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My Comic Strip

 * Monday || [[image:7464_comiclife_Page_1_mad.jpg width="640" height="494"]] ||
 * || Students are working on proper breathing techniques. ||
 * Tuesday || [[image:7464_comiclife_Page_2_mad.jpg width="640" height="494"]] ||  ||
 * || Students learn a new way to see if they are breathing correctly. ||
 * Wednesday || [[image:7464_comiclife_Page_3_mad.jpg width="640" height="494"]] ||
 * || It's time to perform, will the student remember what we've worked on? ||
 * Thursday || [[image:7464_comiclife_Page_4_mad.jpg width="640" height="494"]] ||
 * || This is the performance. ||
 * Friday || [[image:7464_comiclife_Page_5_mad.jpg width="640" height="494"]] ||
 * || What did we learn? Time to write a critique. ||
 * Saturday || [[image:7464_comiclife_Page_6_mad.jpg width="640" height="494"]] ||
 * || What is the big picture? ||

My Lesson



 * Description: ** For my Comic Life I chose to take some GPS objectives from the Advanced Band GPS and the Language Arts GPS and develop them into a comic that can teach a little about the usefulness of proper breathing technique. I also used it to teach about properly writing a critique. When I was developing my lesson to be used with Comic Life I decided to use it with a different class that I teach. I decided that I could develop something that would be very usable within my Fundamentals of Drama class and that could be shared with younger students when it was completed.


 * Title:** Using Comic-Life to Adapt a Script


 * Audience:** Grades 9-12 Drama Fundamentals Class


 * Purpose:** To teach script adaptation to a different form of literature.


 * Learning Objectives/Outcomes:** The student will learn about adapting a script of a classic piece of theater literature to be used in a different format ( TAHSFTII.8, TAHSFTII.6, and TAHSFTII.2) . The student should be able to create a comic strip version of a play that could teach a younger student about classic theater literature. The adaptation will use proper grammar, spelling, and organization (ELA11C1 and ELA11W1)

1. Students will find a classic piece of theater literature such as a Shakespeare play. 2. The student will condense the play to find the main points and then will adapt the information to fit six days. 3. After the script has been adapted, the student will take photographs or draw pictures that fit with the story they are telling. 4. The students will then use the Comic-Life software to develop their adaptation. 5. After the adaptations are complete, the students will develop a class scrapbook that includes each of their submissions. 6. The students will critique the scrapbook and its contents and will reflect on what can be done to improve this in the future.
 * Procedures:**


 * Lessons Learned: ** Through this project I have learned that there are many different ways to teach standards. It has shown me yet another way that technology can be integrated into the classroom. I feel that I have learned that I am not as good at developing short stories that fit into this format. It took a while to find the concept I wanted to follow and to develop it. I also learned that online learning using this tool is fairly easy and effective. It is a fairly user friendly tool and being able to view usage of it and how-to videos made the online learning experience very effective. It was a good way to view something that was different from I had done or seen.

My Assessment Tool



 * || Not Evident || Emergent || Mastered ||
 * Students use correct grammar and spelling || No grammar and spelling usage is correct. || Most grammar and spelling usage is correct. || All grammar and spelling usage is correct. ||
 * Content is well organized || Content is not organized. || Content is mostly organized. || Content is well organized. ||
 * Adaptation of literature tells the story well || The story is not told. || The story is mostly told || The story is told very well. ||
 * Critique/Reflection is well written and thought-provoking || The critique/reflection shows no thought. || The critique/reflection shows some thought. || The critique/reflection shows very good thought. ||
 * Comic Strip is well developed and uses pictures/graphics well || Comic Strip is not well developed and does not use pictures/graphics well. || Comic Strip is mostly well developed and generally uses pictures/graphics well. || Comic Strip is very well developed and uses pictures/graphics well. ||
 * Comic strip follows a logical pattern || The comic strip does not follow a logical pattern. || The comic strip mostly follows a logical pattern. || The comic strip follows a logical pattern. ||