Murder on the Orient Express Lesson Plan

Framing Meaning

Kind of Activity:

Mixed Media

Objective:

Students read about different ways of presenting meaning—through simultaneous words and images—in a graphic novel; students then create a series of graphic-novel frames to depict an important exchange between two or more characters.

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.R.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.R.3, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.SL.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.W.4

Structure:

Students read about graphic-novelist Scott McCloud’s word and image combinations (on the website: The Interpretation and Exploration of Digital Writing). As necessary, review McCloud’s combination types as a...