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Comic Ideas for English Class

Three strips per press for an English assignment, each with its panel count and what goes in the panels.

Comic Ideas for English Class

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  1. A conversation in the book's own words4 panels. Each balloon holds a line quoted from the page, with the page number under the panel. The faces are yours.
  2. It rains cats and dogs, just as the forecast said3 panels. A forecast, one kitten lands on a hat, pets pour down. Idiom: to rain cats and dogs is to rain very hard.
  3. A comma decides who gets painted3 panels. A sign reads 'Time to paint Dad.' Dad stands there, blue. A child adds a comma after 'paint'.

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A scene from the class novel 13

  • A conversation in the book's own words 4 panels. Each balloon holds a line quoted from the page, with the page number under the panel. The faces are yours.
  • A flashback inside a wavy border 4 panels. Now, then, then, now. The two memory panels get a wavy border, so a reader can tell when they are.
  • A minor character watches the big scene 3 panels. The big scene plays small, in the background. In front stands someone the book gives two lines to.
  • First chapter and last chapter, side by side 2 panels. The same character in the same pose at the start and at the end. Change only what the story changed.
  • The first chapter with no words 4 panels. Where we are, who we follow, what they want, what is in the way. If a panel needs a caption, redraw it.
  • The hardest choice as a fork in the road 3 panels. The character at a fork, a look down each road at what it leads to, then the first step along one.
  • One object followed through the story 4 panels. One thing from the book, a letter or a coat, drawn at four moments. The people stay out of the panel.
  • One panel past the last page 3 panels. The book's final moment, a pause, then what you think happens next. Label the third panel as your guess.
  • One scene told twice, by two characters 4 panels. Two panels as one character saw it, then the same two as the other did. Change who stands in front.
  • The scene the author left out 3 panels. Pick a gap between two chapters and draw what happened in it, using only what the book lets you know.
  • The setting before anyone arrives 4 panels. One wide panel of the place, then three close ones: a door, an object, the weather. No people yet.
  • The story told by whoever stands in the way 4 panels. The same events, narrated by the character who blocks the hero. Give them one reason a reader can accept.
  • The turning point of the class novel in six panels 6 panels. Before, the choice, the moment itself, the reaction, the cost, after. One panel each, no narration boxes.

A figure of speech drawn literally 13

  • A backpack that weighs a ton 3 panels. 'It weighs a ton.' The bag goes on a truck scale. The needle agrees. Hyperbole: wild exaggeration.
  • A bakery that kneads help 1 panel. A sign in a bakery window reads 'Help kneaded'. The dough waves from the counter. Pun: a joke on two meanings.
  • A frog in the throat at choir practice 3 panels. A singer opens wide, a croak comes out, a small frog waves from inside. Idiom: a hoarse voice.
  • A pulled leg that keeps on coming 3 panels. A tug, the leg stretches across the panel, its owner sighs. Idiom: to pull someone's leg is to fool them.
  • As busy as a bee, and the bee disagrees 3 panels. A student lists one chore. A bee unrolls its own list across the panel. Simile: a comparison with like or as.
  • Butterflies in the stomach before a speech 4 panels. A name is called, a flutter, the shirt bulges, one butterfly slips out past a button. Idiom: nerves.
  • The cat gets out of the bag before the party 3 panels. A bag wriggles, a cat strolls out, it tells the birthday guest everything. Idiom: a secret given away.
  • Cold feet on the way to the stage 3 panels. A singer waits in the wings, looks down, and both feet are blocks of ice. Idiom: cold feet are doubts.
  • Homework is a mountain 3 panels. 'My homework is a mountain.' Ropes, a camp, a flag on the top sheet. Metaphor: one thing named as another.
  • It rains cats and dogs, just as the forecast said 3 panels. A forecast, one kitten lands on a hat, pets pour down. Idiom: to rain cats and dogs is to rain very hard.
  • Pigs fly on the day the room gets tidied 3 panels. 'I will tidy when pigs fly.' A shadow crosses the window. A broom is handed over. Idiom: never.
  • Two penguins try to break the ice 3 panels. A shy hello, a long pause, one fetches a hammer. Idiom: to break the ice is to get people talking.
  • The wind knocks before it comes in 3 panels. A knock, a gust in a hat at the door, papers fly as it wipes its feet. Personification: a thing as a person.

