(共14张PPT)
Mystery Island
八年级下册 Unit 4 Writing
Revision
Reading
More practice
Grammar
Writing
How to make a cartoon
Tom and Jerry cartoons
Let’s make a comic strip.
How to make a comic strip
Speech bubble and caption
for the words that express different sounds
for the words that the characters say
Usually at the top of the picture.
It explains the setting of the story.
It explains a change of time or place.
for the words that the characters think of
speech bubble
thought bubble
sound words
caption
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p 57
Speech bubble and caption
speech bubble
Point out
Point out
caption
p 59
Main idea
This is the first part of a comic strip called "Mystery Island ".
1. What’s the main idea of it
2. Why is it called “Mystery” Island
island
/'a l nd/
A piece of land that is completely surrounded by water.
mystery
/'m stri/
Something that is strange and interesting because you do not know much about it.
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Details
1. Talk about what happens in each picture.
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2. Write the captions and speech bubbles for the comic strip.
You can use the words for each picture on page 60 to help you.
p 60
Jim & Betty
Details
Jim and Betty were in a small boat.
They began a trip around the world.
Good luck! Goodbye!
Jim & Betty
p 60
Details
they were celebrating on the boat.
4 We’ve been away for a month already, Betty!
5 Listen! It’s the weather forecast.
6 A storm is coming.
Details
7 The storm arrived.
8 We’re in trouble.
9 We’d better put our life jackets on, Jim.
10 A huge wave is coming!
/'d k t/
Details
11 That was terrible.
12 Thank goodness. We’re still alive.
Details
13 Look! There’s an island.
14 Let’s row towards it.
15 They arrived at the island safely.
16 We made it! Now we’re safe!
17 Quick! Run! It’s a dinosaur!
Improvement
It’s time for you to improve your own captions and speech bubbles.
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Checklist
Correct spelling
Correct grammar
Correct punctuation
Sensible dialogues
Creative thinking
Continue creating the next part of the comic strip "Mystery Island”.
You can draw pictures, and then add captions and different bubbles.
Try to be CREATIVE.
story characters
speech bubbles thought bubbles
captions sound words
Thank you. Bye.Teaching Plan
Topic 8B Unit4 Cartoons and comic strips Lesson type Writing: Mystery Island Time 1 period
Learning objectives By the end of the class, the students are expected to1. master the use of the speech bubbles and captions2.get the main idea of the comic plete the comic strip with proper speech bubbles and captions
Possible difficulty To complete the comic strip with proper speech bubbles and captions.
Learning methods Self-study. Pair work. Group Work
Teaching steps Contents Students’ activities Teacher’s activities Teaching aims time
Step 1Lead-in Review what we have learned in this chapter Look at PPT and have a revision Talk about what we have learned in this chapter Help the students to view. 1minutes
Step 2Analysis of the speech bubble and the caption Explain different kinds of speech bubbles and the caption 1. Look at different bubbles and guess their different uses.2. Guess which part is called caption. 1. Show different bubbles and analyze their uses.2. Explain the use of caption. Help the students to understand the forms and uses of different bubbles and the caption. Make sure they can use them freely later. 4minutes
Step 3Get the main idea of the comic strip and try to complete it. 1.Get the main idea of the comic strip2.Fill in the blanks with proper speech bubbles and captions. 1. Look at the pictures of the comic strip, get the main idea and try to explain the meaning of mystery island here.2. Talk about what happens in each picture in group.3. Try to fill in the blanks with proper speech bubbles and captions with the help of the words and phrases on the book.4. Improve their own speech bubbles and captions. 1. Show the comic strips and teach the new words mystery and island.2. Arrange students to work in groups to talk about what happens in each picture.3. Ask students to Write the captions and speech bubbles for the comic strip.4. Show the requirement of the improvement. And ask students to improve their own work. Help the students to learn how to make a comic strip. 13minutes
Step 4Homework Assign the homework Continue creating the next part of the comic strip "Mystery Island”. Assign the homework Encourage the students to draw pictures, and then add captions and different bubbles and to be CREATIVE.
