Class Comic - Clever Captions
Could you be our King or Queen of the one-liner?
In our Class Comic category, we want you to find some fantastic laugh-out-loud captions to go with the Comic Relief images we've supplied.
The best comedy captions make us look at the images they describe in a whole new way.
Use the teachers’ resources and activity slides to introduce your students to some of the key rules of writing comedy captions, and discover how you can get great laughs from just a few words and a picture.
Class Comic- Red Nose Day 2017
Once you are happy with the captions you have done in class, why stop there? You could create a gallery of funny photographs from the best ones you come up with. Could you fill up an entire wall of laughs? Could you run a school competition on Red Nose Day to be King or Queen of the one-liner?
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Class Comic - 2016 Winner
Although there is no competition for Secondary school students this year, teachers can still view the winners' work of our previous competition for more inspiration in teaching comedy.
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Class Joker - Stand-up
Try out our Class Joker resources and clips to introduce students to the world of stand-up comedy.
Take a look at this clip from Have I Got News for You to see how captions can be used for comic effect
For use in the classroom, this clip shows how parallel thinking can be effective in captioning.
Doc Brown gives some top tips on comedy writing, including captions
"Your aim should be to ‘undercut’ what you see in the photo or cartoon. Exclamation marks should rarely be used; the punchline is usually more effective when it is wry or dry in tone." - Arthur Mathews - comedy writer and cartoonist
