- We watched Stephen Colbert's interview with Maurice Sendak.
- We looked over and discussed Shaun Tan's The Arrival and David Weisner's The Three Pigs.
Homework:
- Work on papers (due Wednesday 5/9/12 from 8-9:50am).
- Friday is an optional in-class workday for the papers.
- We did a picture book scavenger hunt and talked about what we discovered.
Homework:
- Read The Three Pigs for class Wednesday.
- Complete final paper (due Wednesday 5/9/12 from 8-9:50am).
- We read The Giving Tree, discussed the book, and then looked at some other picture books.
Homework:
- Monday: bring a picture book you aren't familiar with to class. There are TONS of books available in the Teaching Materials Center on the 6th floor of Milner.
- Wednesday: read (and bring to class) The Three Pigs.
- Friday: optional work day; bring you laptops, papers, etc. and ask any questions and/or do a peer review.
- Wednesday (5/9/12): turn in final paper from 7:50am-9:50am in my office (STV 422J).
- Reminder: the final is in class this Wednesday (4/25/12). Don't forget to bring a blue book!
- We talked about how to revise the critical argument paper, including adding secondary sources.
- We finished working on the McCloud categories in Bone.
- We finished discussing Bone.
Homework:
- Study for the final!
- Friday we'll be talking about picture books in class, so there is no outside reading.
- I passed back the last quiz; quiz averages are posted in Blackboard.
- We looked at a wide range of example graphic novels.
- We talked more about the middle chapters of Bone.
- We worked on finding examples from each of McCloud's categories.
Homework:
- Finish reading Bone (Monday).
- Study for the final (Wednesday).
