Unit Six

Cartoons and Comic Strips

Play a game.(Review the words and expressions)

• humorous; comic ; printing;

• fancy; attract;expand;

• out of question;justice; fancy ;

• cartoonist; thought; for the moment

• improvement; other than; give way to

Play a game.(Review thewords and expressions.)

• amused; imagination;sympathy;

• can’t help doing sth.; punishment;

• come into being ;out of the question

• put … into words; draw; sort;

• pastime; superman;

• technique; digital; hunt for;

Mickey Mouse

Garfield the Cat

Superman

Batman

Comic strips(Father and Son)

Unit Six

Cartoons and Comic Strips

• Skim the text .

Match work .

Column I

.

1. A definition of the cartoons and the comic strip

2.The birth of cartoons and comic strips3. A description of the cartoon4. The present condition of traditional hand-

drawn comics5. Both adults and children enjoy reading

cartoons and comic strips6.The significance of a cartoon7.Some well-known characters and topics

of today’s cartoons and comic strips

Column IIParagraph A

Paragraph B

Paragraph C

Paragraph D

Paragraph E

Paragraph F

Paragraph G

• Listen to Paragraph A and B and fill in the blanks.

Scan Paragraphs E & G and then read Paragraph G and then answer the

following questions:• 1. When did cartoons and comic strips become childre

n’s favourites?

• 2. What was the cause for the changes? (A good market for children ;

improvement of printing and drawing techniques)

(By the early 20th century.)

a______musing

h________umorous

make children t_______and i________actively

b____ravebring bad people to j________ustice

b_______eautiful

p______owerful

k___ind

e______ human

l_____ and s_________

xpressoveympathy

Cartoon Characters

hinkmagine

Mickey Mouse Garfield the Cat

Superman Father and SonBatman

Homework:

1. Read the text aloud after the tape .

2.Select your favorite cartoon or comic strips

and describe them in class.

Comic strips(Father and Son)

To create comic strips.

Dub Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck

To talk about the pictures.

Make up a dialogue.

Say something about Garfield the Cat

Give the general introduction about Snow White and Seven Dwarfs