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[jellomando]

This is a mashup of a Virginia and an AlexMokpo lesson.

Comics & Cartoons:

• Native Speaker introduces the concept of comics and cartoons.   5 minutes.
• Native Speaker defines the difference between a comic and a cartoon. 5 minutes.
• Native Speaker performs Comic or Cartoon activity. 10 minutes.
• Students perform Comic worksheet (write dialog for a comic).  10 minutes.
• Students present their Comic worksheet. 5 minutes.
• Students perform Comprehension activity (draw a comic from a story). 10 minutes.
• Students present their Comprehension activity. 5 minutes.

Notes:

• Some kids automatically knew what to do when I placed the comic down in front of them; other had to be painfully explained that they had free reign over the story.
• Some kids finished their comic in five seconds while other took 15 minutes.  Some delays were intentional (and I dealt with this by informing the students that nobody leaves until everybody presents their comic) but others had the numerous eraser marks and pen scratches to show that they were in constant revision for the perfect comic.
• Boys really enjoyed acting out their obviously ludicrous storylines in front of the class.  The girls however had to be dragged kicking and screaming to read three lines.
• Most the time will be spent organizing the class room, especially during the presentation.
• The Korean word for comic and cartoon is usually the same.  It's important to start linking comics & cartoon to drawings and then go into the various differences.
• Slapstick humor comics make a more interesting class. Two sites that worked out well are Penny Arcade and Ctrl Alt Del.

For variety I created 6 blank comics from Penny Arcade and 6 blanks comics from Ctrl Alt Del.  All were placed in the Comic Worksheets.doc for my ease of printing & photocopying.  Some people were pretty amazed at my English erasing capabilities; it's very easy to do and I can help anybody who wants to do it with another comic.

More information about my lessons can be found here.

[jellomando]

Examples of what I got from my students...

[AlexMokpo]

Comic E is fucking brilliant!!  HAHAHAHAHA

[zachmokpo]

Here are a few of the comics my high school girls made this past fall.