Comic+Strips

First Assignment:
 * 1) **Make a Cartoon of Your Favorite Joke**
 * Create comic strips in which students can **practice such real-life, practical scenarios such as looking for a job or learning how to interact with a difficult boss or fellow worker.** As an example, create a comic in which a student applies for a job. What kinds of questions is the interviewer likely to ask her and what kinds of responses might be appropriate. An individual going to visit a doctor or emergency room can practice vocabulary that will be needed for such an encounter.
 * ===Have students **use the characters to create comic strips that comment on local or national politics.** Perhaps these cartoons can be published in the school newspaper or newsletter.===
 * ===**Create comic strips in the classroom just for the sheer fun of it,** and as a way to help students deal with the stress of school and the everyday world. This provides a perfect activity for the end of the school day or week.===
 * ===After a student completes creation of a comic strip **ask him to read aloud or act out the dialogue written for his characters.** Doing so gives a student an opportunity and structure to practice public speaking and share thoughts with others.===
 * ===Have student **create a comic in which the characters reflect on a particular experience the student has had,** such as dealing with a school bully or with a problem at home or with a friend. The process of creating the strip provides a way for a student to think through and resolve these problems.===
 * ===Choose a theme for the day, such as **My Top 3 Wishes** or **Ways to Improve the Environment,** or focus on a theme for a unit that is being taught that day, and have each class member do a comic strip on that subject. Then have class members share what they have created so that students gain a better understanding of the many ideas and different points of views that their classmates have on a particular topic.===