Caricature

Agenda:

• Discuss structure of novel-->parallels and comparisons
• Fill out Venn Diagram with section 2 reading
• Complete Chinese political cartoon worksheet

Homework:

• Finish political cartoon worksheet
• Read through p. 106 and continue to fill out the Venn Diagram

The Visual and Themes

Agenda:

• Journal:
• How far do people go to fit in?
• Compared to "most people," how far does Esperanza go to fit in?
• After viewing Rush's "Subdivisions" as a class, answer the following questions.  Please refer to both the lyrics and the video.

1. What is the artist saying?
2. Do you agree or disagree with the artist?
3. Do you see these issues at play in our school?
4. How does the visual medium of the music video help to convey meaning?
5. Is the song outdated?
6. What might you talk about if you were to rewrite the song today?
7. What issues do you think the Chinese American author Gene Yang might discuss in his novel?

Homework:

• Read section one (through p. 20) of American Born Chinese
• Read "The Monkey King" handout.  Answer the three questions on the back of the handout

Graphic Novel Vocab and MLA Review

Agenda:

• Garage Band reading + labeling with vocab
• Panel types (content and story type)
• Gutters (think about transitions to help you)
• Types of Balloons
• Overall considerations:
• color
• line
• aesthetic 
• MLA documenting sources hw review
• Review of Purdue OWL's MLA site: https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/section/2/11/

Homework:

• Finish the MLA sheet using the Purdue OWL page

Sophomore Summit Day

Paper Reviews

Agenda:

• Review graphic novel journal homework
• How to read your paper grades
• Components
• Paper and Google Doc
• Review of MLA

Homework:

• Read the MLA packet
• Complete the exercises within it

Intro to Graphic Novels Continued

Agenda:

• Vocab Sheet
• Practice Discussion of Sample Comics

Homework:

Journal Options—Choose an option below.  Complete a half-page journal in which you discuss what the option asks of you.

—Option 1: Complete a journal entry in which you describe what happens in a couple of pages of a graphic novel or in a complete comic strip.  You must use the vocabulary from the handout in your explanation.

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—Option 2: (Honors) Complete a journal entry in which you compare a modern comic strip or graphic novel with what is known as the world’s first graphic novel: Joseph Franz von Goez’s Leonardo und Blandine (1783).  Ignore the fact that you do not understand the language it’s written in.  You do not need to, to explain what it looks like, and how it compares, etc.

What is a graphic novel?

Agenda:

• Stationary Talk: Questions to think about graphic novels
• Podcast: http://www.readwritethink.org/parent-afterschool-resources/podcast-episodes/introduction-graphic-novels-30326.html
• Complete guided notes

Homework:

• None for tonight.  Stay tuned for tomorrow.