The Arrival - Introduction to our Graphic Novel and Elements of a Story Study

As we begin our unit on Graphic Novels, together we will "read" the book, The Arrival. For today's lesson, we have a video version of the book's first chapter.

But first, let's do a quick quiz to see our knowledge of Graphic Novels.

What do I Know about Graphic Novels? 

             If I opened a graphic novel I would expect to find:

 lots of writing                     not much writing                  cartoons    

 colour                                  black & white pictures         speech bubbles

 a real story line                   not much story                    a story for little kids

 lots of humour                     horror                                 romance

 no idea

     I have read the following number of graphic novels (approximately):

 0                 1 – 5            6 – 10          11 – 20         too many to count

   The types of graphic novels I have read come from the following genres:

 Comedy                                Horror                                 Romance

 Adventure                           Fantasy                               Historical

 Myths & Legends                 Non-fiction                          Novel adaptations

 Manga                                 War                                     TV adaptations

 Mystery                              Real life                               Action

 My reading habits:

a)    I like reading long stories                Yes              No

b)    I like looking at pictures                 Yes              No

c)    If there are words and pictures on the page I would look at the words first                    

                                                              Yes             No

Now here is a question to think about while watching and "reading".

What part do color and shading have to do with telling the story?


 

 After viewing, in your journal, respond to one of the following prompts . . .

 1) Who would you miss the most if you had to leave your home land by yourself? What day-to-day things can you think of that you would really miss?

 or

 2)  What five things would you take with you if you had to leave home immediately?

 or

 3) What are some reasons you would want to move to another country?

 Be sure to copy down the question at the top of your page in addition to your response.