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Cartooning/Writing/Drama Project

In mid-October, students in Grades 2-6 participated in a cartooning workshop, with illustrator Jermaine Smith from Freeze Kid's Comic Books.

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Mr. Smith guided students through the process of drawing several cartoon characters.

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Afterwards, students in our class used what they learned to create eight-panel comic strips.

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IMG_0876Some students shared their work with the class, using our classroom document camera.

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Here are some of the finished comic strips:

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The next step in our project was to turn some of our comic strips into plays. Students organized themselves into groups of three to six, chose one of the comic strips created by a member of their group, and used it as the script planner. They then worked collaboratively to write a play, create props, rehearse, and present to our class, as a drama activity.

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The Banana Robbery:

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Halloween Terror:

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Clayton's Potions:

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Voldekatypotter:

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Supergirls:

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Ninja Boy VS. the Vampire:

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Students really enjoyed working their way through this integrated unit, which generated marks for them in visual arts, writing, the learning skill "collaboration," and drama.

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2 thoughts on “Cartooning/Writing/Drama Project

  1. Susan

    Wow! Love the whole process. The cartoon strips are terrific. Did the kids know they would be turning their cartoon strips into plays before they wrote them, and did this affect their final products, or did you leave them free to go wild with their imaginations and not feel restricted by knowing they'd have to find a way to "ground" their cartoons somehow in drama?

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    1. Margaret Black

      Thanks, Susan! Students were not told that their comic strips were to be used as planners for plays until after they were finished. Drama groups were told that their first job was to carefully consider which student-created comic strips would best lend themselves to being converted into plays. They didn't seem to have any problems choosing, but one group decided to combine elements of each of their comic strips into a single play.

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