During this semester, one of my professors did a grammar activity using comic strips. I happen to be a lover of comics because it combines three of my favorite things: writing, drawing, and humor.
With the activity our professor split us into groups and asked the following questions:1.) Where do the artists use an ellipsis? What do you think might be significant about the location of the ellipses?
2.) What signals do you think the ellipses in these comics might be giving to readers? What do you think the readers are meant to do when they see the ellipses?
2.) What signals do you think the ellipses in these comics might be giving to readers? What do you think the readers are meant to do when they see the ellipses?
Turned out that the inquiry based grammar instruction provided some interesting conversation. It also allowed us (or our future students) to generate the jobs of ellipsis giving us ownership over what we were learning instead of being told the information by the teacher. I would highly recommend incorporating comics into grammar mini-lessons. The same professor also started each class with a comic that realized how the students might be feeling about school, and it gave a great light-hearted atmosphere to the start of a lesson. Try out Calvin and Hobbs or you can search a site like GoComics.com to find a specific comic or artist. Enjoy!
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