Tuesday, March 26

English 12B: Today we started a graphic novel project in conjunction with our reading of A Christmas Carol. Your task is to transform Dickens's novel into a graphic novel that shows his story through the lens of either the four stages of the hero or the monomyth. Today we read Stave I.  Here are the directions:

A Christmas Carol and the Four Stages of the Hero Graphic Novel Project

As we read Dickens’s A Christmas Carol, your task is to create a graphic novel of the text that displays your understanding of Scrooge’s progression through the Four Stages of the Hero. You should have a minimum of 16 panels, with at least four panels dedicated to each stage of Innocence, Initiation, Chaos, and Resolution. You may do more than this if you want. Every panel must include at least one line from the text that is emblematic of, and represents, that particular stage. This can be dialogue or narration, either is fine. Your panels can be arranged however you would like in terms of shape and size - they need not all be the same. You can include color or not; this can be done in pen, pencil, or any other medium. Include a title and your name someplace on the project.

A Christmas Carol and the Monomyth Graphic Novel Project

As we read Dickens’s A Christmas Carol, your task is to create a graphic novel of the text that displays your understanding of Scrooge’s progression through the Monomyth. You should have a minimum of 16 panels, with two dedicated to each of the following aspects of the monomyth (note: I’ve combined some from our previous lesson on the monomyth to fit the 16-panel parameter): Birth, the Call to Adventure, Helpers and Amulets, Crossing the Threshold, Tests, The Final Battle, Flight and Return, Elixir and Home. You may do more than two panels per stage if you want. Every panel must include at least one line from the text that is emblematic of, and represents, that particular part of the monomyth. This can be dialogue or narration, either is fine. Your panels can be arranged however you would like in terms of shape and size - they need not all be the same. You can include color or not; this can be done in pen, pencil, or any other medium. Include a title and your name someplace on the project.


You can find a PDF of the text here: 

https://etc.usf.edu/lit2go/pdf/passage/2824/a-christmas-carol-002-stave-i.pdf

CNF: Today we played chess as a way to practice both Blink-style and Freakonomics-style thinking.