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In the year or so that I\u2019ve been active on Pinterest, I\u2019ve collected quite a few French comics on various subjects. \u00a0Although I\u2019ve dutifully pinned each one to the appropriately-themed board, I was never quite sure what to do with them. On a few occasions I tried projecting the comics on the screen and asking the students what they thought they meant, but that was as far as I got.<\/p>\n

This summer I took a little bit of time to compile some of the comics I\u2019d pinned about school for my first French 3 unit of the year. \u00a0I pasted each one onto a document and added a few target language questions to spark discussion. I included questions that were related to the comic, as well as personalized questions on the same theme. \u00a0I tried to anticipate what vocabulary the students might need, and included a couple of key words for each image.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m going to try using these comics as a \u201chook\u201d at the beginning of each class during this unit. \u00a0I\u2019ll project a slide of the comic at the beginning of the period, and give the students a few minutes to discuss the questions in French with a partner. As they\u2019re discussing, I\u2019ll circulate and give feedback\/formative assessment to a few of the dyads. Then I\u2019ll select a couple of students to present their responses to the whole class. I\u2019ll also give these students feedback\/formative assessment. \u00a0In this way, all of the students will begin the period with 5-10 minutes of interpersonal communication and I will have had a chance to provide individualized feedback to everyone after a few class periods.<\/p>\n

While I intend to use these comics as a springboard to spoken production, I could also have the students respond to the questions in writing.\u00a0 This would be an effective way to ensure that I had a few minutes to take attendance, conference with absent students, etc. at the beginning of class. \u00a0I would then provide feedback to using a written\/presentational rubric.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s the document I put together with the comics and questions about school for my French 3 students:\u00a0french3unit1comics<\/a><\/p>\n

Do you use comics in your teaching?\u00a0 How do you incorporate them into your lessons?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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