Topic: Using Popular Culture (comics)

Learning focuses: 1. Features of comics – direction, speech bubbles, captions, sound effects, illustrations and thinking bubbles 2. Let students create their own comics

Previous knowledge:•Students have watched the cartoon before and known the characters in Doraemon very well•Students have learnt present tense, past tense and future tense

Topic: Using Popular Culture (comics)

Suitability of the lesson:The target students of this lesson are P.4 students from a primary school with average English proficiency

Learning objectives:By the end of the lesson, students should be able to- recognize the format and language features of comics.- use appropriate formats, conventions and language features when writing comics.- use the simple present tense, simple past tense or future tense appropriately to express feelings, thoughts, conditions or actions in their comics.

A special transport tool

time machine

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nowpast

Past tense

I _________ to kindergarten six years ago.

went

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now

future

Future tense

I _________ to university ten years later.will go

Present tense

Doraemon _________ a time machine right now.

has

now

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Doraemon Nobita

best friends

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(After marriage)-husband and wife

(Before marriage)-girl friend and boy friend

Nobita’s dad Nobita’s mum

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Shizuka

?

Nobita

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Movie Time

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About Comics

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Features of Comics:

Comics tell stories using pictures.

This bubble tells us what

someone thinks.

Oh no!

Dad, I’m hungry.

Dad, I’m thirsty.

Dad, I’m bored. Let’s read.

These bubbles tell us what the characters say.

This bubble tells us the sound

effect.

DA-DA-DUM!

These are captions. They tell us about the pictures.

Dad gives Sam some food.

Dad, I’m hungry.

Dad, I’m thirsty.

Oh no!

It is 11:00 p.m. Sam cannot sleep.

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Speech and thinking bubbles are often written in the informal language with contractions.E.g. Wow! / OK! Oh, no! / Come back! I’ll / I’m / don’t / she’s / you’re/ didn’t / won’t / can’t …

Can you find out all these features in the comic (Doraemon) given?

pictures speech bubbles

thinking bubbles

sound effect images

captions

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The ways to read comics

Can you find out all these features in the comic (Doraemon) given?

pictures speech bubbles

thinking bubbles

sound effect images

captions

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• Why is Nobita so sad?

• Doraemon can’t help this time.

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• What will he do?

• What will he say to Shizuka?

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Task: Create a new comic with comic features

I was too naughty before. I want to change now. I will be a good boy… …

What’s wrong with

you, Nobita?

You can add…

pictures speech bubbles

thinking bubbles

sound effect images

captions

Writing Task

Editing Time:

Any mistakes in your speech bubbles?

What form did you use for speaking in the comic?

Do you need thinking bubbles for private talk?

Any sound effects needed?

Any captions needed?

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Movie Time – The Ending

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Questioning time

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The End

Bye bye!Thank you!