MD 2009 Did you guess that The Peanuts comic strips started in 1950 and were it was a comic drawn by an American cartoonist called Charles strip. Comic strips Schultz. Until Charles Schulz died in 2000, his comic e are a different way e strip appeared every day in many daily newspapers.e lid of telling a story. lid lid S S This is a photographS of him sketching Comic Strip Fun one of the Peanuts characters. Comic Strip Fun e This is ethe Peanuts Gang. e mpl mpl mpl Sa Sa Sa The Peanuts comic strips tell very short stories telling and illustrating a story Do you know what this is? about members of the gang.

Each comic strip tells a very short, simple story. The story is told in a series of boxes and the boxes are e e e called frames. e d d The main characterd in d li Besides theli pictures, li li these two comic strips It’s like a story S What do you whatS else helps the S S was Snoopy the dog. board, a sequence e think this story is ecartoonist to tell the e e pl about? are t pl pl of pictures that pl m m story? m represent importantm a a a moments ina the S S S order Sthat they Here are the characters that appear in the happen. Peanuts comic strips.

This is a comic strip by a different cartoonist. The frames can be e different sizes. e e e d The different d d d li pictures can show li li li S us how a character S S S e is feeling. e e e The stories can be short.pl pl pl Comic strips have apl beginning, a middle and an end. m How did Charlesm m What do you thinkm is going on? What happened in They can alsoa be long. a a a S SchultzS show what S the end?S Longer stories need the character was more frames! feeling? Was it a funny ending? Did it make you smile?

A lot of work goes into e e e making a e lid lid lid comic strip. lid S S Comic strips are like a story board.S S e What’s happening in thise comic strip. They tell a story. Usuallye they have a funny ending! e pl What do you think plDuncan the dog pl Cartoonists often getpl ideas from funny things that Here’s a comicm strip about a naughty little girl might be thinking?m m Whenhave actuallythey have happened.m an idea ofIt mighta story be they a news have story to called Nancy.a The comic strip will have four frames. a a decidethat has which appeareda are the in mostthe newspapers important momentsor it might in be WhatS do you think will happen? S S theirsomething story.S thatThen has they happened can plan to their them drawings. or something Can you guess? What would you write in Duncan’s speech bubble? they’ve seen happen to others. Ideas often come from ordinary things that Lots of people have pet cats and lots of cats like Where might happen everyday. What about this idea? did Jim climbing trees. Where did it come from? Davis get Get me out Has something like this happened to you? his ideas de de defrom? of thisd etree li li li liNOW! S S S S ple ple ple ple am am am am S S This isS a comic strip about a cat S Sometimes How do you think the cartoonist got this idea? called Garfield. Just like all cats, climbing trees gets he gets up to lots of mischief. cats into trouble!

Local newspapers When cats get stuck high The cat, named Dan by RSPCA staff, is The photographs taken at the time of the rescue sometimes have a now recovering at the RSPCA Animal up in trees they have to be report about a cat can be made into a storyboard. Centre in Wade Street, Halifax, after his being rescued. rescued………… high-rise adventure. This is an article de about one cat…… de de If you were using photographs to tell thed e li li li story of the rescue which would youl iuse? S A street was sealed off by police so thatS fire fighters could S What are the important moments?S rescue a cat stranded 40 feet up a tree. e e Adele Smith, who looked aftere Dan when he arrived at e Fire crew manager Neil Parry said the cat had been stuck in the the centre, said: "I think he is a stray – I don't think he pl tree for days he also saidpl that every time fire fighters got near has been handled much.pl He seems to have been a bit What do you thinkpl you Do you think the m the cat, it moved maway. traumatised and mis quite nervous. But, other than that, he m pictures tell the a a seems quite healthy."a should leavea out? S He added:S “It was a timid little thing and we just couldn't get S S story? Could they near it at first. It was in a bit of a sorry state by the time we Dan, who is thought to be around three or four, will be turned into a got it down. It had been up there a fair few days and it had been remain at the centre until a home can be found for him. a cold couple of nights." comic strip?

Can you think of something funny that has Here are some things to think about….. happened in your classroom. Something that made Make your own Comic Strip Link you all laugh? e What is the What are e e d story going the most Whyd is it d Could you make a HOW iWAS I TO i i KNOWl I’D GET to be important l important l story board about it? THIS DIRTY! S about? moments? S to plan S e e ahead? e Perhaps you could act pl pl pl www.ks1resources.co.uk the story out firstm to m m help you decidea which a a THE END are theS most S S important moments.