Making Comics!

7 Activities

Grades 3 - 12

6 Hours

Learning Standards: Common Core (ELA), National Core Arts Standards

Overview

Making Comics has seven basic lessons for students to explore how comics are made while learning about story telling, character, setting, action and plot. Each lesson takes about an hour, and this course has 7-10 hours of activities that build as students complete their own comic characters, strips, and finally books from start to finish.

Continue Your Journey

Making Comics Part 1: Characters and Setting

This simple and fun comics activity is about creating a comic book character and the world that they live in.

This activity is part 1 of 7 in a series. Go further by facilitating the Making Comics Part 2 and the following activities.

Grades 3 - 12

30 Minutes

Making Comics Part 1: Characters and SettingArts, Literacy

30 Minutes•Grades 3 - 12

Making Comics Part 2: Splash Page

Students will look at the way characters and settings tell a visual story. They will have a chance to explore a Comic Book Splash Page and create their own.

This is part 2 of 7 in a series. Provide context by first facilitating Making Comics Part 1: Characters & Setting, and then afterward, Making Comics Parts 3-7.

Grades 3 - 12

1 Hour

Making Comics Part 2: Splash PageArts, Literacy

1 Hour•Grades 3 - 12

Making Comics Part 3: Talking, Thinking, Dreaming

Talking, Thinking, and Dreaming are some of the ways that action unfolds in comics. Students have a chance to think about all the ways that language is used in comics, from lines that show action to the bubbles that show what characters are thinking and saying.

This is part 3 of 7 in a series. Provide context by first facilitating Making Comics Parts 1-2, and then afterward, Making Comics Parts 4-7.

Grades 3 - 12

1 Hour

Making Comics Part 3: Talking, Thinking, DreamingArts, Literacy

1 Hour•Grades 3 - 12

Making Comics Part 4: Sequential Panels with Action

Comic Panels show the story as it unfolds. Students pencil a story in a four-panel strip.

This is part 4 of 7 in a series. Provide context by first facilitating Making Comics Parts 1-3, and then afterward, Making Comics Parts 5-7.

Grades 3 - 12

1 Hour

Making Comics Part 4: Sequential Panels with ActionArts, Literacy

1 Hour•Grades 3 - 12

Making Comics Part 5: Panel and Page Flow

Students pencil a rough storyboard for a full-page comic with panel variation. Students have a chance to think about how a page of comic book panels tells a story. They explore different kinds of action and how action can unfold in a story told in pictures.

This is part 5 of 7 in a series. Provide context by first facilitating Making Comics Parts 1-4, and then afterward, Making Comics Parts 6-7.

Grades 3 - 12

30 Minutes

Making Comics Part 5: Panel and Page FlowArts, Literacy

30 Minutes•Grades 3 - 12

Making Comics Part 6: Details and Description

In comics, there are often several artists who make one thing, a story writer, a penciler, an inker, and a colorist too! Each one does a part of the finished whole! Students look at their penciled stories and start to get them ready to ink!

This is part 6 of 7 in a series. Provide context by first facilitating Making Comics Parts 1-5, and then afterward, Making Comics Part 7: Details and Description.

Grades 3 - 12

1 Hour

Making Comics Part 6: Details and DescriptionArts, Literacy

1 Hour•Grades 3 - 12

Making Comics Part 7: New Adventures!

Students use the skills they learned in Making Comics Parts 1-6 and begin a brand new comic book made up of multiple pages.

This activity is part 7 of 7 in a series. Provide students with context by facilitating Making Comics Parts 1-6.

Grades 3 - 12

1 Hour

Making Comics Part 7: New Adventures!Arts, Literacy

1 Hour•Grades 3 - 12

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Making Comics!

Grades 3 - 12

6 Hours

Overview

Continue Your Journey

Making Comics Part 1: Characters and Setting

This simple and fun comics activity is about creating a comic book character and the world that they live in.

This activity is part 1 of 7 in a series. Go further by facilitating the Making Comics Part 2 and the following activities.

Grades 3 - 12

30 Minutes

Making Comics Part 1: Characters and SettingArts, Literacy

30 Minutes•Grades 3 - 12

Making Comics Part 2: Splash Page

Students will look at the way characters and settings tell a visual story. They will have a chance to explore a Comic Book Splash Page and create their own.

This is part 2 of 7 in a series. Provide context by first facilitating Making Comics Part 1: Characters & Setting, and then afterward, Making Comics Parts 3-7.

Grades 3 - 12

1 Hour

Making Comics Part 2: Splash PageArts, Literacy

1 Hour•Grades 3 - 12

Making Comics Part 3: Talking, Thinking, Dreaming

This is part 3 of 7 in a series. Provide context by first facilitating Making Comics Parts 1-2, and then afterward, Making Comics Parts 4-7.

Grades 3 - 12

1 Hour

Making Comics Part 3: Talking, Thinking, DreamingArts, Literacy

1 Hour•Grades 3 - 12

Making Comics Part 4: Sequential Panels with Action

Comic Panels show the story as it unfolds. Students pencil a story in a four-panel strip.

This is part 4 of 7 in a series. Provide context by first facilitating Making Comics Parts 1-3, and then afterward, Making Comics Parts 5-7.

Grades 3 - 12

1 Hour

Making Comics Part 4: Sequential Panels with ActionArts, Literacy

1 Hour•Grades 3 - 12

Making Comics Part 5: Panel and Page Flow

This is part 5 of 7 in a series. Provide context by first facilitating Making Comics Parts 1-4, and then afterward, Making Comics Parts 6-7.

Grades 3 - 12

30 Minutes

Making Comics Part 5: Panel and Page FlowArts, Literacy

30 Minutes•Grades 3 - 12

Making Comics Part 6: Details and Description

This is part 6 of 7 in a series. Provide context by first facilitating Making Comics Parts 1-5, and then afterward, Making Comics Part 7: Details and Description.

Grades 3 - 12

1 Hour

Making Comics Part 6: Details and DescriptionArts, Literacy

1 Hour•Grades 3 - 12