Every Sunday when I lived in Atlanta I read the comics and at the end there was an educational segment called a Short-cut. I loved them because they were colorful and educational and I had my children read them too. Then I decided that not only reading them could be beneficial for my students but creating them could be fun too. So every year since I first discovered them I have had my students create them as a review. At first they are hesitant but after they create their first one of the year, they always ask if they can create them for a test review or extra-credit.
This is a simple way for students to be engaged, artistic and a bit quirky with the campy titles and characters telling jokes. Students have fun and really get into making them. Students have a rubric and instructions as to what to include, the first one however is not as in depth in order for them to get comfortable with making them. After the first one they must include:
1- A catchy title
2- word search 18 words
3- This edition is sponsored by...
4- Create a creature/character like the crab
5- 4 jokes/riddles
6- 1 cartoon, hidden picture, maze etc.
7- Illustrations-you should have a big picture in the background
8-Minimum of 14 facts or vocabulary words
9-Color
Here is a link for some on-line you can look over and use as examples to get them pumped up.
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