1. Have the beam projector ready to show students the quote suggested in the “Materiales Educativos Digitales” .

2. Ask students if they have read Calvin and Hobbes. If not, tell students this is a very popular comic strip.

3. Invite students to read the quote and work in pairs to discuss its meaning.

4. Invite students to report to the class the meaning off the quote.

5. Have the comic strip suggested in the “Materiales Educativos Digitales” section ready to show to students.

6. Invite students to read the strip and help with vocabulary as needed.

7. Focus on the list of 6 questions now and read them out loud for students.

8. Invite students to answer the questions in pairs.

9. Monitor the activity and offer help as needed.

10. Finally, invite students to get together with another pair and discuss everybody’s  answers with the class.

1. Have the beam projector ready to show students cartoon  suggested in the “Materiales Educativos Digitales” .

2. Explain the difference between a cartoon and a comic strip.

3. Point at ‘poll’, ‘the Martian’, ‘the spaceship’ and ask students to read the cartoon.

4. Ask students to discuss in pairs the intention and meaning of the cartoon.

5. Have the beam projector ready to show students the blog suggested in the “Materiales Educativos Digitales”

6. Ask them if they have ever read ‘Nancy’, a famous American comic book.

7. Invite students to read the comic strip and discuss in groups of three , what characteristics it has, what type of humor they show, what the situation is and the style the author uses.

8. Ask students to write on a piece of paper what the meaning of the strip is and put it in a bag or container.

9. Finally, ask students to draw a paper strip and read it so they can discuss what the class thinks the strip means.

1. Download the file and make copies of the  suggested in the “Materiales Educativos Digitales” section

2. Ask students to identify the occupations and invite students to complete the activity in pairs.

3. Check answers with the students.

4. Have the comic strip   suggested in the “Materiales Educativos Digitales” section ready to be  projected.

5. Tell students they already read this strip and ask them to tell you about it.

6.Ask students to  work in groups of three and draw some speech bubbles above the characters in each panel.

7. Invite students to use some of the expressions learnt in their textbook.

8. Finally, invite groups present their comic strip with speech bubbles to the class.