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        <title><![CDATA[Time Wasters]]></title>
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                <title><![CDATA[Make A Mini Comic Book]]></title>
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                <pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2009 03:05:00 -0500</pubDate>
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                    <c:materials>                                                    <c:value><![CDATA[A4 Sheets Of Paper
Colored Pencils/Pens/Crayons
A few pairs of scissors]]></c:value>
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                    <c:lesson>                                                    <c:value><![CDATA[This was shared with me a few months ago by a fellow teacher. I wrote this as a lesson for young learners, but I've used it with lower-level middle school and high-school students, and they generally loved it.

Basically, you just have them make a simple 8 page comic book which utilizes basic English. The language doesn't have to be too complex, but you should state that it should tell a story, and that they need to write at least one full sentence on each page.

If you want them to work harder, it is usually good to bring in some completed examples done by other students. The better the example, the harder the students will work.

Steps:
1. Take a sheet of A4 paper and fold it into 8ths
2. Open it back up, then fold it in half horizontally, which should show a half sheet of paper with 4 squares, 2 on each row.
3. Cut a slit in the paper from the middle to the 2nd row.
4. Open it back up. Your paper should look a bit like an "O"
5. Fold the paper in half vertically.
6. Fold out the middle sections of the paper so that it looks like an "X".
7. Fold it all together, and you have your comic book
8. Now you are done. Let the kids go to town.

I've included a photo below to help you understand my instructions. Hope it works out for you.

 
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