COMIC LIFEFOR THE ENGLISH CLASSROOM

Created by Winnie Milner, media specialist

For Warren County Career Center

November 2013

WHAT IS COMIC LIFE?• AN AWARD WINNING

APPLICATION

• USED FOR A MULTITUDE OF VISUAL PURPOSES

• BUT DON'T JUST THINK OF IT AS A COMIC STRIP CREATOR!

• YOUTUBE 3-MINUTE INTRODUCTION

GENERAL USES OTHER THAN TYPICAL COMICS…

• ANNOTATED IMAGES, SIGNS & EVENT FLYERS,

• HOW-TO GUIDES & INSTRUCTION MANUALS,

• DYNAMIC PHOTO ALBUMS, ARTICLES, SCRAPBOOKS & FAMILY TREES,

• FIELD TRIP & INTERNSHIP DEBRIEFS,

• GREETING CARDS & NEWSLETTERS,

• STUDENT, STAFF & CLASS INTRODUCTIONS, ORIENTATIONS, PROTOCOL OR RULES,

• GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS, TABLES, CHARTS & TIMELINES,

• SPECIAL CERTIFICATES,

• PICTURE BOOKS, CULMINATING ASSIGNMENTS & MORE...

HOW CAN IT BE USED IN ENGLISH?

• ACT & SAT VOCABULARY

HOW CAN IT BE USED IN ENGLISH?

• DEMONSTRATING LITERARY DEVICES OR LITERARY CONCEPTS–

• IDIOMS,

• ALLITERATION,

HOW CAN IT BE USED IN ENGLISH?

• BASIC BOOK ANALYSIS & ATYPICAL BOOK REPORTS

• SETTING

• PROTAGONIST/ ANTAGONIST

• TYPES OF CHARACTERS (STATIC VS. DYNAMIC CHARACTERS

• DEMONSTRATION OF IRONY

• CONFLICT

• DENOUEMENT

• PERSONAL RECOMMENDATION

HOW CAN IT BE USED IN ENGLISH?

• SENIOR MEMORY BOOKS

• A NEW TWIST ON A PERSONAL NARRATIVE

• FAMILY TREES

OTHER ENGLISH RELATED IDEAS…• PARODY OR SATIRE BASED ON ANOTHER

PIECE OF WRITING,

• PLOT ANALYSIS,

• A CONCLUSION TO A CLIFF HANGING BOOK OR STORY,

• PEER REVISION & EDITING FORMS,

• MAD LIB TEMPLATES,

• TESTING TIPS, TRICKS, & STRATEGIES POSTERS,

• POETRY ANALYSIS- HAVE ONE LINE IN EACH BLOCK & USE AS A TEMPLATE

• DISSECTION OF SENTENCE STRUCTURE & GRAMMAR MISTAKES,

• WRITE A BIOGRAPHY OR AUTOBIOGRAPHY,

• PRE & POST WRITING TOOLS,

• CHARACTER ANALYSIS,

• RECREATE YOUR OWN VERSION OF A SHAKESPEARIAN PLAY,

• DIALOGUE PUNCTUATION,

• GRAPHIC NOVELS,

VERY BASIC & EASY TO USE

USERS CHOOSE FROM:

• TEMPLATES (ABOVE RIGHT),

• BLANK PAGES WITH DRAG & DROP STYLES (BOTTOM RIGHT), OR

• COMPLETELY BLANK PAGES

RESOURCES

• AMERICAN AUTHOR COMIC LIFE PROJECT (PDF LINK)

• READWRITETHINK.ORG (COMIC LIFE IDEAS)

• COMIC LIFE IN ENGLISH CLASSROOM VIMEO

• PORT WASHINGTON DISTRICT’S POOL OF EXAMPLES

• SLIDESHARE PRESENTATION ON COMIC LIFE