How do Define a Comic Book?

Comics have thought and speech bubbles

Comic Strips also use onomatopoeia to emphasize sound.

on·o·mat·o·poe·ia

/ˌänəˌmadəˈpēə,ˌänəˌmädəˈpēə/

 Onamatopoeia Lesson (Video)

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Creating a Summary       Peanuts

Comic Strips are a great way to encourage reading and writing.

Comics
Who is your favorite comic?

Garfield

Comic strip Lesson

1. Read a Comic Strip on-line use the following resources or something similar. 
 Check out popular or new comics 
@ Gocomics.com 

Comic Strips and Funny Pages
Then be ready to share "Your" comic.

Cut into parts and have students place in order.Garfield Comics All comics since starting at 1978

Retell your story using the story sequencing chart Sequence Chart

 












Story Retelling: Use the following strip (Marked 1-5) to retell the story your reading. Studies show “Story retelling is an effective teaching and assessment tool that enables the reader to focus on specific elements of the story structure." Taken from Story Retelling Research