The Gallery of Calvin and Hobbes

Open Ended

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The Gallery of Calvin and Hobbes

​ Bill Watterson

Unit 1

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​Integrate information presented in different informational texts, media, or formats to develop a coherent understanding of a topic or issue.

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​Compare and contrast how authors of different genres present events that address similar themes, topics, and events.

​Please take notes over vocab!

​You can open your ELA folder in your Google Drive or use paper to take notes over the following vocabulary.

​Important Vocabulary

​panel: individual frame of a comic, depicting a single moment

• Panels work together to tell a story.

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• Panels cannot show everything that happens, so readers must use their imaginations to fill in the blanks

​Important Vocabulary

​encapsulation: choice of important scenes to display in each panel

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• The layout of the scenes influences the readers’ interpretations.

• Authors and cartoonists can use size and shape to give more or less weight, or importance, to scenes

​Important Vocabulary

​speech balloon: display of what a character is speaking or thinking

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• The size, shape, and color of the speech balloon can show the emotion of the speaker.

• Speech balloons can also show emotion or meaning through the use of punctuation marks.

Multiple Choice

An individual frame of a comic, depicting a single moment.

• Speech Balloon

• Panel

• Encapsulation

Multiple Choice

choice of important scenes to display in each panel

• Speech Balloon

• Panel

• Encapsulation

Multiple Choice

display of what a character is speaking or thinking

• Speech Balloon

• Panel

• Encapsulation

• Text Box

​Gallery of Calvin and Hobbes Comics

• ​BACKGROUND Calvin and Hobbes was a highly popular comic strip that ran from 1985 to 1995. It follows the adventures of Calvin, a clever six-year-old with a wild imagination, and his stuffed tiger and imaginary friend, Hobbes. Calvin and Hobbes has appeared in thousands of newspapers worldwide and has attracted fans of all ages.

Multiple Choice

Who is Calvin in the comic strips?

• A 6 year old boy

• A stuffed tiger

• The teacher

Multiple Choice

Who is Hobbes in the comic strips?

• A 6 year old boy

• A stuffed tiger

• The teacher

​Ghosts

​Look closely at the speech balloons, facial expressions, and drawings in this comic.

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​On a piece of paper or sticky note write down what you think is going on in this particular comic.

Fill in the Blanks

In "Ghosts," where are Calvin and Hobbes?

Poll

Based on the comic Ghosts, do you think Calvin and Hobbes believe in ghosts? why?

• Yes, because they say it!

• Yes, because the drawings show it!

• No, because they say it!

• No, because the drawings show it!

Open Ended

What do you think is happening in this situation?

Sentence frame:

In this cartoon, Calvin and Hobbes are...

Calvin is feeling.... because...

I can tell this, because....

Fill in the Blanks

In “Do You Like Her?” how does Calvin respond when Hobbes asks him whether he likes the new girl in his class?

​Snowman Xing

​Look at the drawings carefully in this comic.

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​Write down anything odd you notice on a piece of scratch paper or sticky note.

Open Ended

In “Snowman Xing,” why does Calvin’s dad yell to Calvin that he’s late for work?

Calvin's dad yells at him that he's "late for work," because...

Poll

How much of the story do you think the illustrations (drawings) told in each panel?

• They told almost all of the story

• It was pretty evenly told between the illustrations and text.

• The text told more than the illustrations.

​Standard Graded in the following slides

​Compare and contrast how authors of different genres present events that address similar themes, topics, and events

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​Look back at your notes over Brown Girl Dreaming or even open the Nearpod.

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​Compare and contrast the ways that these two authors show their childhood.

Open Ended

Similarities (compare): Find at least TWO similarities between Brown Girl Dreaming and the Calvin and Hobbes comics.

Think about what the authors were trying to show/tell their readers.

Open Ended

Differences (contrast): In what ways were Brown Girl Dreaming and Calvin and Hobbes comics different from one another?

List at least THREE!

Poll

Which author's memories did you find most relatable?

• Brown Girl Dreaming

• Calvin and Hobbes

​Launch!

​Think of a time that was important or fun in your life that you could make a comic out of.

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​If there is still time remaining, create this comic on paper OR in a google document.