Cartoon resources

Students look at a cartoon and make interpretations in looking at visual features.

Students look at a cartoon and extrapolate meaning through looking at visual features.

Four conventions for speech bubbles are presented with the students showing their understanding by having matching appropriate text to the bubbles.

Students look at a cartoon and answer questions about the use and meaning of particular features and techniques.

A short poem with four pictures is analysed with students having to match text with images and answer questions on movement and illustrations. SJ-2-4-1997. Text not provided.

Students read a comic strip and answer questions about comprehension and inference. SJ-2-1-1991.

Students read a cartoon to answer retrieval and inferential questions about the story and the visual techniques used. SJ-1-1-1994.

An extract from a long cartoon strip has students unpacking each frame for meaning and the visual language techniques of; speech bubbles, layout angles, and gestures. SJ-4-1-1997.