Irony 12

  • A 'Wet paint' sign and the painter's own trousers 3 panels. A painter hangs the sign, steps back to admire it, sits on the bench. Situational irony.
  • A picnic and the ants nobody has seen 4 panels. A blanket, a toast, a photo, a nap. Behind them the line of ants grows in every panel. Dramatic irony.
  • The birthday present that barks 3 panels. A box with air holes wags. 'Is it socks?' 'Is it a book?' The reader knew at panel one. Dramatic irony.
  • Hide and seek with feet under the curtain 3 panels. The seeker checks a box, a cupboard, a vase. The feet under the curtain are in every panel. Dramatic irony.
  • How the 'Keep off the grass' sign got there 3 panels. A sign in the middle of a lawn, a closer look, a trail of footprints leading out to it. Situational irony.
  • 'Lovely weather' under a broken umbrella 1 panel. Two soaked figures, one broken umbrella. One says 'Lovely weather.' Verbal irony: words that say the reverse.
  • 'Nice and tidy,' at the bedroom door 3 panels. A door opens, socks slide out in a heap, the visitor makes one dry remark. Verbal irony.
  • 'Oh good, more stairs' 3 panels. A hiker tops a long staircase, sees the next, says the line flatly. Verbal irony. The face tells the truth.
  • The reader sees the banana peel first 3 panels. A peel in the corner, a walker deep in a book, one foot above the peel. Dramatic irony: we know first.
  • The spelling bee banner has a mistake 1 panel. A proud banner over the stage reads 'Speling Bee'. Nobody on stage has looked up yet. Situational irony.
  • The umbrella seller caught in the rain 3 panels. A stall full of umbrellas, the last one sold, the first drop on the seller's nose. Situational irony.
  • 'What a quiet street,' beside a marching band 1 panel. A band fills the road. A neighbor at the gate says it to the cat. Verbal irony. Make the lettering tiny.

A grammar rule as a mishap 13

  • A capital letter turns a job into a name 2 panels. 'Hello, baker.' A baker waves. 'Hello, Baker.' A dog named Baker wags its tail.
  • A comma decides who gets painted 3 panels. A sign reads 'Time to paint Dad.' Dad stands there, blue. A child adds a comma after 'paint'.
  • A double negative orders lunch 3 panels. 'I don't want no peas.' The waiter thinks it over. A mountain of peas arrives at the table.
  • A sentence that runs through every panel 4 panels. One balloon crosses all four panels on 'and then'. The listener ages. The last thing drawn is a period.
  • A time traveler who cannot pick a tense 3 panels. 'I will went.' 'I had go.' A child hands over a chart: went, go, will go. The traveler takes notes.
  • Flour or flower in the cake 3 panels. A recipe says 'two cups of flower'. Daisies go into the bowl. The cake comes out with petals.
  • It's and its pull on one apostrophe 3 panels. Two words tug an apostrophe. A referee holds up a card, 'it's = it is', and its walks off without one.
  • One dog's dinner and four dogs' dinner 2 panels. The same bowl twice. 'The dog's dinner': one happy dog. 'The dogs' dinner': four dogs and one bowl.
  • One mouse, two mice, one moose, two what 4 panels. A sign painter writes mice, then geese, then stops at moose. A second moose leans in: 'Still moose.'
  • The owl that wants its 'an' 3 panels. A zoo sign reads 'a owl'. The owl glares at it. A keeper paints in the n and the owl settles.
  • The rain walks to school 3 panels. Caption: 'Walking to school, the rain started.' Draw the rain in boots with a bag. Then mend the sentence.
  • The same words with a question mark 2 panels. 'You fed the dog.' A proud nod. 'You fed the dog?' Panic, and the dog looks hopeful.
  • Their, there and they're claim one seat 3 panels. Three look-alikes hold tickets for one chair. Each ticket carries a sentence only one of them fits.

