Lesson
1. Look at the information and examples. Work in teams to make your own version on the right side and some others in your notebook. 108 Begin the lesson by saying that religion has been an important aspect in the history of the world, and sometimes culture and art depended on religion a lot. Ask the class to mention the deities that have been seen in the previous lessons (Athena, Thor, Zeus, Tonatiuh). Ask another student to read Loki’s second speech bubble. There, they are going to find that it’s important to write sentences that include meaningful natural, historical, and cultural aspects of an account. Draw students’ attention to the example. Ask them to identify a natural aspect ( In a hot morning : the weather), and historical ones (the dates, the names of characters, the actions: Obregon arrived in Celaya; fought for 10 days ). Tell them to write their own sentence about one of their historical moments and one character they had chosen in the previous lessons, and they have to include the three types of aspects (natural, historical, cultural). Explain that natural aspects can be the weather, landscapes, the season; and cultural aspects can be clothes, hair styles, a tradition, languages, art, etc. The next step will help students paraphrase actions to transform them into a comic. Have a different student read Loki’s third speech bubble. Make them notice how the information from the sample sentence was reorganized in the two panels below. Remind them that we can paraphrase by changing the words but keeping the same idea. Tell them to read the definition of “cavalry” in the glossary on page 108 and ask them where we can see that information in the comic ( You had the best horses .) Then it’s their turn to transform their own sentence to fit the comic. Remind them to put the information inside the captions and bubbles provided. Read Loki’s fourth speech bubble where students will be able to check punctuation. Make them notice the four punctuation marks on the comic. Ask them to write another version of their captions and bubbles using the four marks. Finally, ask students to do all the process again in their notebook with other sentences. Tell them to check spelling as well. Assist struggling students. Differentiated Instruction For this activity you can use the Speedometer Strategy to identify students who struggle. After each step of the process or before they have to practice more in their notebook, ask them to use their arms to signal how much they understand about what they have to do. Help the ones who need it.
Lesson
1 Look at the information and examples.Work in teams to make your own version on the right side and some others in your notebook. 108 115
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My name is Loki. I am a Norse god and I have appeared on many comics. I am going to show you some tricks to make a wonderful one, but first I need you to check the parts of a comic on page 115. Now, we need important natural, historical and cultural information. Write a sentence to mention the details of the place, time and actions for our scenes.
My sentence:
Example: In a hot morning on April 6, 1915, Alvaro Obregon arrived in Celaya and got prepared. Pancho Villa arrived soon with the best cavalry . They fought for 10 days and Obregon won the battle.
In a comic, we can’t write all that information as in a novel. Use a caption to give the details. Make a character explain what is going on by using a speech or thought bubble.
I t was a hot morning on April 6, 1915, in Celaya. Pancho Villa is coming. We must be prepared.
When you include dialogues, be careful with punctuation. Use a period 1 at the end of statements, a question mark 2 at the end of questions, an exclamation mark 3 after phrases that express surprise or more intensity, and a comma 4 when characters say the name of the person they are talking to.
Ten days later…
I won, 4 Pancho. 1 Are you surprised? 2 You had the best horses but I had the best men! 3
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Achievement
Compare historic and cultural aspects between Mexico and other countries.
Teaching Guidelines
• Write sentences that include meaningful natural, historical, and cultural aspects of an account. • Paraphrase actions to transform them into a comic. • Check spelling and punctuation Development What characteristics do wonderful comics have? Ask the question aloud and invite students to answer by recalling the comics they have read. Learning to Know 115 Ask a volunteer to read aloud Loki’s first speech bubble. Encourage him or her to be expressive. Then, go to page 115 and draw students’ attention to the chart that contains the parts of a comic. Ask volunteers to read the information provided and answer any question they may have so they can clearly know what they will do in the following activities to create their comic.
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