1. Have the beam projector ready to show the comic strip  suggested in the “Materiales Educativos Digitales” section.

2. Remind students they worked with this comic strip in a different session.

3. Discuss with students if bullying is a common problem nowadays and discuss how we can avoid it.

4. Invite students to read the expressions the bully  is using in the first and second, “Pay up, Squirt” and “Gee, that’s too bad” and discuss the type of language that is.

5.  Use a beam projector to show the documentary on Calvin and Hobbes.

6. Discuss with students the previous activity they did using one of these strips.

7. Tell students you are going to play the video and want them to take notes.

8. Offer help with grammar and vocabulary as needed.

9. Invite students to work in groups of 3 and compare their notes.

10. Finally, invite students to take turns and talk about the video, the type of story Calvin is, etc.

1. Ask students to define, ‘comic strip’ and review what their main elements are.

2. Ask students to tell you what cultural situations and/or expressions they have found so far.

3. Tell students they are going to work with more comic strips and they need to pay attention to the cultural features in them.

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

5. Ask students if they think that monkeys are funny and why.

6. Invite students to read the comic strip and wait for reactions.

7. If none, guide students through the story and focus on ‘I’m bananas’ and the answer of the clerk.

8. Tell students the meaning of that, ‘being crazy’ and then ask again if then this is a funny monkey.

7. Invite students to tell you how they imagine the face of the clerk when the money says he’s bananas.

8. Use a beam projector to show the comic strip template.

9. Tell students they are going to write a similar strip to the one in the previous section, ‘I’m Bananas’.

10. Tell students the context of the task: it is a restaurant, a customer is sitting down at a table and when the waiter approaches him, the customer wants to eat ‘crabs’ so he asks the waiter, ‘do you serve crabs?’ .

11. Tell students that ‘crab’ is not only the shellfish but also an expression we use in English to refer to someone who is always annoyed.

12. Invite students to draw and write the comic strip in a very simple way.

13. Finally, ask students to present their comic strips to another classmate and discuss it. Did they understand the joke?

1. Download the file suggested in the “Materiales Educativos Digitales” section.

2. ask students to complete the vocabulary with the missing vowels.

3. Check answers by asking students to spell out the words.

4. Use a beam projector to show the cartoon suggested in the “Materiales Educativos Digitales” section

5. Tell students to read the speech bubbles and say who these people are.

6. Ask students what they think of school uniforms and if they ever worn them.

7. Invite students to discuss in groups of three the cartoon with them and ask why the students are wearing the same type of clothes, is that a uniform?

8. Finally, invite volunteers to present their opinions on school uniforms and say if it is important to wear the same type of clothes when you’re a teenager.