unit 5 sparky extension activity. activity one: meet the gang! activity two: create a comic strip by...
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Meet the Gang!TRANSCRIPT
Unit 5
SparkyExtension Activity
Activity One: Meet the Gang!
Activity Two: Create a Comic Strip by
Yourself!
Meet the Gang!
In order to understand Peanuts, you need to meet the main
characters in Peanuts.
Snoopy
superior intelligence vivid imagination
daydreams a lotfearless but cautious about “the cat next door”
Charlie Brown
worried about trifles his friends call him “blockhead” or “wishy-washy”
the target of the joke
considerate, friendly and polite
will never give up in his quest to triumph over adversity
Woodstock
a bird and tiny
gets a little insecure
a little inept
his flying and logic are erratic
Being Snoopy’s practical jokes
Linus
intellectual
He has philosophical revelations and solutions to problems
He suffers abuse from his big sister, Lucy.
He suffers the unwanted attentions of Charlie Brown's little sister, Sally.
Despite his age, he can put life into perspective while sucking his thumb.
Lucy
bossy, crabby and selfish
She is loud and yells a lot.
Her smiles and motives are rarely pure. If she's paying one--she's probably up to something devious.
She’s a know-it-all who dispenses advice whether you want it or not.
a fussbudget
a real grouch
Sallyalways looks for the easy way out, particularly at school, where her view of life reflects much of the frustration and confusion kids experience
Her speech is riddled with malapropisms.
uninhibited, and precocious, she has a schoolgirl crush on Linus
Schroederidolizes Beethoven
brought classical music to the Peanuts strip
Schroeder reacts only when Woodstock tries to make his grand piano into a playground, or Lucy seeks to make it her courting grounds.
Peppermint PattyA pro on the baseball diamondher grade is
always a D-minus
Bold, brash and tomboyish, what she lacks in common sense she makes up for in sincerity.
has trouble staying awake in class; most of her waking hours in the schoolroom are spent analyzing the probability patterns of true-false tests love Charlie Brown secretly
MarciePeppermint Patty's best friend
the smartest of the Peanuts gang, but also the most naive.
always willing to help out her friend with school work
completely inept when it comes to sports love Charlie Brown secretly
Pigpen
Pigpen is happily messy. He doesn't try to explain it, hide it, fight it.
He walks around in a cloud of dust, sprinkling dirt on all he comes in contact with.
Franklinis thoughtful and can quote the Old Testament as effectively as Linus
has the fewest anxieties and obsessions
Rerunmore skeptical than his brother, much harder to convince, and always gets around Lucy where Linus gives in.
longs for a dog of his own, but since his parent won't let him have one, he tries to "borrow" Snoopy from Charlie Brown. Snoopy won't have any part of it unless Rerun brings cookies
His only fear is being the passenger on one of his mother's bicycle-riding errands.
Create a Comic Strip by Yourself!
Share your thought with your classmates.
• Do you love to read comic strips? • If the answer is “Yes”, tell your friend
why you love to read comic strips.• If the answer is “No”, share the reason
why you don’t like to read comic strips. • What do you think a comic strip should
include?
To create a comic strip, you need to decide three
things :• The setting• Your point of view• The summary of your strip
For example, if your comic strip is “Three little pigs”…
• the setting: the pigs’ houses in the woods on a nice warm day
• the point of view : in 3rd person• the summary: a hungry wolf chases
three pigs who hide in a straw, wood, and brick house to evade the wolf's hungry clenches.
Now, think of a subject or plot, it’s
time for you to create your own strip!
The instruction of using the Comic
creator
Type the name, the subtitle and
your name inside.
Decide how many frames you want to
have .
Choose the background you want to
use
Click these three buttons, you can
decide the characters and settings in your
comic strip
Click here you can find a lot of
alternative items for you to use.
Click here if you want to create
your next frame
Click finish and you will see this page. You can print your
work out or use PDF printer to save
your work .
Have Fun!