Robin Johnson - Creating Comics

Robin Johnson Author: Robin Johnson Series Development: Reagan Miller Editors: Bonnie Dobkin and Janine Deschenes Proofreader: Melissa Boyce STEAM Notes for Educators: Bonnie Dobkin Guided Reading Leveling: Publishing Solutions Group Cover, Interior Design, and Prepress: Samara Parent Photo research: Robin Johnson and Samara Parent Production coordinator: Katherine Berti Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication Title: Creating comics / Robin Johnson. Names: Johnson, Robin (Robin R.), author. Description: Series statement: Full STEAM ahead! | Includes index. Identifiers: Canadiana (print) 2020016578X | Canadiana (ebook) 20200165798 | ISBN 9780778771906 (hardcover) | ISBN 9780778772682 (softcover) | ISBN 9781427124616 (HTML) Subjects: LCSH: Comic books, strips, etcAuthorshipJuvenile literature. | LCSH: Comic books, strips, etcTechniqueJuvenile literature. | LCSH: Comic books, strips, etcJuvenile literature.

Classification: LCC PN6710 .J64 2020 | DDC j741.5/1dc23 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Johnson, Robin (Robin R.) author. Title: Creating comics / Robin Johnson. Description: New York : Crabtree Publishing Company, 2020. | Series: Full steam ahead! | Includes index. Identifiers: LCCN 2019058738 (print) | LCCN 2019058739 (ebook) | ISBN 9780778771906 (hardcover) | ISBN 9780778772682 (paperback) | ISBN 9781427124616 (ebook) Subjects: LCSH: Comic books, strips, etc.--Authorship--Juvenile literature. | CYAC: Cartoons and comics--Authorship--Juvenile literature.. | CYAC: Cartoons and comics--Authorship--Juvenile literature..

Classification: LCC PN6710 .J64 2020 (print) | LCC PN6710 (ebook) | DDC 741.5/1--dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019058738 LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019058739

Title-Specific Learning Objectives: Readers will: Understand what comics are. Describe the process used to make comics. Explain how both words and pictures can be used to tell a story. Activate Prior Knowledge and Make Predictions: Bring examples of familiar comic strips and comic books to class and show them to the children. Ask how many of them read comics or comic books, and name their favorites. Then ask how the stories told through comics are different than stories in other books.

Hold up Creating Comics . Ask a volunteer to explain what the word create means. Then have children guess the steps they think might go into making a comic. Record their answers on the board. Tell them they will look at their guesses again when they are done reading the book. During Reading: After reading page 5, call childrens attention to the comic strip with the dogs.

Ask: What information would be missing if you only had the words? What information would be missing if you only had the pictures? After Reading: Have children revisit their guesses about the steps that go into making a comic. What was missing? Which steps were out of order? Create a new list that shows all the steps in the right order. Before, During, and After Reading Prompts: Photographs: Alamy: Les Breault: p. (b); Marka: p. (t); Photo 12: p. 8-9; Newscom: p. 16, thelittlegreyartist: p. (bl); Greg Balfour Evans: p. iStock: 2thirdsphoto: p. 4; Mediaphotos: p. (t); portishead1: p. (br), p. (l) Shutterstock: Sunshine Seeds: title page; Olga Popova: p. (tl, bl); Wantanddon: p. (br); Oldrich: p. (br); Oksana Klymenko_But: p. 10; Catwalker: p. 12; Yackers1: p. 14, p. (b); Savusia: p. (r); ramlen salleh: p. (t) Wikimedia: public domain: p. (tr) All other photographs by Shutterstock

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Telling Stories ............ Words and Pictures .. Panels in a Row ....... Getting Started ........ Planning the Comic ...................... Drawing the Pictures ....................

Final Steps ............... Read All About It! ... Words to Know ....... Index and About the Author .... Crabtree Plus Digital Code ............