Graphic Novel Mind-Map Project

Graphic Novel Mind-map Project

• As you read your graphic novel, you need to be taking jot notes in the graphic organizer provided

• This graphic organizer summarizes the characteristics of a graphic novel – the Setting, the Characters, the Genre, the Illustrations and the Format/Layout

• You will be given sufficient class time to work on this project but if you are not completed after the designated time, you will be required to finish it at home

 

Five Categories

1.  Setting – Where and when did the story take place?

2.  Characters - Who are the main characters involved in the graphic novel? What role do they play? Eg superhero, detective, warrior, etc.

3.  Genre - What ‘type’ is the graphic novel that you have read? Eg: action, romance, fantasy, sci-fiction, realistic fiction, etc.

Five Categories cont’d

4.  Illustration Style - What is the illustration style? Eg Cartoon-like, realistic, manga, etc.

5.  Format/Layout - How is the graphic novel presented? What are the panels like? What is the relationship between the text and the illustration?

Graphic Novel Mind-map Project• When you have completed reading the graphic novel and

filled out the graphic organizer, you will be creating a mind-map from your Graphic Organizer jot notes for the categories: Setting, Characters, Genre, Illustrations, Format/Layout

• Use the large paper provided• Each category will have jot notes and a graphic

representation (illustration drawn and coloured) to represent your jot notes

• You will use arrows from each category for your jot notes and a hand-drawn and coloured illustration

• This is to be neat and tidy

First:

• Insert a title in large letters – coloured bubble letters or stencilled letters work best

• In smaller letters identify the author(s) and illustrator(s)

Graphic Novel Title and Author

and Illustrator

Next:

• Neatly colour each category a different colour

Now:

• Draw an arrow from a category and write your notes from your graphic organizer in a shape, keeping in mind that more than one arrow may be necessary, and more than one shape

• There must be at least one hand-drawn and coloured illustration to represent your notes

• After you finish a category, lightly shade in the shapes in the same colour as its category

Example:

SETTING

During the 1700s

In Guanajuato, a small town in Mexico

Finally:

• Continue like that for each category• Each set of notes must have at least one

picture as a means of explanation

• So:• Your mind-map should end up looking

something like this…

Graphic Novel Title,

Author, Illustrato

r

Graphic Novel Title,

Author, Illustrato

r

SettingSetting

Genre

Genre

Format

Layout

Format

Layout

IllustrationIllustrationCharactersCharacters

Romance

HeroSchool

girlManga

Colour

Realistic

School Japan

Text under imag

es

Same

sized

panels