100 Ways to Use the Newspaper
-Comics-

51. Cut comic strip panels apart, mix them up and give them to a partner. Have them put them in order and give it back to you. Did they order them correctly? If not, does the comic strip still make sense?

52. Clip comic strips out of the newspaper and erase the captions. Give these “blank” strips to a classmate and have them write their own captions. Did they tell the same or a different story?

53. Go through the comics and list all of the occupations shown or implied.

54. How many pages of the paper does the comics take up? Figure out what percentage of the newspaper this is.

55. Read several days worth of comic strips. Identify as many examples of poor grammar as you can. Can you explain why some artists intentionally use poor grammatical construction?

56. Cut out five cartoons in your paper. Under each cartoon list all of the emotions that are shown.

57. Which cartoons show something that could be real-life? Which ones are unreal?

58. Review the comics in this week’s newspaper. Are any characters doing anything that would be against the law?

59. In the comics, find examples of things that defy the laws of nature. Examples: animals talking, a super hero flying, etc.

60. Compare two comics that are the same overall size but close together on the page. Choose strips that are divided differently (for example, one divided into thirds and one divided into fourths or halves). Which is larger? Halves? Thirds? Fourths?