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    A Day in My Life

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    Subject: World Languages

    Lesson Length: 45 - 60 mins

    Topic: Conversational Vocabulary

    Grade Level: 7, 8, 9

    Standards / Framework:

    Brief Description: Students will create a comic taking the reader through a typical day in their life.

    Know Before You Start: Students should have some knowledge of greetings and basic conversational vocabulary in the target language.

    Hook:

    • Read and discuss the sample comic. Ask questions about the comic in the target language:

      • What are some of the things the main character does during the day?

      • Do you do any of these things as well?

      • Which activities seem fun?

      • Which do not? 

    • Have students pair up and discuss their daily lives in the target language.

    Activity:

    • Using the sample comic as a guide, have students create a four-to-five-panel comic describing their daily lives in the target language.

    Closure:

    • Have students show their finished comics and read them aloud.

    Differentiation:

    • Allow students to use speech-to-text feature.
    • Allow students to use the voiceover feature to read their comics aloud.
    • Allow students to work in pairs or groups as needed.
    • Provide a printed copy of the sample comic.

    Resources:

    • Comic to print or display: Comic.

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