Procedure:
Hand out the sheets of scrap paper, and ask students to write down a who,
what, when or where on the paper. If each student writes two
of these (write up on the blackboard which row needs to write which category), then when
they pair up later it will work out as 4 per group. For example, the
who paper could have the name of a movie or TV star, cartoon character, sportsman,
teacher, etc. Once they've thought of an original one, students drop the papers in the
relevant envelopes.
Show the example of making a comic story, using scraps of paper labelled Kimutaku,
eating ice cream, Christmas and toilet. Whatever story is made must
contain those four elements. In addition, each of the six boxes on the worksheet must
contain some English, in the form of captions, speech bubbles, or whatever.
Students pair up, come grab a paper from each of the envelopes, and get to work.
Cross your fingers...
If you're lucky, you'll end up with a stack of full-colour stories such as
this example (made by students at Hayatomo JHS).
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