Download - Lesson Plan Calvin and Hobbes Ppt
Comic Strips and the Short Story
By Parker Carpenter
Calvin and Hobbes
Questions
What is the story telling?
What is the author's intention with this comic strip?
How does he achieve this?
What is more important, the pictures or the dialogue? Why?
Rewrite
Next, rewrite the comic strip as prose. It should be no more than a paragraph in length.
Discussion
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Which was more effective, the comic strip or the short stories? Why?
Short Story
Students will have read The Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin for homework the night before
Split into 4 groups: irony, symbolism, imagery, and theme
Have students discuss with examples in groups, then in class
Homework
Comic strip representation within group
At least 2 panels
One must contain dialogue
Can be hand drawn, Photoshop, Microsoft Paint, other softwareHowever, MUST BE ORIGINAL
Day 2
Presentation and peer review
Discussion of techniques
Which method worked better this time?
Larger discussion about the advantages of both comic strips and short stories
End Goal
In preparation for final project at end of unit
Will be a short story-comic strip hybrid
Information
Would be taught at grades 11/12, as students must grasp some higher level concepts, and the Common Core Standards that fit this assignment were for grades 11 and 12
Would begin a unit on short stories and comic strips