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MAKE BELIEFS COMIX is an online educational comic strip generator for Kids of All Ages. This web site created by author Bill Zimmerman provides people of all the necessary tools to create a comic and let your imagination fly. This tool is a very useful resource because, as King states “The templates allow project developers to create and edit speech bubbles, add characters, prolong the animation, add extra scenes, change the characters’ facial expressions …Once the animation project is completed students can save it to their account to review, edit, send the link by e-mail or to post on their project page such as a wiki later.”

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1. Go to the home page and click on “ENTER HERE”.

2.First of all, decide on the background colour and the number of panels you want your comic strip to have by clicking on the options. You can create a trip that has between two and four panels.

3. Then you can choose a character and scroll the red pointer to view the different characters. Click on the arrows below the picture to change the mood of your character that best suits your comic strip story. Then when it is ready click on the image and it will appear on the first panel.



4. You can drag and drop the pictures to move it within the panel. You can also select the panel prompt you wish for each of your panels. In one of the prompts you can write what you want.



5. Then you can also add speech and thought bubbles to your comic strip. Click on the menu window and your speech or thought bubble will appear in the panel you wish. You can type in the bubble.Then you can also add objects and scenes to your panel, use the arrows in the menu window to see all the options available and when it is ready you just click on the picture.



6. If you want to delete an element, you have to click on the “Delete” button on the left part of the screen and then click on the element that you wish to delete.



7. If you want to change the size/scale of your character/objects/ scenes/speech-thought bubbles click on the “Scale” button at the left of the page. You will see a scale in which you have to scroll up/down to modify the size of the character/scenes/speech-thought bubbles object you want.



8. If You want to bring you character or object to the front of scenes or of a speech bubble, click on the “Bring to front” button at the left of the page so that the characters or objects appear in front of the speech bubble, and not behind it.



9. If you want your characters to flip their body positions, click on the “Flip” button and then click on the character you want to flip.



10. Don’t forget to write the name of your comic and the name of the author in the blank box above the panels. Then when you finish press the “next” button.



11. Complete all the fields.



12. Finally you will get your comic from your e mail if you don’t want to print it.



ACTIVITY For this activity you will be able to work in groups. You will have to create a comic strip story of no more than 5 panels. You will have to create dialogues between the characters you choose and the objective of this comic is to make you use at least two comparative sentences in the story. MAKE BELIEFS COMIX is an online educational comic strip generator for Kids of All Ages. This web site created by author Bill Zimmerman provides people of all the necessary tools to create a comic and let your imagination fly. This tool is a very useful resource because, as King states “The templates allow project developers to create and edit speech bubbles, add characters, prolong the animation, add extra scenes, change the characters’ facial expressions …Once the animation project is completed students can save it to their account to review, edit, send the link by e-mail or to post on their project page such as a wiki later.”
 * TOPIC: **Comparatives
 * STUDENT’S LEVEL: **Pre- intermediate
 * GROUP **: 5th form
 * AGE: **9-10
 * BOOK: **your quest 5

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1. Go to the home page and click on “ENTER HERE”.

2.First of all, decide on the background colour and the number of panels you want your comic strip to have by clicking on the options. You can create a trip that has between two and four panels.

3. Then you can choose a character and scroll the red pointer to view the different characters. Click on the arrows below the picture to change the mood of your character that best suits your comic strip story. Then when it is ready click on the image and it will appear on the first panel.



4. You can drag and drop the pictures to move it within the panel. You can also select the panel prompt you wish for each of your panels. In one of the prompts you can write what you want.



5. Then you can also add speech and thought bubbles to your comic strip. Click on the menu window and your speech or thought bubble will appear in the panel you wish. You can type in the bubble.Then you can also add objects and scenes to your panel, use the arrows in the menu window to see all the options available and when it is ready you just click on the picture.



6. If you want to delete an element, you have to click on the “Delete” button on the left part of the screen and then click on the element that you wish to delete.



7. If you want to change the size/scale of your character/objects/ scenes/speech-thought bubbles click on the “Scale” button at the left of the page. You will see a scale in which you have to scroll up/down to modify the size of the character/scenes/speech-thought bubbles object you want.



8. If You want to bring you character or object to the front of scenes or of a speech bubble, click on the “Bring to front” button at the left of the page so that the characters or objects appear in front of the speech bubble, and not behind it.



9. If you want your characters to flip their body positions, click on the “Flip” button and then click on the character you want to flip.



10. Don’t forget to write the name of your comic and the name of the author in the blank box above the panels. Then when you finish press the “next” button.



11. Complete all the fields.



12. Finally you will get your comic from your e mail if you don’t want to print it.



ACTIVITY For this activity you will be able to work in groups. You will have to create a comic strip story of no more than 5 panels. You will have to create dialogues between the characters you choose and the objective of this comic is to make you use at least two comparative sentences in the story.
 * TOPIC: **Comparatives
 * STUDENT’S LEVEL: **Pre- intermediate
 * GROUP **: 5th form
 * AGE: **9-10
 * BOOK: **your quest 5