.


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Example


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Using Comic Strips for CharacterDescriptions


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Process-The teacher will give each student a copy of the some comicstreeps.

-Ask the students leading questions to activate priorknowledge about character traits and physicaldescriptions.

-The students then do a quick reading of the strips to get abasic idea of the content.

- Then ask the students to tell you what they think of eachcharacter. Asking questions such as:

Who do you like?

How would you describe character X?

_Students then write down a list of the characters in thestrips and a list of the descriptive adjectives

can ask and answer these or similar questions:


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Who is your favorite character? Why? Who do you dislike? Why?

Who is the funniest?

Which character are you similar to?

Which character is similar to someone you know?Once they have completed the discussion, the students

can practice using the adjectives to write descriptionsof themselves and their family

members.


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Example


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Using Comic Strips to Teach

Narrative


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Processy

_Students are given a copy of some sample strips.y _ Tell the students that they will be reading these

comics but that they will have to use visual clues tohelp them understand the story.

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fter the students have done a quick reading of thestrips to get

y a basic idea of the contents. As a class, discuss one ofthe strips, asking

y students to describe the scene and then explain what is

happening in each panel.y Once the class has gone through one strip as a group,

the students form pairs and take turns to tell eachother the stories in the other strips.


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