U5-L10.3 Mutts
Completion requirements
Assessment (Formative)
Mutts
This selection is a comic strip - with no words!
You don't need words to make this comic strip funny. Looking at the pictures is enough.
Read the pictures on pages 96 to 97 in Literacy in Action 4B. You can imagine what the cat and the dog are thinking in each frame, can't you?
Have some fun with this wordless comic by adding what you think the cat and dog are thinking. Download and complete the Mutts Thought Balloons worksheet.
Fill in the thought balloons with what you think the animals are thinking. Think about the different techniques authors use to make us laugh. Can you make use of some of them to make the character's thoughts funny
Download PDF
You be one character, and the other person will be the second character. Pretend the cartoon is a movie, and you have to say the words for your character. What would you say? What does the other person say? Trade with the other person so you can have a turn with each character.
Letting the pictures tell the story is another technique to make us laugh. You might enjoy looking for other comics like this one. Look in newspapers in print or online to find other wordless comics
Websites
Look online to find other wordless comics:
Unit 5
Make me laugh!
Assessment (Formative)
Mutts
This selection is a comic strip - with no words!
You don't need words to make this comic strip funny. Looking at the pictures is enough.
Reading the Pictures
Read the pictures on pages 96 to 97 in Literacy in Action 4B. You can imagine what the cat and the dog are thinking in each frame, can't you?
Have some fun with this wordless comic by adding what you think the cat and dog are thinking. Download and complete the Mutts Thought Balloons worksheet.
Fill in the thought balloons with what you think the animals are thinking. Think about the different techniques authors use to make us laugh. Can you make use of some of them to make the character's thoughts funny
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Download PDF
- Download the document Mutts Thought Balloons.
- IMPORTANT NOTE: When the download screen opens:
- Click the "Open with" button.
- Select "Adobe Reader".
- Click "OK".
- You will then be able to view the document Mutts Thought Balloons.
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Skill Builder: Saving Dynamic PDFs.
Get someone to look at the cartoon with you.
You be one character, and the other person will be the second character. Pretend the cartoon is a movie, and you have to say the words for your character. What would you say? What does the other person say? Trade with the other person so you can have a turn with each character.
Letting the pictures tell the story is another technique to make us laugh. You might enjoy looking for other comics like this one. Look in newspapers in print or online to find other wordless comics
Websites
Look online to find other wordless comics:
- You might like Owly.
- If you really like Mutts, you'll enjoy Patrick McDonnell's (the artist) archive website, where you can view the Mutts cartooon of the day. Hover over the word Artwork on the top navigation bar then click on daily comic strips.
- If you like comics with words, you'll find lots at GOCOMICS
Save
How to save a file:
- Have the file open and select Save As from the File menu.
- Name your Reader's Notebook: Joke Chart file in this format: jsmith_jokechart and save the file to your Documents folder.
This Formative Assessment worksheet is similar to homework, which is an opportunity to practise important concepts in the lesson. The worksheet is NOT for marks.
- Submit your Mutts Thought Balloons document to your teacher now.
- Click Add Submission to upload your document.