Sarah McIntyre’s writing workshop: Making a Comics Jam

Writer and illustrator Sarah McIntyre shows you how to draw a sea monkey and takes you through running a fun comics jam in the classroom, step by step. Don't miss the sea monkey sea shanty at the end!

Here's what one school did...

See the results of Tupton Primary School's Comic Jam

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Tupton Primary School's Sea Monkeys Comic Jam
Tupton Primary School's Sea Monkeys Comic Jam
Tupton Primary School's Sea Monkeys Comic Jam
Tupton Primary School's Sea Monkeys Comic Jam
Tupton Primary School's Sea Monkeys Comic Jam
Tupton Primary School's Sea Monkeys Comic Jam
Tupton Primary School's Sea Monkeys Comic Jam
Tupton Primary School's Sea Monkeys Comic Jam

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Tupton Primary School's Sea Monkeys Comic Jam

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Tupton Primary School's Sea Monkeys Comic Jam

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Tupton Primary School's Sea Monkeys Comic Jam

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Tupton Primary School's Sea Monkeys Comic Jam

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Tupton Primary School's Sea Monkeys Comic Jam

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The Year 3 group at Tupton Primary School in Chesterfield made these brilliant cartoons. They said, 'We adored making sea monkey stories!'

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