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(Liens vérifiés le 06/08/2009)

 



 


 


Pages complémentaires :

Cartoons - Create your own cartoons - Magie - Science fiction

 

 

Encyclopedia / Facts :

 

  • Museum for Belgium's cartoon hero
    "Tintin, the comic book series about a blonde-haired reporter, has been loved by generations and remains one of Belgium's best known exports.
    A museum is set to open in Belgium celebrating the comic strip and devoting itself to the life's work of Tintin's creator, Herge."
    (BBC)

 

 

  • Graphic Novels - History and Basics
    "Graphic novels are, simply defined, book-length comics. Sometimes they tell a single, continous narrative from first page to last; sometimes they are collections of shorter stories or individual comic strips. Comics are sequential visual art, usually with text, that are often told in a series of rectangular panels.
    Despite the name, not all comics are funny. Many comics and graphic novels emphasize drama, adventure, character development, striking visuals, politics, or romance over laugh-out-loud comedy..."
    + Webcomics - Links
    (ipl.org)

  • The Superhero Dictionary - with the pronunciation
    (shdictionary.tripod.com)

    ex : Maverick

 

 

  • The Science of Superheroes (BBC)
    Game: are you a superhero?
    Spider-Man - Wonder Woman - Daredevil - Superman - The Incredible Hulk - The X-men
    Vote: who's your favourite superhero?
    Timeline of events
    Audio: exclusive interview with Stan Lee
    Video: watch our Stan Lee interview


  • Comics (Wikipedia)
    1 Controversy regarding the terminology
    2 History :     2.1 15th 18th centuries / 2.2 The 19th century / 2.3 The 20th century
    3 Artistic medium
    4 Art styles
    5 The language
    6 Forms within comics :
    6.1 Cartoon / 6.2 Comic strip / 6.3 Comic book / 6.3.1 Comic magazine / 6.3.2 Graphic novel / 6.3.3 Comic annual /
    6.3.4 Comic album / 6.4 Webcomic / 6.5 Instructional comics / 6.6 Storyboard / 6.7 Minicomic
    7 The creation of comics :
    7.1 Comic book creation / 7.2 Comic strip creation / 7.3 Cartoon creation / 7.4 Tools of the trade / 7.5 Computer generated comics
    8 Comics awards
    9 See also
    9.1 Regional categories / 9.2 Comics movements / 9.3 Miscellaneous / 9.4 Lists
    10 Further reading
    11 Bibliography
    12 Notes
    13 External links
  • Comic strip (Wikipedia)
    1 Newspaper Comic Strip
    2 Daily Strip
    3 Origins
    4 Conventions and genres
    5 Social and political influence
    6 See also
    7 External links
  • Comic strip - Encyclopedia (factmonster.com)
    Introduction - History - American Comic Strips - International Comic Strips -
    Ideological Slants - Comic Books - Modern Trends - Bibliography
  • Marvel Comics (Wikipedia)
    Fantastic Four, The Amazing Spider-Man, The Incredible Hulk, Iron Man, Daredevil, Thor, Captain America, X-Men...
  • DC Comics (Wikipedia)
     Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, The Flash, Aquaman, Justice League.
  • The Lambiek Comiclopedia, (lambiek.net/artists)
    "a searchable gallery of over 2000 comic artists with biographies and artwork samples."

 

 

  • Comics : editorial cartoons. (comics.com)

 

 

 

 

Vocabulary :

 

 

  • Real-life superhero
    "is a term applied to real-world people who dress and/or act like comic book superheroes. Sometimes, this label is bestowed upon them by those whom they have helped or the media, while at other times, the aspi nachos ring superheroes apply the label to themselves. Sometimes, the term is applied to firefighters, police officers, and other good samaritans..."
    (Wikipedia)

    REAL LIFE SUPERHEROES
    "Superheroes are not just in the comics or in the movies anymore. Out of the comics and into real life, conscientious citizens have created their own "Superhero" personas to make the world a better place. They have been dubbed by the media as Real Life Superheroes (RLSH). The Real-Life Superheroes is a grassroots movement that performs civic service in many different areas. Real Life Superheroes make an impact on their communities by doing civic activities, public safety patrols, crime fighting, charity work and other pro social acts..."
    (reallifesuperheroes.org)

