Comic strips

Sometimes as educators, we seem to just strictly teach, teach, teach! I have always thought that there has to be another way to get our students writing and have them enjoy it! Well there is a new way to get your students writing what they love about. What am I talking about? I am talking about COMIC STRIPS! Comic strips are so much fun to create and super easy to use! I have created 3 for you to see. This is a comic strip that I created from the website "Pixton". Pixton was very easy to use and had tons of options. They have background layouts already made, and you just simply fill in the blanks. You get plenty to choose from and can even pick from random quotes just like I did in the first bubble.

If you want more leverage to create your comic strip, you can also use the website "ToonDoo". This website was a bit over whelming in my opinion because you can choose from too many things. I started from scratch and I chose every single thing on the comic strip. This is great for students who have an exact idea, but may be too much for a student who has no idea where to start.

By brucie00 | View this Toon at ToonDoo | Create your own Toon

The last comic strip I created was just totally random! I used the website " Make belief comix". It is exactly what the title says! Make belief. This website was a little more difficult to use in sense where it wasn't very user friendly for me. I had a difficult time finding the perfect character, and picking the right colors and minimal options. I felt that this comic wasn't too great.

Out of all the three comic strip websites, I would definitely choose "Pixton". It was just so much fun and easy to use. Any student could use this and have a blast. These comic strips get your students' imagination going, their writing skills, and fun all at the same time! I recommend it! In the future, I definitely plan to use this for ELA. I would like my students to either create a cmic strip that deals with the story of the week we read. they could also create an alternative ending to a read aloud, or I would love to have them create their very own story! I am sure they can come up with some amazing stories and to share with the class!