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3/3/14 JOURNAL PROMPT #26
“Pick a card, any card!” The magician held the deck out
Cautiously, a member of the audience began to pull a card…
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CONNOTATION
The emotional association of a word.
Look at the connotation of:
Chore
Task
Duty
Favor
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Let’s read Dr. Suess
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CHARACTER WORKSHEET
Use this worksheet to create a main character for your children’s book
Bring your favorite children’s book to school on Tuesday.
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3/4/13 JOURNAL PROMPT #27
I came home and noticed the door was slightly open …
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DENOTATION
The literal dictionary definition of a word.
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CHILDREN’S BOOK REVIEW
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3/6/14 JOURNAL PROMPT #28
You suddenly find yourself on a strange planet…
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COUPLET
A pair of rhyming lines usually of the same verse and meter
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YOU HAVE A POP QUIZ – IT IS REALLY HARD SO YOU MAY USE YOUR NOTES!
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SUPERHEROES
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Panels
A panel is an individual frame, or single drawing, in the multiple-panel sequence of a comic strip or comic book.
It is the smaller box on a page in which the images are drawn. A panel consists of one drawing that depicts a single moment in time.
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Speech Bubbles
Graphic used to assign ownership of dialogue.
Speech bubbles are used to tell your readers what each character in your comic strip is saying and feeling.
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There are lots of different ways in which speech-bubbles can be drawn.
Scream Bubbles: indicate a character is screaming or shouting. They have jagged edges.
Coloured Bubbles: conveys the emotion that goes with the speech, such as red for anger.
Icicle Bubbles: have jagged icicles hanging from the bottom representing cold hostility. Similarly the speech bubbles of monsters may have an outline that suggests dripping blood or slime.
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Thought Bubbles
Graphic used to show internal thoughts of a character.
Usually cloud shaped and connected to owner by a series of smaller bubbles.
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Onomatopoeia
A word that imitates the sound that it is describing.
Famously used in comics as a pictorial representation of a sound effect.
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Captions
Narrative device used to convey information that cannot be communicated by speech.
Usually takes the form of a small rectangular box situated in a corner of the panel.
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Panel FramesBorder or edges of a panel. Usually rectangular in shape, but cloud shaped can indicate a dream/flashback and one with a jagged edge can indicate anger/shock.
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Take a few minutes to think about the qualities that you think a hero has (i.e. bravery) and write them down. Then think of any types of people you think could be described as heroes (i.e. soldiers).
Brain-storming
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What do someone’s heroes tell us about them?
Everyone has personal values. The idea of a hero is a very personal thing – it says a lot about what someone believes is important and what their values are.
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What is a superpower? Being really good at Math?
Flying?
X-ray vision?
Where do superpowers come from in stories? Magic
Technology
Radiation/Atomic mutation
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Do superpowers actually exist in real-life? Psychic powers?
Magicians?
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What kind of themes do superheroes have when it comes to their names/powers/image?
Spiderman
Batman
Animal theme.
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• Hero’s name – e.g. Batman
• Secret Identity – e.g. Clarke Kent
• Superpowers – e.g. Shape-shifting
• Quote – e.g. Hulk smash!
• Weaknesses – e.g. Kyrptonite
• Secret Origin – e.g. Death of family
• Personality – e.g. Moody
• HQ – e.g. Batcave
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What is evil?
What kind of things do evil people do in real life?
What kind of things do evil people do in fiction?
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Can you name some famous evil people – from both reality and fiction?
What do they do that is so bad?
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Why do people become super villains in films/ TV shows/ comic books?
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The plot is the story being told in your comic strip.
When you create your own comic strip it will be best to use a traditional superhero plot.
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3/7/14 Journal #29:
“I thought it was just going to be a typical Friday morning…but I was wrong. This morning I woke up and discovered that I had a new power – the power of…”
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DICTION
The author’s choice of words
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BRAINSTORMING DAY
Today you need to commit to writing a children’s book or comic book and have the brainstorming worksheets completed.
Reminder: Journal #5 due Monday, 3/10