 

  • Comics vocabulary (Wikipedia)
    1 Panels
    2 Panel frames
    3 Bleed
    4 Splash page
    5 Speech balloon
    6 Motion lines
    7 Gutter
    8 Emanata
    9 Endnotes

 

 

  • MORE THAN 100 COMICS-RELATED WORDS IN 8 LANGUAGES (lefevre.pascal.googlepages.com) - Lien modifié

 

Cliparts and Flashcards :

  • MARVEL : IMAGES - Spider-Man. Hulk. Captain America. X-Men. Daredevil... (pro.corbis.com)

 

  • BD - Cartoons : Cliparts - Gifs animés (fr.bestgraph.com)


  • Super Powers (mes-english.com)
    breathe under water, control the weather, climb walls, become invisible, see through walls, shoot lasers, freeze things,
    make force fields, lift anything, run fast, stretch very far, talk to animals, fly, become anything, shrink
    large flash cards, medium flash cards, bingo, a handout
    color pictures with black and white backings:
    medium flash cards, bingo
    Mark's note: This is a good jump to subjunctive practice for a little older students. "I wish I could... " and/or practice of if in a very natural and easy to understand environment "If I could ..., I would ..."




Transportation :

 

 

Symbols :

 

 

 

Examples :

 

 

 

 

  • Cartoons - The Royals (humorist.net) - Lien modifié

 

 

  • The Little Mermaid - a strip cartoon (comicstripfan.com) - Lien modifié
    - permet de travailler : "If only I could" " I wish I were.."

 

  • COMICS - une mine de liens (seehere.blogspot.com)

 

 

  • Lambiek has a huge selection of old and new comics in many languages (lambiek.net)

 

 

 

  • Humour : Online Cartoon Strips (f2.org)
  • Asterix (asterix.co.nz)
    What is Asterix? - The Books - The Movies - The Characters - Asterix Review - Pictures

 

  • The ADVENTURES of TINTIN (onyourmarks.org) :
    - extract and worksheets - Tintin in Tibet
    - picture gallery
    - character quiz
    - names in other languages
    - useful links

 

 

 

 

Ads :

 

 

Timeline :

 

 

Listening :

 

INTERACTIVE activities :

  • Snoopy and Charlie Brown
    "Here are 9 pages about Snoopy, Charlie Brown and his gang.
    Listen , watch , play and don't forget to have fun!"
    Activity created by Renée Maufroid.
    Cette activité est prévue "pour une fin de 6eme avec rebrassage du présent simple, de la description, de l'imperatif et une introduction au preterit,
    le tout sur un 'background' de culture américaine."

 

Webquests :

  • HEROES AND SUPERHEROES INTERNET PROJECT
    * TASK 1 * TASK 2 * TASK 3 * TASK 4 * TASK 5
    * DICTIONARY * DEFINITIONS * SYNONYMS
    - séquences sur la série 'Heroes'
    avec activités sur ce qu'est un héro/superhéro,
    + un article sur Christopher Reeve avec cartoons
    + études d'extraits vidéos de la série.
    (my-english-courses.com / Valérie Gély - Ac. Paris)

 

  • Super Heroes (Comics US) - lesson plan / webquest (prof.danglais)
    Captain America | Iron man | Daredevil | The Hulk | The Silver Surfer | The Fantastic Four | etc

 

 

Lesson plans :

  • Sequence Pack: Super Heroes
    "Tous les documents utilisés pour mener une séquence d'enseignement sur le thème des super héros en classe de seconde"
    (A adapter pour le collège)
    (Philippe Hattais - englishdaybyday.net)

 

  • Spiderman is my favorite superhero...
    "We did a quick warm up dealing with someone who was interviewed about his favorite superhero character.
    You can listen to the document..."
    + Warm up
    + work on the first panels from the comic book Spiderman...
    (englishdaybyday.net)

 

 

