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Good behaviour : a rainbow that colours our lifeComenius Project 2008-2010

Year 2

Istituto Comprensivo Lonate Pozzolo (Varese) - Italy

Instructions and Lesson Plan

Worksheet

Comic strips

Istituto Comprensivo Lonate Pozzolo (Varese) - Italy

Good behaviour : a rainbow that colours our lifeComenius Project 2008-2010

Year 2

Template and Planning sheet

Nejla falls on Earth

• Class: 1B • Age: 11 – 12• Subjects involved: Italian/English/Art/ITC• Teachers: C. Scampini – MG. Cardani

Nejla falls on Earth

Page 1

1. Nejla lives on the Flat Planet

2. She leans out too much and falls down

3. She stops on the wing of a plane

4. She lands at Malpensa airport

5. She meets Anna and Marco

6. They invite her to stay withthem

Nejla falls on Earth

Page 2

1. On the way to school two bulliesare fighting

2. They insult a little child

3. They answer rudely to the teacher

4. There’s rubbish all around

5. At the canteen, children throwapples to each other

6. One apple almost hits Nejla. She thinks something must bedone

Nejla falls on Earth

Page 3

1. Nejla turns into an apple

2. …and hits the bully

3. She collects waste paper and makes a ball

4. She targets the bully’s mouthwhile he is saying rude words

5. Bad words are stopped

6. Nejla tags the bully “Rude n.1”

Nejla falls on Earth

Page 4

1. Nejla enters a room wherepupils are studying quietly

2. She feels better

3. Children are payingattention

4. …other children are putting paper and cansinto the containers

5. A boy smiles and says“thank you” to the caretaker

6. Nejla is happy

Nejla falls on Earth

Page 5

1. She rewards the kindstudents with hearts …

2. …good marks

3. “THE KINDEST OF THE DAY”award

4. The children feel more confident and happy and thank Nejla

5. They have a party

6. The bullies would like to join the party but they haven’t been invited. They decide tosay they are sorry

Nejla falls on Earth

Page 6

1. They take the apple, the ball of paper and the label and…

2. … give them back to Nejla.

3. They say: “Sorry”…

4. “Thank you”, “ We won’t behave any more like that”

5. Nejla invites the bullies tojoin the party

6. All children have fun together

Nejla falls on Earth

1 – Give the illustrated page without captions ad cues. Ask children to guess the story.

In pair/small groups they create captions and cues. Colour the panels.Compare the newversion with the original one

2 – (For younger children). Copy one page per children. Cut the panels, hand them out in scramble order. Read the story and askchildren to find the right order.

3 – Give the captions in scramble order and askchildren to stick/write them under the right panel.

4– Dictation/spot dictation of captions and dialogue

5 – Give the cues in scramble order. Childrencopy/stick cues into the right balloon

6 – Give the story page with captions. Children

create the dialogue and write the cues

7 – Children colour the panels (any age)

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