2.6.18+and+2.7.18

Snapshot Mini-Graphic Novel:

Now that you’ve had some experience reading and analyzing graphic novels, you’re going to do some creation of your own.

Look back at your Snapshot Writes from first semester.


 * 1) Read over them again.
 * 2) Edit for any quick changes.
 * 3) Pick one that you’d like to create a Mini-Graphic Novel about.
 * 4) Create a visual rough draft. Consider:
 * 5) What visual elements do you need to communicate your ideas/experiences?
 * 6) Do you want to use color or black and white?
 * 7) What text will you use?
 * 8) What dialogue will you use, or need to build?
 * 9) What characters will you need to create, and how will you use visuals and text to make them individuals?
 * 10) What literary and visual devices can you use? (Motifs/symbols, metaphor, irony, onomatopoeia, lettering, frames, gutters, etc.)
 * 11) Do you need to establish context? How will you do so?
 * 12) What will the setting/background need to look like?
 * 13) What materials will you need?

Your final draft will include a polished copy of your written Snapshot, and at least two full pages of visuals/text that show your story in graphic novel form.

You must include:
 * At least five examples of dialogue (internal or external)
 * Text beyond dialogue (context, background)
 * Evidence of graphic novel components: frames, gutters, dialogue bubbles, graphic weight, different angles, etc.
 * Work to show characterization and setting

While you won’t be graded on artistic skill...
 * Have more than stick figures
 * No pencil--pen, sharpie, colored pens, markers, watercolor, etc.
 * No lined paper

We will be working on this a little bit every day for the next two weeks. It will be due 2/16 for P. 2 and 2/20 for P. 5 and 8.

Log Meeting #4: This one is for the 5th reading on the reading schedule. Remember, we didn't have a Log for reading #1.

HW: We're NOT going to do a log meeting next class, but you DO need to read (reading #6). We're going to combine two readings for our next Log which will happen in class on 2/12 for P. 2 and 2/13 for P. 5 and 8. AKA, you will do one Log entry for readings 6 and 7 instead of two as initially planned.