1. Distance Learning Foundation With support from the U.S. Embassy RELO Office Bangkok, Thailand

2. Using Media for English Language Teaching

3. Quick General Review Session 6: Blogs What was it about?

4. Review of Session 6 What activities did you do? What new things did you learn as a participant in the session?

5. Implications for Teaching: Session 6 What did you try in your classes (or if you haven’t had a class yet – what do you hope to try)? WHAT WORKED? WHAT DIDN’T?

6. Graphic Novels & Comics Session 7: 21 July 2010

7. Guiding Questions When you see a comic book, what are the first things that come to mind? 2 minutes Why? How can comics be useful in the ELT classroom?

8. Image by incredible-invites.com Image by xoomer.virgilio.it Image by dailypop.wordpress.com Who or what are these? What do you know about them?

9. EXPLORING COMICS: Part 1 With your partner, answer the questions on your sheet. 5 minutes

10. More on If this comic strip had a title, what would it be? Why? What would you say to Linus if you were Charlie Brown? EXPLORING COMICS: Part 2 2 minutes

11. EXPLORING COMICS: Part 3 Let’s get movin’! Four volunteers pick a set of two panels from a comic called Calvin and Hobbes. Stand next to each other according to the correct sequence of the comic strips. Winners, Prepare to read it out loud -- with emotion! Bangkok vs. Hua Hin*

12. EXPLORING COMICS: Part 4 Sequence Contest follow-up Why is Calvin afraid to take a bath? How do you know? Why do his parents seem unconcerned? How would you describe Calvin? (sheet) 4 minutes

13. GRAPHIC NOVELS Similar, but different...

14. GRAPHIC NON-FICTION Why would it be interesting to read a graphic version of their lives? Who are they?

15. GRAPHIC NON-FICTION What do you learn about Ben Franklin from this excerpt? EZComics.com How do you know? What kind of qualities did Franklin have as a young man? How do you know? / How is it presented in the graphic novel? 4 minutes

16. EZComics.com GRAPHIC NON-FICTION What do you think will happen in the next two panels? After knowing more about him and reading the previous excerpt, 2 minutes How do you know?

17. GRAPHIC NON-FICTION Now try to write words for the people in the story. What do you think these particular people will say? How do you know? 2 minutes

18. GRAPHIC NON-FICTION A Story (adapted) by You You and your group are a team of graphic novelists. All of you would like to tell an important story (i.e. about an influential leader or important moment in history). What is this story going to be about? Why? What do you want your audience to learn?

19. GRAPHIC NON-FICTION A Story (adapted) by You In your graphic novel team, start with a visual outline. Use the Storyboard template to help with the draft.

20. Implications for Teaching What kinds of activities did you do in the session or ‘class’? What skills did these activities focus on? How can these activities be adapted/changed for your language classroom? How was critical thinking included in the lesson? (new sheet!)

21. Assignments Assignment from the lesson or ‘class’ Assignment to apply in your classroom

22. Korp Khun Mak Ka Thank you very much and See you in the next session!

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