1. Cartoon(s )

2. Comic Strips(Comics)

3. Unit 6 Cartoons and Comic Strips

4. What do you want to know about Cartoons & Comic Strips? Prediction

5. Description (C) Readers Definition (B) Drawing Ways (G) artoons & comics Use one or two words to generalize the main idea of each paragraph Birth (A) 2 、 development Readers (E) Significance （意义） (D) characters & topics(F) 1 、 introduction Skimming

6. Birth Why? What? When? To_________________________ ______________________ not_________________until____ ___________________________ _______ ___________________________ express people’s feelings other than words attract many people cartoonists had expanded their topics By the end of the 19th century (at the same time) Scanning

7. Cartoon Comic Strips A cartoon --- an amusing drawing that deals with something of interest in the news Comic strips — a set of humorous drawings that tell a funny story similarities differencedescription a set of drawings an drawing appear as a picture in the reader’s mind humorous 、 funny amusing 、 interesting

8. sit in the armchair; newspaper in his hand, not read ; turn his head to ; look at paper ; hold a pole; school report fasten to one end; poor grade ; punishment from; the father: the son: out of the question Where is the man sitting? What does the man have in his hands? Is he reading it or not ? what is he doing? Where has the boy come from?(guess) What does the boy have in his hands? Where is the piece of paper with the number 2? What kind of paper is it? Why is it held that way? Describe the cartoon

9. Who ？ Where? What? How? Why… Ways of describing the cartoon Food for thoughtAmusement Significance The accident of Xiao YueYue gave us much food for thought. (can’t help laughing) being amused 《父与子》给了我们很多深思。 “Father and son” give us much food for thought.

10. 4 today 3 2 1 since the 1920s by the early 20th century until the beginning of the 20 th century adults children people of all ages household Describe the development (periods of time and readers)

11. From ordinary people to Superheroes (people of different personalities) From pets to fancy animals (animals) From children to adults (people of different ages) make people think and imagine actively (imagination) bring villains to justice express human love and sympathy charactersProducts (Household) Themes (food for thought) Scanning

12. 1.How many ways can be used to draw cartoons? What are they? 2.What does the writer think of the future of hand-drawn cartoons and comics? Answer and predict:

13. introduction birthdefinitionsignificancedescription cartoons comic strips an amusing drawing a set of humorous drawings Who ？ Where? What? How? Why… Amusement Food for thought Consolidation

14. development readers characters products Ways of drawing cartoons themes children adults Children & adults ordinary people & superheroes Mickey Mouse & Garfield Cat Superman & Batman imagination justice Love and sympathy hand-drawncomputer-made Pets &fancy animals Father and Son Consolidation

15. Who ？ What? How? Why... Food for thought Practice Read and discuss

16. Assignment Find a cartoon or a comic strip you like and try to make a presentation on it. a.The description of the comic strip or cartoon b.The idea that you want to express through the picture