Character Writing Pixtons

Several weeks ago, we started working on a writing task- we had to create 3 different characters and then write a story about them. This task was called Character Writing. Once we finished creating our characters (one boy two girls) We were instructed to write a short story about our characters.

This term, as part of UOI, we are studying Graphic Novels, so Miss Glubb told us that we would be creating our own Graphic Novel based on our story using Pixton, a comic creator. It was very fun playing around and creating our characters in the graphic world, seeing what you imagined coming to life before your eyes. We have also been studying other topics such as Special Person and Special Place. Here is a powerpoint of some of the Graphic Novels.

What’s your favourite story you’ve written before? Tell us in the comments below!

By Hattie and Eliza

Graphic Novels

Today we started our reading inquiry on graphic novels. We started by looking through some graphic novels and we noticed that even though they sometimes can look quite similar they are actually all quite different. Some of the things we learned about graphic novels are:

• Some graphic novels have more pictures than words and vice-versa.
• Sometimes people who don’t enjoy reading prefer graphic novels to normal novels.
• Graphic novels, while they are similar to comic books, are actually more complex even though they follow the same format.
• Another difference is that graphic novels have stand-alone plots.    
• Graphic novels are made up of images, words, dialogue balloons, thought balloons, captions, panel and gutters, as well as the actual story.     

We are both looking forward to reading graphic novels in class, and we are sure everyone else is too!

Do you have any favourite graphic novels? We would love to hear from you.

By Kathleen and Caroline