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Practice 8 Words in Motion

Ludic and literary environment
WORDS IN MO Practice 8 Social language practice: Read comic strips and discuss cultural expressions.
TION In this practice, you will explore different comics to
discuss cultural expressions.
Warm-up stage

Activity 1 1. Read the following comic strip.
• Discuss what comics are Desperate repetition
with students, if they have
ever read any, what types of
comics they have heard
of, where we can find
comics, etc. Things I know. Topic. Graphic and textual components
• Read the comic strip
with them and answer
any questions
regarding vocabulary.
• Elicit what the comic is about,
how many characters appear,
and what they are
talking about.
• Ask students if they find it
funny and why the situation session 1
is hilarious.
2. Discuss what you liked and disliked about the comic. Use the following
Activity 2 questions as a guide.
• Tell students to work in • Do the characters in the comic strip know each other?
pairs and explore the • Are the characters men or women? How can you tell?
• Why does the character with brown hair ask the other one so many questions?
comic thoroughly. • Why do you think the character with black hair gives the same answer every time?
• Remind them to use the
questions in the book and to 128 Student´s Book / Practice 8
analyze the situation based on
the comments they made in the previous activity.
• Monitor the conversations and if a pair of students does not understand what is going on, ask another pair
to join them and participate in their discussion.
• Encourage them to speak in English and ask questions to guide the interpretation.

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