Pamela M. Fowler
Villain
OBJECTIVES: Students will learn the characteristics of a comic strip villain.
Each student will create his or her own villain.
MATERIALS: chalk and blackboard, pictures of villains, ditto.
PROCEDURE:
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* 1) You have already been introduced to two important characteristics of a comic strip. Who can tell me what we’ve been working on so far?
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* 2) OK now that we’ve created the good guy, Olympia Man, and each of you have or will create a place for his adventures to take place, we have to create the bad guy.
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* 3) Let’s make a list of some of the villains that we know of. How would you describe them?
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4) Do you know Batman and Robin? Who are some of their enemies? How would you describe Cat Woman? What are some of the things she does?
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5) I’m going to show a picture of some villains in the movie Lord of the Rings. Have any of you seen the movie? Did you like it? I haven’t seen the movie yet but I intend to. (Show picture) How could you describe these pictures of the villains.
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* 6) Did any of you see the movie Star Wars? Who were the villains in that movie? (Show picture) Describe them and some of the things that they do.
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* 7) Group work: 10 to 15 minutes
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We’re going to break up into small groups again and I want you to work with your group leaders this time to create your own individual villains. These characters can be as wild and imaginative as you want them to be but remember he’s going to be fighting our hero Olympia Man and the action will take place in your own individual setting. (ditto)
Follow up The student will write a short paragraph for homework. This paragraph will describe the student’s individual villain. It is to be graded in the following manner:
Originality 5 points
Sentence Structure 5 points
Characteristics of villain 10 points
VILLAINS
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1) What evil things does this villain do?
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2) Why is our hero, Olympia Man, against this villain?
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Is this villain trying to kill our hero or is he afraid of him?
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3) What does this villain look like?
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Does he give the appearance of being evil or is he disguised?
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4) Where does this villain live? (Remember the settings you have created.)
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5) Will the villain trick our hero? What kind of traps has he set for Olympia Man?
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6) Does the villain have any friends to help him? What do they look like.
Now that you have created the characteristics for your villain, briefly describe in a short paragraph your villain.
Sounds Into Words: The teacher begins this session with illustrating different sounds by using objects in the classroom. By clapping the hands, thumping the desks and slamming the door have the children try to spell them the way they sound and begin the development of the action vocabulary. As the words are spelled the teacher writes them on the board as the students copy them down into their books.