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Charles Schulz: His Drawings Were Rejected… Then Snoopy Became Famous Everywhere

Level A2 (Elementary) · Watch the video and do the online quiz at https://brightlivesenglish.com/lessons/charles-schulz-snoopy/

A Match the words to their meanings

  1. comic (noun)
  2. yearbook (noun)
  3. strip (noun)
  4. character (noun)
  5. beagle (noun)
  6. pencil (noun)
  7. cartoonist (noun)
  8. joke (noun)
  1. a person who draws comics or funny pictures
  2. (comic strip) a few pictures in a row in a newspaper that tell a short story
  3. a book a school makes every year, with photos of the students
  4. a small dog with long ears and short legs
  5. something funny that makes people laugh
  6. a thin wooden stick for writing and drawing
  7. a story told with pictures and words
  8. a person or an animal in a story

B Complete the sentences from the story

joke · comics · character · yearbook · pencil · strip · cartoonist · beagle

  1. He drew with a first.
  2. Every strip had a small .
  3. In 1950, his comic Peanuts began in seven newspapers.
  4. As a boy, he loved .
  5. He was a famous .
  6. His most famous was a dog.
  7. Snoopy is a .
  8. The school did not use his drawings.

C Did you understand?

  1. His school yearbook used all his drawings.True / False
  2. What was the name of his childhood dog?
    1. Snoopy
    2. Sparky
    3. Spike
    4. Peanuts
  3. How many newspapers printed Peanuts at the start?
    1. One
    2. Seven
    3. Seventy
    4. Seven hundred
  4. He drew every strip himself.True / False

D Put the words in order

  1. strip / drew / He / himself / still / every

E Grammar: still + verb

We use it for to say that something continued and did not stop. He still drew every strip himself. · He was famous, but he still worked every day.

Example from the story: He still drew every strip himself.

  1. He drew every strip himself. (still / yet / already)
  2. It's ten o'clock, and she is asleep. (still / yet / ago)
  3. He was famous, but he still every day. (worked / working / works to)

F Your turn

Retell Charles Schulz's story in 5–6 sentences. Use at least three words from exercise A.

Transcript

His school yearbook did not use his drawings.

Years later, a dog he drew was famous all over the world.

This is the story of Charles Schulz.

Welcome to brightlivesenglish.com, where we teach real English using real-life stories.

Comic. A comic tells a story with pictures and words.

As a boy, he loved comics.

Yearbook. A yearbook is a school's book of the year.

The school yearbook did not use his drawings.

Strip. A comic strip is a few pictures in a newspaper.

In 1950, his comic strip "Peanuts" began in seven newspapers.

Character. A character is a person or an animal in a story.

His most famous character was a dog.

Beagle. A beagle is a small dog with long ears.

Snoopy is a beagle.

Now, one pattern: still.

It means something did not stop.

He still drew every strip himself.

Ready? Let's begin.

Charles Schulz was born in America in 1922.

As a boy, he loved comics.

He had a black-and-white dog called Spike.

At fourteen, a famous newspaper feature printed his drawing of Spike.

But the school yearbook did not use his drawings.

Would anyone want his drawings?

He kept trying.

After the war, he drew a small comic for a newspaper in his city.

Then, in 1950, his comic strip "Peanuts" began in seven newspapers.

His most famous character was a dog.

Snoopy is a beagle, and Snoopy was a bit like Spike.

Newspapers all over the world printed his strip.

He was famous, but he still drew every strip himself: almost 18,000.

He stopped in 2000.

He died on 12 February, and his last strip came out the next day.

Let's review. As a boy, he loved comics.

The school yearbook did not use his drawings.

In 1950, his comic strip "Peanuts" began in seven newspapers.

His most famous character was a dog.

Snoopy is a beagle.

And remember: he still drew every strip himself.

Charles Schulz's story teaches us: when people say no, keep drawing.

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Answer key

A. 1g 2c 3b 4h 5d 6f 7a 8e

B. 1 pencil · 2 joke · 3 strip · 4 comics · 5 cartoonist · 6 character · 7 beagle · 8 yearbook

C. 1 False · 2 c · 3 b · 4 True

D. 1 He still drew every strip himself.

E. 1 still · 2 still · 3 worked