Cartoon Characters

Cartoon Characters
Writing/Character Traits Use a set of cartoon characters that students are familiar with while writing a class story. Explain traits as something consistent within a character. For independent practice, assign each student a well-known character about whom to write a story, keeping that character true to form.

Book Report Alternative: Comic Strips and Cartoon Squares
Students examine graphic novels and comic books and discuss the important components of the genre, such as captions, dialogue, and images. They then use an online tool to create a six-panel comic highlighting six key scenes in a book they have read.

Plot Parallels
Reading/Writing Show a short cartoon with characters the students know. Have them identify main and supporting characters, setting and plot. Are there any books that they know of that have the same plot? Are there instances where the same plot has taken place in their own lives (something lost or a misunderstanding, for instance). Ask students to write about such a situation and how it was later resolved.

Exploring Comic Strips
Improve your students reading/writing skills and reinforce key story elements with these comic strips lessons.

Comic Strip Creations
Students will analyze comic strips to identify characters, setting, dialogue, and plot. Then create or reconstruct a sequence of events from the story and organize ideas on how to combine pictures, captions, and dialogue to tell about a specific event or express a message. Finally, students will develop a comic strips that depicts story-related or self-created events, conveys a message, or expresses interesting information.