This document provides instructions for an assignment to create a comic based on the short story "The Happy Prince" by Oscar Wilde. Students will work in groups of 3-4 to choose a scene from the story, outline the scene, and draw a comic representing it. They will use the story and examples of comic formats as resources. Their comic will be evaluated on how well it demonstrates their understanding of the story by summarizing a scene visually. The goal is for students to creatively work together to represent what they comprehended from the reading.

1. COMICS
- Introduction
- Task
- Body
- Resources
- Evaluation
- Conclusion

2. Introduction:
• Comics are a really fun way to tell stories in a short
manner and with lots of drawings. They are a visual
medium used to express ideas via images, often
combined with text or visual information. Comics
frequently take the form of juxtaposed sequences
of panels of images. Often textual devices such
as speech balloons, captions, and sound effects
indicate dialogue, narration, or other information.
Cartooning and similar forms of illustration are the
most common image-making means in comics.
Common forms of comics include comic strips, editorial
and gag cartoons, and comic books.

3. Task
• You will have get in groups
of 3/4 and make a comic
based on a scene from the
short story “The Happy
Prince” by Oscar Wilde.

4. Body:
• Choose your partners.
• Read the short story “The Happy Prince” by Oscar Wilde.
• Talk to your group about the story and choose a scene to develop in your
comic.
• Make an outline of the scene.
• Think about the characters.
• Start drawing you comic on paint.
• Start making your comics.

5. Resources:
• “The Happy Prince” by Oscar Wilde
• Different formats for comics (examples)

6. Evaluation:
• The evaluation will be based on students’
ability to understand the story and to
summarize it into a comic.

7. Conclusion:
• Making a comic is a good way to see how well
the students understood the story they read
and also let them exploit their creativity in a
fun and cooperative way working with peers
creating a visual representation of what they
have read.