Three Close Reads for Graphic Comics Lesson

Reorder

Place the steps for THREE-CLOSE READING in order:

• OBSERVE

• UNDERSTAND

• CONNECT

1

2

3

• 1
• 2
• 3

Multiple Choice

Why will you spend the most time on OBSERVE?

• this is when you look at the elements of comics to determine what's going on

• this is when your will struggle to see

• this is when you will begin to write your findings on your chart

• this is when you will read each box and bubble to determine what the characters are saying

Match

Match the following terms that the author gave you to remember

• tells you what the comic is about when it happened

• the number, shape, and position tell different things about the comic

• the space between the panels that divide the story into pieces

• narration that is placed in bubbles

• text that gives what the character is thinking or saying in the panel

TITLE

PANEL

GUTTERS

EXPOSITORY TEXT

SPEECH OR THOUGHT BUBBLE

• TITLE

• PANEL

• GUTTERS

• EXPOSITORY TEXT

• SPEECH OR THOUGHT BUBBLE

Drag and Drop

In STEP 1, the author tells us to start with the ​

Placeholder

. The page has muted ​

Placeholder

signifying a dull ​industrial life and landscape. There are also other industrial elements like pipes, ​

Placeholder

, and workers. The creators tells us how to read this page using ​

Placeholder

in the ​

Placeholder

to connect panels.

Drag these tiles and drop them in the correct blank above

page design

colors

machines

pipes

gutters

Open Ended

Why isn't ART or TEXT alone enough to understanding a comic?

Multiple Choice

In STEP 3 the author explains that the comic is a _________ but it also helps us make CONNECTIONS to the wider experience of _______________

• biography, Scientific Revolution

• autobiography, Women's Rights Movement

• biography, Industrial Revolution

• autobiography, World War I