We went through some comic strips I got from the Garfield, Peanuts, and  Archie official websites.  I ran them off and presented them on the overhead.  We went through the definition of onomatopoeia (a word that resembles the sound it represents).

My students are currently on laptops working on the Comic Creator on Read Write Think! What a great lesson! The kids are printing out their finished work and are quite proud of it! I spent 1 day planning and 1 day designing online. If I do this again, I think I’ll plan better by using a different worksheet that shows the options they have for background, props, characters, etc. It was too hard for them to visualize their plans.