Flash! Super Heroes Teach Students How To Read And Write
Robert Winters and Bobby Banquer
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Six Week Lesson Plan
WEEK ONE:
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Day One
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1. Go over course outline
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2. Read a Spidey Super Story (using opaque projector)
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Day Two
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1. Review story read previous day
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2. Copy down week’s vocabulary
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3. Go over vocabulary
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4. Lecture on history of comics (do worksheet)
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Day Three
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1. Go over book report form A with class orally using the blackboard. Discuss the mechanics of the book report (terms, where to find, information, and how to fill it out).
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2. Give each child a copy of the information from the blackboard for his/her own sheet to be handed in.
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3. Let each child skim a different comic book and then answer questions orally (vol. number, title, authors, etc.)
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Day Four
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1. Let the whole class create a hero and a villain.
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a. Present an outline showing characteristics for each on board (clothes, size, special qualities, etc.)
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b. Fill in outline with the class.
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c. Explain the importance of using description in a story.
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d. Using the material from the board have each child write a prose paragraph for both characters.(hand in paper)
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Day Five
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1. Hand in vocabulary
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2. Give spelling test
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3. Go over common errors made on papers, with special emphasis on capitals, periods, question marks, and quotation marks.
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SECOND WEEK
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Day Six
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1. Have the class read a comic orally Assign kids to take the parts of the characters.
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2. Discuss the similarities and differences it has with a play. Have students take notes in journal.
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3. Orally go over the book report form A.
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4. Have each child fill in his/her book report form.
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Day Seven
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1. Discuss and do worksheet on the Origins of Marvel Comics.
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2. On blackboard have outlined questions dealing with setting.
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a urban or rural
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b. name of city or town
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c. what type of section?
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d. transportation used
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e. weather
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f. who lives near him ?
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g. what is the house like?
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3. Answer as group (write as paragraph)
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Day Eight
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Speaker (a comic book collector)
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Day Nine
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1. Discuss plot
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2. Have different children think up different plots.
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3. Have each child write a story using the hero, villain,
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setting and choosing a plot that we have created.
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Day Ten
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Introduce the journal to the class
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