Unit 2 Project: Custom Comics of Cause and Effect

With a partner, create three comic/cartoon stories about customs and traditions.

A comic about customs or traditions in the past (such as, when you grandfather was your age).

A comic about customs or traditions in the present (what customs do you take place in? Remember that social networking has its own customs).

A comic about customs or traditions in the future (think about how customs will change in twenty or 40 years).

Checklist: each comic/cartoon must:

            - show a cause and effect

            - use a word with a suffix

            - use an adverb of frequency

            - use an adverb of emphasis

STEP 1: Plan your comics

Before you make your cartoon, write a brief short story.

What change will happen? What will people say and do? 

Cause == the reason for something happening.
Effect == the change that happens. 

In a cause and effect story there must be an action that changes something. 

Do not only tell the change, show the change.

You must plan how many boxes you will need for your comic. I suggest 3 or 6 boxes.

STEP 2: Make your comics

Here are some websites to create a comic:

StoryboardThat.com (Make sure you click "save and continue" on the bottom right of of screen so you do not lose your work as this site does not save automatically).

Caption Distraction iPad App

ToonDoo.com

STEP 3: Write about your comics.

When the comic is completed, write a few sentences that explain:

What is custom or tradition?

What is the cause and effect?

What (if anything) has changed in recent years on the cartoon’s topic?

Checklist help: 

In Unit 2, we learned about cause and effect so each comic should show a cause and effect. You do not need to tell the cause and effect in the comic because, after you complete your comic, you will write about it in Step 3.

In Unit 2, we learned about suffixes so each comic should include at least one use of a suffix
(1 syllable adjective) + en = verb	deepen, cheapen, whiten, sweeten, weaken, shorten, widen, lighten, tighten
(2 syllable adjective/noun)+ ize = verb	specialize, modernize, penalize,  televise, memorize, energize, weaponize, advertise
(noun) + al = adjective	national, additional, nutritional, professional,  exceptional, conventional
(verb) + able = adjective	respectable, forgettable, expendable,  detectable, presentable, preferable
(noun) + ful = adjective	careful, stressful, respectful, successful, plentiful, beautiful
(noun) + less = adjective	helpless, hopeless, voiceless, breathless, careless, endless, restless
(adjective) + ization = noun	alphabetization, westernization, urbanization,  visualization, generalization
(-ate verb) + ion = noun	decoration,  cultivation, isolation, violation,  toleration, separation
(verb) + ment = noun	development, embarrassment, retirement, measurement, requirement, assignment
(latin root) + ology = noun	technology,  chronology, biology, apology, sociology, anthropology

 

In Unit 2, we learned about adverbs of frequency so each comic should include at least one adverb of frequency
100%	>90%	50-90%	10-50%	<10%	0%
always	almost always	usually, often, frequently,	sometimes, rarely	almost never	never

In Unit 2, we learned about adverbs of emphasis so each comic show include at lease one adverb of emphasis
100%	90%	75%	50%	<50%
absolutely, completely, totally, definitely	strongly	really	somewhat	kind of

Example Step 2 made with StoryboardThat.com

Example Step 1:

Two friends will say they want to be family but one moves away. They say they will communicate by bird. Later they say their son and daughter will marry. One friend tries to send a bird but the bird dies. The other friend never gets the message and thinks they forgot about them.

Example Step 3:

What is custom or tradition?

What is the cause and effect?

What (if anything) has changed in recent years on the cartoon’s topic?

Sending messenger birds is a traditional way of communicating. Also, parents deciding who their children will marry is also a traditional custom. In my cartoon, the bird getting lost caused a misunderstanding in the communication. One friend thought that the other friend did not want his friend's son to marry his daughter because the message was not received. Receiving no message was understand as the answer "No." Today, parents still choose who their children will marry but people send those invitations by e-mail and they can quickly contact the person to find out if the message was received.

When you click "save and exit" on Storyboard that it will give you a link. Send this link to your teacher along with a few sentences in which you complete Step 3.




Bonus Step:

When you are finished with your comics (Step 2) and writing about them (Step 3),  then use iMovie to turn your favorite comic into a video

Here is an example.