Understand the content of comic strips.
Exchanges opinions about cultural expressions.
Level: Secondary
Didactic
Situations
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Goldilocks and the 3 bears
Little Red Ridding Hood
Captain America, Hulk and Iron Man
II. Look at the following comic strips and then highlight the illustrators and the name of the
comic strip. (Many of these comic strips were taken from gocomics.com)
https://www.complex.com/pop-culture/2013/01/best-sunday-comic-strips-of-all-time/peanuts
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https://www.complex.com/pop-culture/2013/01/best-sunday-comic-strips-of-all-time/peanuts
Do you like reading comic strips?
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PARTS OF A COMIC STRIP
Comic strips have characters, some have heroes, with superpowers, some ordinary people,
animals, etc.
These are the main parts of a comic strip we have panels, gutters, tier, caption, speech
bubble, thought bubble.
There´s also the name of the comic strip, the illustrator, if it has copyright, etc.
A panel is one illustration surrounded by a border, example
I. Read the following definitions and draw a line like the one already done of PANEL
• Gutter is the space between panels.
• Tier a single row of panels.
• Speech bubble surrounds what the character is saying.
• Thought bubble surrounds what the character is thinking.
II. Check with a peer if you both, have identified the same parts of the comic strip.
III. Write in the graphic organizer the comic strips you like.
IV. Look for a comic strip in a Sunday newspaper or in the internet, cut it out and paste it
below.
V. Identify the gutter, the tier, the speech bubbles, the thought bubbles, the panels in the
previous comic strip.
VI. Read the following comic strips and answer the following questions by pairs.
a) What´s the name of the comic strip? ____________________________________________
b) Who´s the illustrator?________________________________________________________
c) Who are the characters? _____________________________________________________
d) Does this situation happen also in Mexico or only in the USA? _______________________
e) Do you understand the expression SNOOORRRE? _________________________________
f) What expression do we use here in Mexico for the same situation? __________________
Fred Basset by Alex Graham
https://www.gocomics.com/fredbasset/2020/03/20
b) Who´s the illustrator?________________________________________________________
c) Who are the characters? _____________________________________________________
d) Does this situation happen also in Mexico or only in the USA? _____________________
What´s the name of the comic strip? ____________________________________________
Who´s the illustrator?________________________________________________________
Who are the characters? _____________________________________________________
Does this situation happen also in Mexico or only in the USA? ______________________
Are the actions real or unreal?
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A final thing to consider when reading comic strips is the one related to Onomatopoeia.
Do you know what it is? _________ If yes, give an example. _______________________________
An onomatopoeia is a word that mimics or resembles the sound of a thing it describes, and it is
used sometimes in comic strips, there you´ll see it. Some examples are the following:
Impact sounds: boom, crash, whack
Nature sounds: splash, spray, drip
Machine noises: honk, beep, clang, zap
WORKSHEET 3: APPLICATION
I. Look at the following comic strip in groups of three and then answer the following questions.
What onomatopoeia do you see in this comic strip?
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What do you think it means? ______________________________________________________________________
WORKSHEET 4 I. In teams of 4, draw or use a comic strip maker to create your own comic strip and then
check if it has the elements included in the following list:
Name of comic strip
Name of the Illustrator
Gutter
Onomatopoeias
Didactic
guidelines
Provea a sus estudiantes de una variedad de oportunidades para que logren:
• reconocer organización textual y gráfica;
• identificar ilustrador(es);
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