Unit 1.5 & 1.6 Graphic novels & street art

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 5

Goals today: 17th April  

You will receive your IO assessment to take home 

You will  receive your BOW & literary work 

You will start to consider the techniques used in graphic novels, cartoons and in street art 

UNIT 1.5 comics and graphic novels  

pg 24 assignment 5.1 questions a - d 

Write your answers in your exercise book 

What do you notice?

Key features of a
graphic novel

 Juxtaposition

 symmetry

symbolism 

point of view 

panel, bleed, splash, frame/ frameless panel, voice-over, emanata, exaggeration, speech bubble, hatching, foreground, midground, background, iconic, realistic, font, layout, formatting, (situational) irony, allusion, colour, caricature, expression, symbolism, negative space, gutter, punch line, camera angle, point of view, labelling, public opinion, bias, topical, satire/satirical, juxtaposition, uniformity, dialogue, cartoon, simple, complex, subjective, objective, universal, specific, abstract, concrete, graphic weight (contrast in blacks and whites or colours)

Use these terms to annotate your cartoon

What is the effect of these style and technique choices?

Homework 

For 18th April 

Complete ex 10a,b & c 

Evidence 

Search in your copy of Maus. 

1. Choose 5 examples of techniques that you think are significant for the message of your page. 

3. Write 2 - 3 sentences per technique explaining how your example shows the technique and what the effect on the reader is. 

What- how - why 

Goals today: 18th April  

Homework check - what do you know? 

Consider cartoonification and its effect 

You will consider different styles of strip cartoons and their level of cartoonifiction 

Use these words in 4 sentences 

Converge 

surplus 

assimilate

purports 

rendered

anonymous 

“What you’re doing is as useful as rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic.”

“Life is like a box of chocolates.”

“All the world’s a stage,

And all the men and women merely players.”

metaphor or simile?

UNIT 1.5 comics and graphic novels  

Philpot pgs 26, 27 & 28

Look at the Calvin & Hobbes cartoon and read the key features analysis. complete 5.3 in your exercise book 

Write your answers in your exercise book

Exercises in Style

Go to Teams for term 4. Open the document containing the texts 1 -10. 

These are all versions of text number 1. Rank each on the scale of cartoonification. Be prepared to defend your ideas. 

Exercises in Style

1. complete the questions in pairs . Download the files in Teams in the folder "Cartoons"  Consider the examples carefully. 

Think about the way that style influences the message. This is seen clearly in images, but is also the case in written text. 

Upload your answers to your class notebook in the Philpot tab. 

Exercises in Style

Only three of the cartoons can be kept in the museum. Which ones will you keep and why? 

Write a persuasive text proposing your top three in your exercise book. 

Goals today: 18th April  

We will check your homework 

You will start to consider the techniques used in graphic novels, cartoons and in street art 

You will consider the interaction with context of street art 

You will research some street artists and share your findings 

T5c 

Unit 1.6 Street art 

pg 30 ex 6.1 

complete questions a - f in your exercise book 

pg 31 ex 6.2 

Answer the questions 

Write your answers in your exercise book 

Interaction context and image 

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1. Who is Thierry Guetta? What have you learnt about him? 

2. What techniques can street artists use? 

3. Which street artists have been introduced to you? 

4. What was special or different about Banksy? 

04:31

Who is Thierry Guetta? What have you learnt about him?

07:51

How did Thierry get introduced to the world of street art?

08:36

What techniques can street artists use?

22:34

Which street artists have been introduced to you?

24:39

What was special or different about Banksy?

pg 33 ex 6.4 Choose one of the artists. Research their work and write a 2 paragraph analysis using subject specific terminology. Decide which are the two aspects that you wish to analyse. 

             Pick a tone/mood word from the desk

People	What kinds of people are in the image? What are they doing, literally?
Objects	What physical items are included in the image? What do these stand for or symbolize?
Debatable issue	What is the contentious or controversial issue that the cartoon comments on?
Artist's technique	To what degree is the artist's style abstract, iconic or realistic? Is there use of caricatures, exaggerated features, symbols?
Humour	Ironic, parody, satire, understatement, pun, black humour, juxtaposition, analogy, allusion?
Artist's purpose	What is the artist's biased perspective on the issue? What is his/her call to action?