MARCH BOOK ONE A GRAPHIC NOVEL GRAPHIC NOVELS

MARCH BOOK ONE A GRAPHIC NOVEL

GRAPHIC NOVELS & COMIC BOOKS • Use words and illustrations to tell a story • Can be fiction or non-fiction • Can have complex characters with detailed back stories and inner conflict • People may disagree on how to categorize a particular publication, i. e. The Walking Dead

GRAPHIC NOVEL � COMIC BOOK • Complete story = one or two books (March is actually a trilogy) • Story told over several issues, which are often published monthly • More pages than a comic book • Average of 22 pages • Images may be more complex and integral to the story • Images may be less complex or integral to the story • Well-known graphic novels: • Well-known comic book series: – Maus (The author interviews his father about his experiences as a Polish Jew and Holocaust survivor) – Watchmen (chronicles the fall from grace of a group of super-heroes with very human failings) – The Diary of a Teenage Girl (switches between prose and graphic images) – The Amazing Spider Man – Archie – Peanuts – Garfield

Will reading March be easier than reading a traditional novel? • Make inferences and predictions (based on the text AND images) • Confirm and revise predictions as you read • Flashbacks • Flashforwards • Shifting points to view not exactly • Foreshadowing • Speech and thought bubbles vary, fonts, sizes, and shapes to convey the tone and volume of speech • Non-traditional spelling to convey accents and sound effects • Tone (author’s attitude) and mood (emotion experienced by readers) conveyed through facial expressions and light/dark images

LANGUAGE ADVISORY: March accurately depicts racism of the 1950 s and 1960 s • Contains instances of racist language and offensive epithets (language meant to insult or abuse) • Not to promote, but to accurately portray the central conflicts using authentic language • Ground rules: – Racist and offensive terms do not need to be repeated for productive discussion – Disrespectful behavior, such as laughing or using racist and offensive terms will not be tolerated

16 page s Decembe r 1957 This book was used to Trilogy: spread the word about the 569 Civil Rights Movement pages and teach the philosophy of nonviolence. John Lewis believes comic books and graphic novels August can again be a tool to 2013 August educate and inspire new 2016 generations.