Unit 5 Sparky Extension Activity

Activity One: Meet the Gang! Activity Two: Create a Comic Strip by Yourself!

Meet the Gang!

In order to understand Peanuts, you need to meet the main characters in Peanuts.

Snoopy superior intelligence vivid imagination daydreams a lot fearless but cautious about “the cat next door”

Charlie Brown worried about trifles his friends call him “blockhead” or “wishy-washy” the target of the joke considerate, friendly and polite will never give up in his quest to triumph over adversity

Woodstock a bird and tiny gets a little insecure a little inept his flying and logic are erratic Being Snoopy’s practical jokes

Linus intellectual He has philosophical revelations and solutions to problems He suffers abuse from his big sister, Lucy. He suffers the unwanted attentions of Charlie Brown's little sister, Sally. Despite his age, he can put life into perspective while sucking his thumb.

Lucy bossy, crabby and selfish She is loud and yells a lot. Her smiles and motives are rarely pure. If she's paying one--she's probably up to something devious. She’s a know-it-all who dispenses advice whether you want it or not. a fussbudget a real grouch

Sally always looks for the easy way out, particularly at school, where her view of life reflects much of the frustration and confusion kids experience Her speech is riddled with malapropisms. uninhibited, and precocious, she has a schoolgirl crush on Linus

Schroeder idolizes Beethoven brought classical music to the Peanuts strip Schroeder reacts only when Woodstock tries to make his grand piano into a playground, or Lucy seeks to make it her courting grounds.

Peppermint Patty A pro on the baseball diamond her grade is always a D-minus Bold, brash and tomboyish, what she lacks in common sense she makes up for in sincerity. has trouble staying awake in class; most of her waking hours in the schoolroom are spent analyzing the probability patterns of true-false tests love Charlie Brown secretly

Marcie Peppermint Patty's best friend the smartest of the Peanuts gang, but also the most naive. always willing to help out her friend with school work completely inept when it comes to sports love Charlie Brown secretly

Pigpen Pigpen is happily messy. He doesn't try to explain it, hide it, fight it. He walks around in a cloud of dust, sprinkling dirt on all he comes in contact with.

Franklin is thoughtful and can quote the Old Testament as effectively as Linus has the fewest anxieties and obsessions

Rerun more skeptical than his brother, much harder to convince, and always gets around Lucy where Linus gives in. longs for a dog of his own, but since his parent won't let him have one, he tries to "borrow" Snoopy from Charlie Brown. Snoopy won't have any part of it unless Rerun brings cookies His only fear is being the passenger on one of his mother's bicycle-riding errands.

Create a Comic Strip by Yourself!

Share your thought with your classmates. Do you love to read comic strips? If the answer is “Yes”, tell your friend why you love to read comic strips. If the answer is “No”, share the reason why you don’t like to read comic strips. What do you think a comic strip should include?

To create a comic strip, you need to decide three things : The setting Your point of view The summary of your strip

For example, if your comic strip is “Three little pigs”… the setting: the pigs’ houses in the woods on a nice warm day the point of view : in 3rd person the summary: a hungry wolf chases three pigs who hide in a straw, wood, and brick house to evade the wolf's hungry clenches.

Now, think of a subject or plot, it’s time for you to create your own strip!

The instruction of using the Comic creator

Type the name, the subtitle and your name inside.

Decide how many frames you want to have.

Choose the background you want to use

Click these three buttons, you can decide the characters and settings in your comic strip Click here you can find a lot of alternative items for you to use.

Click here if you want to create your next frame

Click finish and you will see this page. You can print your work out or use PDF printer to save your work.

Have Fun!