Graphic Novel

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 3

Today's objectives

Grammar test is tomorrow: Friday 14 February

1. Review the units by making short cartoons on them.

2. Practise irregular verbs (if you want to do them tomorrow).

Grammar 2 (unit copies on Moodle)

• Unit 13, 14 Present Perfect and past
• Unit 42, 43 Passive
• Unit 72 A/an and the
• Unit 73, 74 The (school/the school etc.)
• Unit 77, 78 Names with and without the
• Unit 79 Singular and plural
• (optional: irregular verbs, page 293)

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Today's objectives

Grammar test is Friday 14 February
1. Review all the units in your lesson up class.

2. Practise irregular verbs (if you want to do them next week).

3. Read your graphic novel of choice. 

You read at least one longer story or two shorter stories in the coming weeks to prepare for your test.

• Have you read a graphic novel before? 

• What is the difference between comics and graphic novels?

Final test

• Write an outline for your own graphic novel with the prompts provided on the test.
• Create a page that shows a key moment from your story.

• What happens?
• What do you know about the characters?
• What strikes you about the visuals?

Create your own graphic novel (2)

• Alone or in pairs.
• If working alone you hand in at least 10 pages of drawings; in pairs you do at least 20 pages.
• You are allowed to use online comic makers.
• The text should be 300-400 words.
• Pay attention to your storytelling (refer to plot triangle).

• Hand in end of class Thursday 13 April

• What is it about?
• What do you know about the character(s)?
  
• What strikes you about the visuals?

Create your own graphic novel (2)

• Alone or in pairs.
• If working alone you hand in at least 10 pages of drawings; in pairs you do at least 20 pages.
• The text should be around 300-400 words, incorporated in the artwork.
• Graphics may be taken from a comic maker's site or be completely original. 
• It has to have a point/message for the reader.   

Check the rubric to see the complete requirements!