comic book art lesson

This is a fun lesson to do with those 6th graders who are just too "cool for school", lol. I showed the students this You Tube video where Batman & Robin are fighting the bad guys and on the screen are onomatopeoias (the kids LOVED it): Next, I had my slideshow playing on my new, fancy projector. I had the definition of onomatopeoia, sample artwork, various words they could choose from, and comic book fonts. I also had this handout printed out for kids to refer to: Here are the samples of…

It's been a while since I've posted a project - it always seems to be that I'll have a couple of weeks where we are "in process", then sudd...

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Last year my district started using McGraw-Hill's reading series. While the station ideas for each week's main selection are good, someti...

My students absolutely loved this. I need to have more.

Spark your students��� creative writing abilities with a comic strip. Includes a blank form and a page of symbols students can use when writing.

It's spring and and with spring comes a lot of things that can distract 10 year old learners: hormones, new sport seasons, sunshine, allergies, love.... it all boils down to spring fever and keeping my kiddos' attention keeps ME on my toes! That's why I'm so excited to share a fun way to practice or review quotation marks and descriptive writing in the classroom! Last week, in class, my fourth graders started learning about the proper use of quotation marks. We started out the week by…

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-List of onomatopoeic words to help generate ideas. -Blank comic strip that students can use to create a 4 panel comic with onomatopoeia. -Speech bubbles that can be used for bulletin board displays -Filled in speech bubbles with examples of onomatopoeia for bulletin board displays...

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As you know, I'm on a mission to sneak in art projects into the life of my youngest son, who has declared that he "hates art". So far, I've gotten him to make tape art

SEE ALSO: ABOUT: SET UP a school residency ABOUT: SKILLS & STANDARDS (from NH Curriculum Frameworks) COMICS WORKSHOP Resources: Printable posters & comics: Why Multiple Intelligences? …

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When drawing fantasy figures, use the imagination to create out-of-this-world features, but also include familiar aspects of the character, such as their hum...