March 4

Vocabulary for the week is found here

Homework: read chapter 15, The Bean Trees

I hope you're enjoying reading The Bean Trees.  This week we will make comic book versions of the novel.  Here's what you'll need to do:
Comic Book

• 30 points   Due March 12, 2013
• 10 pages. 
• Note: the novel covers 17 chapters but you only have to make 10 illustrated pages.  Since the comic book must cover the entire novel, your summary will need to cover chapters that aren't illustrated.
• Front cover: illustration that deals with a key scene in the book.  Most likely this scene will touch upon a theme in the novel.
• Page 1 Kingsolver biographical information OR interesting discussion of the book to hook the reader
• Next 10 pages are to consist of illustrations with dialog and page numbers.  
• Illustration with speech bubble (top half of each page)
• Summary (bottom half of each page)
• Theme (last page)
• Rear cover: your choice! Look at other books you own and see what is often done and do that, or . . 

You may work with a partner. 
Not all chapters need to be covered, but be sure to include what you think are the most important parts of the book, including important quotes.
Each page needs:
Picture with people talking to each other.  Quote the actual dialog and list page number
1/2 page summary of the story.

At the end you will write 1 page discussing a theme in the book. We will discuss themes later.

OPTIONAL ASSIGNMENT:
Make Xtranormal.com animated video