comic life for the english classroom created by winnie milner, media specialist for warren county...
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COMIC LIFEFOR THE ENGLISH CLASSROOM
Created by Winnie Milner, media specialist
For Warren County Career Center
November 2013
WHAT IS COMIC LIFE?• AN AWARD WINNING
APPLICATION
• USED FOR A MULTITUDE OF VISUAL PURPOSES
• BUT DON'T JUST THINK OF IT AS A COMIC STRIP CREATOR!
• YOUTUBE 3-MINUTE INTRODUCTION
GENERAL USES OTHER THAN TYPICAL COMICS…
• ANNOTATED IMAGES, SIGNS & EVENT FLYERS,
• HOW-TO GUIDES & INSTRUCTION MANUALS,
• DYNAMIC PHOTO ALBUMS, ARTICLES, SCRAPBOOKS & FAMILY TREES,
• FIELD TRIP & INTERNSHIP DEBRIEFS,
• GREETING CARDS & NEWSLETTERS,
• STUDENT, STAFF & CLASS INTRODUCTIONS, ORIENTATIONS, PROTOCOL OR RULES,
• GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS, TABLES, CHARTS & TIMELINES,
• SPECIAL CERTIFICATES,
• PICTURE BOOKS, CULMINATING ASSIGNMENTS & MORE...
HOW CAN IT BE USED IN ENGLISH?
• DEMONSTRATING LITERARY DEVICES OR LITERARY CONCEPTS–
• IDIOMS,
• ALLITERATION,
HOW CAN IT BE USED IN ENGLISH?
• BASIC BOOK ANALYSIS & ATYPICAL BOOK REPORTS
• SETTING
• PROTAGONIST/ ANTAGONIST
• TYPES OF CHARACTERS (STATIC VS. DYNAMIC CHARACTERS
• DEMONSTRATION OF IRONY
• CONFLICT
• DENOUEMENT
• PERSONAL RECOMMENDATION
HOW CAN IT BE USED IN ENGLISH?
• SENIOR MEMORY BOOKS
• A NEW TWIST ON A PERSONAL NARRATIVE
• FAMILY TREES
OTHER ENGLISH RELATED IDEAS…• PARODY OR SATIRE BASED ON ANOTHER
PIECE OF WRITING,
• PLOT ANALYSIS,
• A CONCLUSION TO A CLIFF HANGING BOOK OR STORY,
• PEER REVISION & EDITING FORMS,
• MAD LIB TEMPLATES,
• TESTING TIPS, TRICKS, & STRATEGIES POSTERS,
• POETRY ANALYSIS- HAVE ONE LINE IN EACH BLOCK & USE AS A TEMPLATE
• DISSECTION OF SENTENCE STRUCTURE & GRAMMAR MISTAKES,
• WRITE A BIOGRAPHY OR AUTOBIOGRAPHY,
• PRE & POST WRITING TOOLS,
• CHARACTER ANALYSIS,
• RECREATE YOUR OWN VERSION OF A SHAKESPEARIAN PLAY,
• DIALOGUE PUNCTUATION,
• GRAPHIC NOVELS,
VERY BASIC & EASY TO USE
USERS CHOOSE FROM:
• TEMPLATES (ABOVE RIGHT),
• BLANK PAGES WITH DRAG & DROP STYLES (BOTTOM RIGHT), OR
• COMPLETELY BLANK PAGES
RESOURCES
• AMERICAN AUTHOR COMIC LIFE PROJECT (PDF LINK)
• READWRITETHINK.ORG (COMIC LIFE IDEAS)
• COMIC LIFE IN ENGLISH CLASSROOM VIMEO
• PORT WASHINGTON DISTRICT’S POOL OF EXAMPLES
• SLIDESHARE PRESENTATION ON COMIC LIFE