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It is very IMPORTANT to know that this final task will be done in a collaborative way in which each member has to choose a role. Remember that you have to meet all together in order to reach an agreement to do the final product.
PRETASK:
1- In order for you to have a good knowledge of the history of comics, read the following article: http://the-artifice.com/history-of-comics/
2- After reading it, the four group members must answer some questions about the article. You have to send your answers to my email: irinateacher@gmail.com.
a) When did comic strips start to exist?
b) Why the 30s was The Golden Age of comics?
c) What was the aim of comics in World War II?
d) Why was the 50s a terrible epoch for comic's sales?
e) What did it happen in the 90s?
f) Mention the most important comics edited in the 2000s.
3- In the follwing activity, it is necessary to establish the role of each of the four group members. Every member has to work on an activity relted to present perfect simple and continuous, but first they must listen and read the comic strip. The roles in this stage will be the following:
Reader: Listen and read the comic strip and answer a couple of questions (they appear below). Give a long answer.
Doer 1: Grouping activity.
Doer 2: Gap filling activity.
Doer 3: Multiple choice activity.
You have to click on: http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/grammar-vocabulary/grammar-videos/present-perfect-simple-and-continuous to do the previous activities.
Reader: These are the question you must answer:
a) What has Nicole's mum been doing?
b) What has just Oliver made?
c) Why is Oliver appropriate for interviewing as well?
d) What has Nicole's mother seen so far?
e) What has she bought for them?
4- All group members must be arranged to discuss the aspects of structure, meaning and context while completing the balloons with present perfect simple and present perfect continuous. Send your answers with a word document to your teacher's email. Remember to put first, second third and fourth comic strip and the name of the characters to write the dialogue.
https://en.islcollective.com/resources/printables/worksheets_doc_docx/you_are_a_cartoonist_with_garfield/garfield-balloon-comics/18396
TASK:
1- After doing the previous activities, you must establish the roles for each group member to develop the task. There are four assigned roles with the following functions:
- SCENE WRITER: 1 memeber will be in charge of setting the scene, that is, he/she will have to choose between producing a comic strip and a graphic novel and to select the genre. So, he/she has to click on the following webpages to check the different comic genres: http://www.freecomicbookday.com/Article/116248-Genres--Categories of the action.Also, he/she will specify the time and space. Finally, he/she will have to give a brief desciption of the 3 characters of the comic story. Once everything is decided, this information will be given to the script writer.
- SCRIPT WRITER: 1 memeber will have to of writing a script using present perfect simple and present perfect continuous. The dialogue cannot be longer than one page in a word document, Times New Roman, number 12. Take into consideration all the information given by the scene writer!
- SCRIPT WRITER: 1 memeber will have to write a script using present perfect simple and present perfect continuous. The dialogue cannot be longer than one page in a word document, Times New Roman, number 12. He/she can also add onomatopeias! Take into consideration all the information given by the scene writer!
- DRAWER: 1 memeber will be the digital drawer. He/she will have to open a PIXTON account and create the comic without writing the information inside the balloons. He/she only has to read the script and create the comic.
- DRAWER: 1 memeber will be the digital drawer. He/she will have to open a PIXTON account and create the comic without writing the information inside the balloons. He/she only has to read the script and create the comic.
- WRITER: 1 memeber will have to write the dialogues, so he/she will be in charge of writing the information inside the balloons (perhaps, he/she will have to select some information to complete the balloons).
2- Finally, everyone must revise the final produc! Afterwards your task is done!
