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Lesson 1 (from Section 1: Chapter 1)
Objective
Students will explore the conventions of comic art.
Graphic novels utilize the conventions of comic art to convey meaning. Students will have varying levels of fluency in understanding these conventions, and few will know all of the terminology needed to discuss and analyze a graphic novel. This lesson prepares students to read and discuss American Born Chinese more effectively by introducing them to the terminology and concepts most important to understanding the graphic novel.
Lesson
Viewing Activity: Show students Ms. Wright's video "Graphic novel elements" (available online). Ask students to take notes on terms during their viewing.
Reading Activity: Distribute copies of Duke University's "Writing About Comics and Graphic Novels" (available online). [Note: for younger or less skilled readers you may want to prepare a summary of this information in lieu of the article itself.] Ask students to take notes as they read.
Small Group Activity...
Aligned to the following Common Core Standards:
- ELA-Reading: Literature RL.9-10.1, 9-10.2, 9-10.5, 9-10.10, 11-12.1, 11-12.2, 11-12.3, 11-12.5, 11-12.10
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