  • Superheroes - a lesson plan (teachingenglish.org.uk) - Lien modifié
  • Superheroes (British Council)
    Find out about some famous superheroes, read stories about some not-so-famous superheroes
    - or design your own! + quizzes (interactive / printable)


  • Activities for using comic strips (British Council)
    "Comic strips can be used from beginner level to advanced level for a variety of language and discussion activities.    "

  • Using Comics and Political Cartoons (lmp.ucla.edu)
    Levels: Beginning-advanced
    Aims: "Become acquainted with target-culture norms that are exploited for humor;
    provide writing/discussion stimulus; reinforce grammatical forms and vocabulary"

 

Create a comic strip :

  • BLANK COMIC TEMPLATES - This website is temporarily unavailable. Try again!
    "Can you write a Grammarman story?...
    Download and print each PDF. Use a photocopier to enlarge the pages to A3 size, then add your own story."
    (grammarmancomic.com)

 

 

  • Comic Creator (readwritethink.org)
    "The Comic Creator invites students to compose their own comic strips for a variety of contexts (prewriting, pre- and postreading activities, response to literature, and so on). The organizers focus on the key elements of comic strips by allowing students to choose backgrounds, characters, and props, as well as to compose related dialogue."
    See     ReadWriteThink Lessons That Use This Tool.

 

Cartoons :

 

BOOKS :

  • Manga Shakespeare
      "is a series of critically acclaimed books featuring cutting-edge manga illustrations with the abridged original text from Shakespeare."
    - Books to buy
    - FREE resources
    (mangashakespeare.com)

 

 

INTERACTIVE games :

  • Sort it out (nmm.ac.uk)
    Sort out the jumbled-up stories to find out what happens.
    "Tintin's got himself in a muddle! Here are three jumbled up story sequences.
    Can you work out who is saying what, and then put the pictures in the right order?"

 

  • Heroes
    "Watch this little video about Tarzan and tell your friends what you know about those heroes."
    Activity created by: Renée Maufroid
    "Cet exercice qui suit un travail proposé
    par "Good News" peut se faire en dehors."

 

  • HANGMAN (grammarmancomic.com)
    "Try Syntax's 'Heroes Hangman' game. The answers are all related to comic books, heroes or villains."


Games TO PRINT :

  • BINGO CARDS
    CARTOON CHARACTERS /     HOLIDAYS / MISCELLANEOUS
    (dltk-cards.com)

 

 

Cinema :

 

 

 

  • List of films based on comic strips (Wikipedia)
    1 Movie serials based on comic strips
    2 Feature films based on comic strips
    3 tv specials and series based on comic strips
    4 See also
    5 External links

Videos :

  • Videos
    (marvelkids.marvel.com)

  • Tiger Beer Ad with SUPERHEROES
    (YouTube)

     

  • Real Life Superheroes in the news
    "WPIX 10 o'clock news did a story on Real Life Superheroes.
    Featuring real life superheroes Dark Guardian, Life, and Phantom Zero.
    Real Life Superheroes fight crime and help those in need..."
    (YouTube)

     

    Attention Real life Superheroes
    (YouTube)

     

  • Alan Parsons Project - Don't Answer Me
    avec une BD animée très bien réalisée, intéressante pour les interjections par exemple
    (YouTube)
    + the LYRICS
    "If you believe in the power of magic,
    It's all a fantasy
    So if you need to believe in someone,
    Just pretend it's me"
    (lyricsfreak.com)

 

  • Meltdown Comics (Los Angeles, CA) - a VIDEO - Lien modifié
    "A great selection of comics, toys, baby clothes and even a godzilla case!"
    (YouTube)

 

Songs :

 

  • Jimmy Olsen's Blues by Spin Doctors (sing365.com)
    "Yeah, Lois Lane you don't need no Super Man...
    He's Leaping buildings in a single bound"
    - the VIDEO (You Tube)

  • Superman by Lazlo Bane (You Tube)
    - the lyrics (wanderings.net) :
    "I can't do this all on my own
    No, I know I'm no Superman"

  • Spiderman 2 Intro - Weird Al Yankovic -
    Ode To A Superhero     (You Tube)
    - with the lyrics