Graphic Novel & Comic Makerspace Activities

Students love graphic novels, superheroes, and pop culture. These are all of the things that make up a comic convention or “comic con.” Since we can’t bring students to an official Comic-Con®️, bring one to them: right in their Library Media Center!

After downloading this resource you will receive resources to create a comic con experience for pre-kindergarten through 6th grade students to experience graphic novels in a new way. The options are endless for how you can use this resource!

You can use a few activities a week over a month or so, use a handful of activities during one week, or use a mix of some for whole group instruction and conversation and stations.

This product has 30 total pages & slides, and includes:

• Forty (40) Graphic Novel and Comic-themed Task Cards to quickly identify stations (10 pages)
  • Some task cards include QR Codes for students to scan and access videos or games.
  • Games are Graphic Novel or Comic themed, and some include coding.
  • Videos follow copyright law and are author interviews or illustrators showing how to draw their popular graphic novel characters.
  • 4 task cards per 8.5″ x 11″ page
  • PDF file format, not editable
• Directions for four (4) Interactive Activities to use with different grade bands (3 pages):
  • Each activity includes directions to set up the activity and prompts for student reflection or discussion.
  • Just Like Me activity for pre-kindergarten, kindergarten, and 1st grades
  • Concentric Circles activity for 2nd and 3rd grades
  • Maître D activity for 4th, 5th, and 6th grades
  • Make and Take Superhero Scoot for any grade level
  • PDF file format, not editable
• 3-2-1 Author Interview Activity for students in grades 2-6 to use before, during and after viewing an interview with one of their favorite authors. (1 page)
  • PDF file format, not editable
• Three (3) Standards-based Lesson Plans to meet the specific developmental needs of each grade band (3 pages):
  • One for Pre-Kindergarten through Grade 1,
  • Another for Grades 2 and 3, and
  • Another for Grades 4 and 5. See standards listed below.
  • PDF file format, not editable
• Four (4) Superhero bookmarks that are bilingual. Great for students to color on their own! (1 page)
  • PDF file format, not editable
• 10-slide optional Lesson Presentation to facilitate learning about Graphic Novels
  • Includes videos of authors reading excerpts from their own graphic novels, 2 superhero-themed brain breaks, and reflection questions to wrap up comic con stations.
  • Editable in Google Slides

Standards Addressed:

AASL National School Library Standards – See the AASL Standards Framework for Learners to view full text.

• Inquire – B.3.
• Collaborate – B.1.
• Explore – B.1. – B.2.

Common Core English Language Arts Standards –
© Copyright 2010 National Governors Association Center for Best Practices and Council of Chief State School Officers. All rights reserved.

• CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RF.K.4. – CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.K.10 – CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.K.10.
• CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RF.1.4. – CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.1.10 – CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.1.10.
• CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RF.2.4. – CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.2.10 – CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.2.10.
• CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RF.3.4. – CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.3.10 – CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.3.10.
• CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RF.4.4. – CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.4.10 – CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.4.10.
• CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RF.5.4. – CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.5.10 – CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.5.10.
• CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.6.10 – CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.6.10.

 

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