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Using Cartoons and Comic Strips Unit PlanUsing Cartoons and Comic Strips Unit Plan
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Using Cartoons and Comic Strips

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Students explore cartoons and comic strips to practice a variety of language and discussion activities. They explore the themes of humor, culture, and issues in cartoons and comic strips. They draw pictures to represent the last frame in a cartoon and write sentences that tell the story of the comic strip.

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comic strips, humor, cultural awareness

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cartoons, comic strips, culture, humor, english language arts
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K - 8th
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English Language Arts
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