A vocabulary word acted out 13

  • Ancient: a tortoise remembers the tree 3 panels. A great oak, a thought bubble of it as a sapling, then as an acorn. The word is carved in the bark.
  • Clumsy: an octopus carries eight cups 3 panels. Eight cups, seven, then a heap on the floor and one cup held high. The word sits in the spill.
  • Curious: a kitten and a paper bag 3 panels. A bag, a nose at the opening, a bag with a tail. Letter the word along the tail.
  • Enormous: a sandwich that needs a ladder 3 panels. A plate, a tower of fillings leaving the panel, a diner on a ladder. The word is the only caption.
  • Exhausted: a snail at the finish line 3 panels. The tape, the last inch, a snail asleep across the line. The crowd holds the word on a banner.
  • Fragile: a snowman carries a box of glasses 3 panels. A box stamped with the word, a patch of ice, a held breath. End before anything breaks.
  • Frantic: a hen hunts for the glasses on its head 4 panels. Under the nest, in the feed, behind the door, then a mirror. Letter the word bigger in each panel.
  • Furious: a kettle comes to the boil 3 panels. A calm kettle, a rattling lid, steam that spells the word. No face needed, only the lid.
  • Generous: a squirrel gives away its last acorn 3 panels. One acorn left, a hungry bird, an open paw. The word goes on a medal in the corner.
  • Reluctant: a dog on the way to its bath 3 panels. The leash goes tight, four paws dig in, the dog is carried. Write the word once, under the last panel.
  • Stubborn: a cat that will not leave the keyboard 4 panels. Lifted off, back on, lifted off, back on. The same pose each time. The word is typed on the screen.
  • Timid: a turtle at a party 3 panels. Music, an invitation to dance, a shell with a party hat on top. The word is on the name tag.
  • Vanish: a magician's rabbit takes it too far 3 panels. A hat, a puff of smoke, an empty stage with the magician gone too. Only the word is left, fading.

How it works

These comic ideas for English class are sorted by what the strip has to show: a scene from the class novel, a figure of speech drawn literally, irony, a grammar rule gone wrong, or a vocabulary word acted out.

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Start from the assignment

Choose the group that matches what was set. The novel strips name no book, so each one fits whatever your class is reading. The figure of speech strips end on the term and its meaning, ready to copy into a caption. The vocabulary strips show a word without defining it, so swap in one from your own list.

Irony comic ideas, three kinds

Verbal irony is words used to mean the opposite of what they say. Situational irony is a result that clashes with the one expected. Dramatic irony is a gap between what the characters know and what the reader knows, so draw the banana peel in panel one.

  • Write the term you are showing under the last panel, once.
  • Letter quoted lines exactly as the book prints them, and note the page.

Questions and answers

What are good comic ideas for English class?

A scene from your class novel in six panels, an idiom drawn word for word, such as two penguins fetching a hammer to break the ice, or a grammar slip acted out: a sign with a missing comma that gets Dad painted blue.

What is a good irony comic idea?

For situational irony, a spelling bee banner with a spelling mistake. For dramatic irony, a seeker who checks every hiding place while feet show under the curtain in each panel. For verbal irony, 'Lovely weather' said under a broken umbrella.

How do I turn a book scene into a comic strip?

Pick one moment, not the whole chapter. Give each panel one beat: before, the choice, the moment itself, the reaction, the cost, after. Quote any speech exactly and cut whatever a drawing can show.

How do you show a grammar rule in a comic?

Draw what the faulty sentence literally says. 'Walking to school, the rain started' becomes rain in boots with a bag. Mend the sentence in the last panel, so the strip shows the slip and the repair.

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