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Comic and Film Strip Writing
Students write a funny story and illustrate it in a comic strip. In this comic strip lesson, students study comic strips and determine the plot of each story. Students then write a short story and illustrate it using a comic strip...
Teaching Tolerance
Consuming and Creating Political Art
A picture is worth a thousand words, but political art may be worth even more! After examining examples of political cartoons, murals, and other forms of public art, class members create their own pieces to reflect their ideals and...
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Writing Application: The Canterbury Tales
Students read stories from The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer and create their own tale. In this writing applications lesson, students read the tales and analyze the specific details that Chaucer use. Students work in groups to...
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Comic Strip Three
In this ESL comic strip worksheet, students examine a cartoon that has blank dialogue bubbles. Students answer 5 questions about the cartoon, then fill in a conversation.
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Shortened Shakespeare
High schoolers discover the two main ingredients of a play: speech and actions. They then listen to a shortened version of "Macbeth" and write down one sentence to describe what is happening in each of the comic-strip cells.
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Comic Strip Two
In this ESL comic strip learning exercise, students analyze a cartoon strip that has blank dialogue bubbles. Students create a conversation by filling in the bubbles.
Florida Center for Reading Research
Vocabulary: Word Meaning, Defining Depictions
A picture is worth a thousand words! Young learners use the included templates to demonstrate their understanding of target vocabulary by creating pictures that depict their meaning.
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Layered Unit: Macbeth
Eleventh graders take notes from lectures on Shakespearean Theatre, Language; kingship, witchcraft and omens, symbolism. Include your reflections as well as copied information (5 pts. per day, must be present).
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Comic Master: Graphic Novel Creator
This site allows students to create their own comic strips. Students will pick the characters, write their own dialogue, and develop a plot. Students can click and hear music as they are creating their comic strips. This site is...