1. Humorous Non-print Text Unit 5 Lesson 5.7

2. 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

3. Comic Strips

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

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

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

16. Compare & Contrast Comic Political Cartoon

17. For Your Portfolio… 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.

18. Presenting… Be prepared to present. You should talk about how your characters choices, plot, theme, images, and words add to the humor of your comic strip or political cartoon.