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Louann Reid Colorado State University Slide 2 Graphic Narratives book-length works composed in the medium of comics (H. Chute) Slide 3 Zahras Paradise http://www.zahrasparadise. com/lang/en/archives/76 http://www.zahrasparadise. com/lang/en/archives/76 Zahras Paradise isnt just a cemetery where the world comes to an end. Its also a womb, a garden, where the world is reborn. Sure, Neda is dead, Sohrab is dead, Mohsen is dead, and theyre all buried in Zahras Paradise. But just as there is death, so there is life and light bursting out of their shadow. Their virtual reflection, wrapped as fictional characters, allows us to raise our own imaginary army to intervene in history in real time. Amir Slide 4 Slide 5 What do teachers who use graphic novels do? Help students realize how to juxtapose words and images to make meaning. Teach the craft of visual and verbal narrative. Support students in creating their own graphic narratives. Slide 6 Slide 7 My faith was not unshakable. The year of the revolution I had to take action. So I put my prophetic destiny aside for a while. Today my name is Che Guevara. I am Fidel. And I want to be Trotsky. We demonstrated in the garden of our house. Down with the king! Down with the king! The revolution is like a bicycle. When the wheels dont turn, it falls. Well spoken! And so went the revolution in my country. What is the subject? Who are the speakers? Slide 8 Slide 9 Slide 10 From David Considine and Gail Haley. Visual Messages: Integrating Imagery into Instruction. 2 nd ed. Englewood, CO: Teacher Ideas Press, 1999. This is too easy. Its just a bunch of pictures. Slide 11 http://www.le.ac.uk/engassoc/ images/imagesArrival.jpg Slide 12 www.shauntan.com Slide 13 Slide 14 http://nymag.com/daily/ente rtainment/2007/09/comics_ arrival.html Slide 15 Slide 16 Pacing Perspectives Tone and Mood Slide 17 How would you describe the connections between the first six panels? What is the effect of combining six panels into one at the bottom of the page? How does the writers pacing (through the use of panels in this way) operate in concert or in counterpoint to the story? Slide 18 Angles and shots, using the language of film Slide 19 What effects are created with the panel borders? What roles does lighting play in the effects of the images? What roles do color and contrast play? Slide 20 Amy Vail adapted excerpts of Twilight for her high school students, using the software program Comic Life. Her explanations are on the conference wiki for this presentation. They can serve as a model for students thinking about the decisions they make as creators and the effects of those decisions on how the story is told. Literary Elements Slide 21 Cinematic Elements Dramatic Elements Slide 22 Comics Creation Software Comic Life Kerpoof Comicssketch Comics Lab/ Extreme PikiStrips Toondoo Bubblr Comiqs My Comic Book Creator BitStrips ReadWriteThink's Comic Creator Make Beliefs Comix Myths & Legends Story Creator Cartoonist Pixton ChoggerComic LifeKerpoofComicssketchComics LabExtreme PikiStripsToondooBubblrComiqsMy Comic Book CreatorBitStrips ReadWriteThink's Comic CreatorMake Beliefs ComixMyths & Legends Story Creator CartoonistPixtonChogger http://mcpopmb.ning.com/group/graphicnovelscomics http://mcpopmb.ning.com/group/graphicnovelscomics (Making Curriculum Pop is hosted by Ryan Goble. Joining this network is free, and youll be connected with teachers, writers, and artists who are as interested in graphic narratives as you are or want to be.) Slide 23 Please see the conference wiki page for this session. Lets talk during the conference. I would really like to know what you see as creative possibilities for teaching graphic narratives. You can continue the conversation via email to Louann.Reid@colostate.edu.