Unit 5

Make me laugh!

Create A Cartoon

For this assessment, you will create a cartoon or comic story.

The subject of the comic is up to you: you will make up your own story.

Follow these guidelines:

Your cartoon must have a minimum of three panels
Your story must be planned and follow a logical sequence of beginning, middle, end.
Use various techniques to make people laugh. The better use you make of techniques, the better and funnier your cartoon will be.
Aim to use images in your comic to help explain what's going on, to make the story easier to understand, and to make it funnier.
Read the Final Cartoon Rubric before you start so you know what is expected of you.

Use the Planning a Storyboard worksheet to organize your story.

Download the worksheet for this assignment.

Document: Planning a Storyboard
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Download the document Planning a Storyboard.
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 Planning a Storyboard.
Can't view the file? View Skill Builder: Saving Dynamic PDFs.

You may either hand-draw your cartoon or use a web-based tool such as Storyboard That.

Instructions for using Storyboard That.

Instructions

Watch the tutorial to learn how to use it.

Websites

You can draw your comic or use StoryboardThat.

Follow these guidelines:

Your cartoon story must have a minimum of three panels.
Your story must be planned and follow a logical sequence of beginning, middle, end.
Use various techniques to make people laugh. The better use you make of techniques, the better and funnier your cartoon will be.
Aim to use images in your comic to help explain. Do they help explain what's going on, to make the story easier to understand, and to make it funnier.
Read the Final Cartoon Rubric before you start so you know what is expected of you.

You may either hand-draw your cartoon or comic or use StoryboardThat.

If you decide to hand-draw your comic, proceed to the next page.
If you wish to use StoryboardThat, view the video and written instructions above.

Rubric

Check the Final Cartoon Rubric to better understand the expectations of this assignment.

Instructions for saving the worksheet.

How to save a file:

Have the file open and select Save As from the File menu.
Name your Final Cartoon file in this format: jsmith_finalcartoon and save the file to your Documents folder.

Summative Assessment

Throughout the unit, you learned and practiced new concepts and presentation formats. Now it's time to demonstrate or "sum up" your understanding of that information by submitting this assignment for a mark.

Submit your Recipe for Funny Document now to your teacher for marking.
Click Add Submission to upload your document.

U5-E3 Create A Cartoon