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Biography / Introduction Comic: Lesson Plan

by Scott Tingley tinglsco@nbed.nb.ca

One of the first things to go up on the Riverside Reads publishing website was a comic the kids did about themselves. 

-Before the kids are sent to create their own, they:

• pre-write the things they want to say about themselves.  Be sure to not let them get too specific about where they live, etc.  Include: favourite shows, food, sports, etc; family, friends.  They can also include geographic information about their region. You can provide a web for them to do this on or you can some other graphic organizer or writing plan the students are familiar with.

• Show them examples of other student’s work.  The Riverside Reads students created these, which can be shown: http://rcs.nbed.nb.ca/kids/comics/biocomics08.html

-Discuss the different ways the kids used panels to break up their page and how they used or didn’t use word balloons.

-Have students complete a rough draft (could even be done for homework).

-Provide students with photocopy or art paper for their final draft. 

-These can be printed and bound so all of the students can have a copy. As an aded incentive, these books could be exchanged with classes around the district, country and the world.

NOTE:  Not all comic works need to be coloured.  Many comic strips and comic books are coloured and in fact, few cartoonists colour their own work anyway.  Giving kids the option to not have colour can give them freedom to create greater works.

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Administrator of the Riverside Reads website: Scott Tingley
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