B1.5

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• Leerjaar 1,2

Preparation

Match the vocabulary with the correct definition

someone in a film or story who has special powers and
helps other people

1. a superhero
2. a publisher
3. a franchise
4. an iconic character

a person or company that produces and sells magazines,
books, etc.helps other people

1. a superhero
2. a publisher
3. a franchise
4. an iconic character

a very famous and popular character in a story or film

1. a superhero
2. a publisher
3. a franchise
4. an iconic character

(of a film) involving actors, not drawn images or models

1. animated
2. live action
3. a cameo (appearance)
4. multimedia

(of a film or cartoon) made of hand-drawn or computerdrawn images

1. animated
2. live action
3. a cameo (appearance)
4. multimedia

involving several types of media, such as books, television,
films or music

1. animated
2. live action
3. a cameo (appearance)
4. multimedia

a small part in a film, but played by someone very famous

1. animated
2. live action
3. a cameo (appearance)
4. multimedia

a series of films that are connected to each other by having
a continuing story or the same characters

1. a superhero
2. a publisher
3. a franchise
4. an iconic character

May I present to you... Stan Lee!

True or False?
Stan Lee was a comic book writer, editor and publisher.

1. true
2. false

True or False?
Spider-Man was the only character he created.

1. true
2. false

True or False?
There were a lot of superhero films in cinemas in the 1930s and 1940s.

1. true
2. false

True or False?
In the 1960s he began writing comic books.

1. true
2. false

True or False?
Stan Lee had major acting parts in many Marvel films.

1. true
2. false

True or False?
The reason why his superheroes are successful is that they are perfect
characters.

1. true
2. false

Neem onderstaande woorden goed in op. Zo dadelijk krijg je vijf zinnen te zien met in totaal 10 "gaps". Vul het juiste woord in op de gap.

Je moet steeds twee antwoorden geven. Zet achter het eerste woord een komma, een spatie en vervolgens het tweede woord, bijvoorbeeld: animated, publisher

animated - publisher - assistant - multimedia - franchise

comic books - extraordinary - ordinary - live

In 1939, Stan started working as an _______________ at Timely Comics, a small comic-book
_______________.

In the 1960s, Marvel comic characters appeared in _______________ action and
_______________ films and television programmes.

Marvel is now a huge _______________ company with a value of _______________ of dollars.

Fans think of Stan Lee as the father of _______________. The Marvel _______________ that he
created is huge and very successful.

His characters show us that _______________ people have the power to do _______________
things.