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_________________________________________ Workshop N.: 1 Course: Paola Caicedo Tenth Section: English ________ Superheroes. Vocabulary, scanning, skimming and punctuation. I identify specific information from different sources. I express opinions and ideas about social and familiar context. I find specific and predictable information on texts that describe actual topics.

SUPERHEROES

1. Fill in the gaps while listening Stan Lees interview. a. I was born in __________________. b. .and I _______ an imaginary ________in my sight and Id been _________ around hoping to see a ________ picking on a little girl so I ________ defend her. c. Then they let me ________ some _______, they ______ I could write a _______ _______.

d. At some ________ they left and I _______ the only guy in the department to _______. e. I began to ____________ that our books had _____ of influence on the readers and I kinda ______ that seriously I felt: If these people are _________ my _______ and the words of the others _________ working for marvel , I felt we _______ be careful we gotta make sure were not giving them the ______ messages. f. For me the most important mantra in the world is : ____________________________________________________________________________________

2. Choose the correct words to fill in the gaps. Super Name: Hulk Real Name: Robert Bruce Banner Publisher: Marvel Gender: Male Character Type: Radiation 1st Appearance: The Incredible Hulk #1 Appears in: 4098 issues Birthday: 08/01/1970 Died: Age of Apocalypse #4 Incredible Hulk #7

ORIGIN
Robert Bruce Banner was born to atomic scientist Dr. Brian Banner and his wife, Rebecca. Although deeply loved by his mother, Bruces father 1._________ a deep jealousy and 2._______ for him. Brian was also convinced that his work in atomic science had 3.________ his genetic structure, and he feared that Bruce was to grow up a genetic freak, when actually, Bruce was just a very gifted and intelligent child. As years 4._______, Bruce and Rebecca were subjected to Brians drunken rages and abuse, until she was killed by Brian while 5._________ to escape. This left Bruce in the care of his aunt, Mrs. Drake, and he grew up as a social outcast due to the trauma of 6._________ his mothers death and abuse from his father. After 7._______ high school, Bruce began studying nuclear physics at Desert State University and later at the California Institute of Technology. He 8._______ employment with the military at Desert Base, New Mexico under the command of General Thunderbolt Ross, who was overseeing the test of Banners newly-created Gamma Bomb. It was here that he met Rosss daughter, Betty and the two began a mutual attraction. On the day of the bombs scheduled detonation, Banner ran 9._____ the testing area in hopes of rescuing a young teenager named Rick Jones, who had snuck 10._______on a dare. Rather than delay the countdown as instructed, Banners assistant Igor Starsky, (in reality, a secret agent named Igor Drenkov) allowed the countdown to continue, resulting in Banner being 11.______ in the Gamma Bomb explosion and exposed to the radiation. Banner and Jones were taken back to Desert Base and isolated in a cell until sundown, where Banner transformed into a gray, monstrous and lumbering brute dubbed the Hulk by military personnel.

Creation
The character of the Hulk was created by artist Jack Kirby and writer Stan Lee and first appeared in The Incredible Hulk #1 (May 1962). When creating the Hulk, Lee and Kirby were 12._______ by the horror/literature characters Frankenstein and Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde. Lee originally intended the Hulk to be colored gray, believing that "gray would be a heavy, dramatic, somber color, in keeping with the melodramatic mood we wanted to establish." However, initial copies of the first issue showed that the printers had a difficult time maintaining the gray color, and the decision was made to change his skin to the more familiar green. Until 1986, any and all reprints featuring the origin story would depict the Hulk with green skin until writer/artist John Byrne would incorporate the original gray coloring into canon in The Incredible Hulk #318.

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Super Name: Real Name:

Iron Man Anthony Edward Stark

ManPublisher: Marvel Gender: Male Character Type: Cyborg 1st Appearance: Tales of Suspense #39 Appears in: 5513 issues

After being severely 1.injured and 2.kidnapped by terrorists, billionaire industrialist and brilliant engineer Tony Stark was 3.pressured to create a weapon of mass destruction. Instead, he created a suit of power armor to escape from captivity. Vowing to protect a world he helped 4.endanger, Stark became the Invincible Iron Man.

ORIGIN
Anthony Edward "Tony" Stark was born in Long Island, New York, to Howard Anthony Stark and Maria Collins Carbonell Stark. In his youth, Tony Stark was a 5.precociously intelligent young boy. When Tony was 7 he was sent to a 6.boarding school, and during this experience he found people difficult to 7. relate to. This was when he became fascinated by machines. By the age of 15 Tony had 8.enrolled in MIT (The Massachusetts Institute of Technology) in Boston, Massachusetts. He graduated at the top of his class at age 19 with double masters in physics and engineering.

CREATION
Tony Stark made his first appearance in Tales of Suspense #39 in 1963. He was created by Stan Lee, Larry Lieber, Don Heck, and Jack Kirby. Tony's character was 9.loosely based on the life of the rich and successful playboy

Howard Hughes. It may be 10.argued that Iron Man 11.symbolized the 12.meritocracy of capitalism. In the 1960's when Iron Man was created, the threat of Communism from the USSR was huge. Not only did Iron Man fight communists and people from the Eastern Block, but he sent the message that great things could be 13.achieved through 14.thrift, risk and hard work, as opposed to Spider-Man's origin story a year previous whereby Peter Parker 15.gained powers from being bitten by a spider.

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having developed certain abilities at an earlier age than usual. attempt to persuade or coerce into doing something. a school in which the pupils live during term time hold captive typically to obtain a ransom be connected by blood or marriage put at risk or in danger accomplish by effort, skill or courage government by people selected according to merit harmed or wounded exchange conflicting views in a heated way the quality of being careful and not wasteful with money and other resources be a symbol of. obtain or secure relaxed; physically slack officially register as a member or student

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Now is your turn

a. b. c. d. The origin: Name, place of birth, background, status and character type. Powers: what kind of powers does he /she have and reason for it. What are this superheroe believes? How does this superheroe could help our society?

Create your own superheroe. Keep in mind