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· The following version of this graphic novel was used to create this Lesson Plan: Tamaki, Mariko. Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me, illustrated by Rosemary Valero-O’Connell, e-book, First Second, 2019.

· Following front matter, the graphic novel begins with a two-panel first page.

· The upper panel depicts a high school dance in progress, with a screen showing the text of an email being drafted.

· The lower panel shows several characters in a restroom, conversing and applying or retouching makeup, and announces in the email text the protagonist’s name: “My name is Freddy Riley” (1).

· Page 2 presents six panels, the first of which focuses on Freddy and continues the text of the email.

· The second, third, and fourth panels track the bathroom conversation as the group—Freddy and her friends—finishes retouching makeup and makes to return to the dance in progress.

· The fifth and sixth panels...

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