Humorous Non-print Text Unit 5 Lesson 5.7

Purpose To examine the humorous nature of comic strips and political cartoons To compare and contrast comic strips and political cartoons To design an original comic strip or political cartoon

Comic Strips Add 3-4

Recent Political Cartoons Who are the characters? Setting? What is funny about the characters? What is the action? Why is it humorous?

Text Features Describe the use of text features in comics and political cartoons. Areas to address: Dialogue Frames Narration

Compare & Contrast Comic Political Cartoon

Partner Work Create a comic strip or political cartoon. Use the following guidelines to assist your planning: Think about the characters, plot, and theme. What humorous characters or actions will you create? Characters: Plot: Theme: Visualize your comic strip or cartoon. Choose your images and words carefully. Images: Words: Make your comic or cartoon visually appealing.

Presenting… Be prepared to present. You should talk about your characters choices, plot, theme, images, and words