Comics FILE 4 COMICS BK 2 The funny characters in comic books or animation films can put smiles on people s faces all over the world. Wouldn t it be great to create your own funny character that will give people a good laugh too? Well... after this file you will be able to! So run along and find out everything you need to know to make your own cartoon. 1 File 4 Comics BK 2.indd 1 29-9-2014 9:26:20
This Is What You Will Do First you are going to create your own cartoon character. Then you will write an English text for your cartoon. Finally, you will draw the cartoon! This Is What You Will Need Je hebt nodig: - informatie over hoe je simpele stripfiguurtjes moet tekenen; - informatie over hoe je leuke grapjes kunt gebruiken om een stripje te maken; - creativiteit. This Is What You Will Learn Je gaat leren: - hoe je korte, correcte Engelse zinnen maakt (word order / place and time); - hoe je kunt zeggen dat iets van iemand is (genitive and possessive pronomen); - hoe je werkwoorden in de verleden tijd gebruikt (past simple, present perfect and past continuous). ERK Je werkt in deze module vooral aan de volgende onderdelen: - luisteren op 1 en 2 niveau: je kunt kortere, maar ook langere instructies begrijpen en uitvoeren; - lezen op 1 en 2 niveau: je kunt teksten over striphelden die voorzien zijn van plaatjes, en instructies voor het tekenen van een stripheld begrijpen; - schrijven op 1 en 2 niveau: je kunt met korte en bondige zinnen een mop samenvatten; - spreken op 1 niveau: je kunt een korte mop vertellen; - gesprekken voeren op 1 niveau: je kunt vragen over een stripheld stellen en beantwoorden. 2
Starting Off Muffin Muffin is so independent. She won t let me brush her fur. She has to do it herself. I hold the brush and she rubs up against it. Isn t that amazing? Let me know when she starts changing her own litter box. Then I ll be impressed. 1 Muffin Read the comic strip Muffin and choose the correct answer. 1 Who is Muffin? The cat. B The grandpa. 2 Why does grandma think that Muffin is independent? It won t let grandma brush her fur. B It often brushes grandmother s hair. 3 How does the brushing happen? The cat holds the brush and rubs up against it. B The grandma holds the brush and the cat rubs up against it. 4 Is grandpa impressed about Muffin brushing its hair? No. B Yes. 5 When will grandpa really be impressed? When the cat starts cleaning its own litter box. B When the cat starts reading the newspaper. 3
2 Dude Read the comic strip Dude. Put the pictures in the correct order. 1 Step 1 2 Step 2 3 Step 3 4 Step 4 1 2 3 4 B C D Picture C Picture B Picture Picture D Dude Dude! she s like the hottest girl in school! I know. Jeremy, my friend, were you just talking to Heather? Yeah. You can t remember? No. That s all I said. What did you say to her? Picture Picture B Picture C Picture D 3 ll I Said Read and use Dude once more and answer the questions in Dutch. 1 Hoe heet de blonde jongen? 2 Met wie heeft de jongen net gesproken? 3 Wat is zo bijzonder aan het meisje? 4 Kan Jeremy zich herinneren wat hij tegen het meisje heeft gezegd? 5 Wat heeft Jeremy tegen het meisje gezegd? 4
4 That s a Good One! Look at lbino Cows? Make the correct combinations. 1 Text picture 1 2 Text picture 2 3 Text picture 3 4 Text picture 4 B C D I ve never seen cows like that before. I think maybe they were albino cows. How was school today, Nelson? Or maybe sheep? Yeah, maybe. We went on a field trip to a farm. I saw a bunch of fluffy white cows. 1 2 3 4 lbino Cows? Picture 1 Picture 2 Picture 3 Picture 4 Words fluffy field trip - pluizig - excursie 5 On a trip Read the text lbino Cows? nswer the questions in Dutch. 1 Who is Nelson? 2 What did Nelson do today? 3 What is unusual about the cows on the farm? 4 Why were the cows so unusual, according to Nelson? 5 What kind of animals do you think Nelson saw on the farm? 5