1. Comic Club Embrace the Insanity Maria Martella / Diana Maliszewski

2. Agenda  Introduction  How To Select and Review  Our Favourite Titles  Using Graphic Novels In The Classroom  Q & A Time

3. Introduction  Maria’s Intro to the Comic World  Diana’s Intro to the Comic World  The creation and evolution of the Tinlids Graphic Novel Book Club and Review Team

4. Rating the Ratings  Publisher ratings  Book Seller ratings  Teacher-Librarian ratings  Why so different? Audience Purpose Subjective content

5. How To Review  “Don’t judge a book by its cover” Art / illustrations Text / story

6. How To Select  Like other media – use board’s selection criteria  Know your audience

7. Our Favourite Titles  Elementary and secondary  Handout to follow (no need to take notes!)

8. Comics in the Classroom  Anything goes!  Maria’s Sample 1:  Diana’s Sample 1:  Maria’s Sample 2:  Diana’s Sample 2:

9. Maria@tinlids.ca Diana.Maliszewski@tel.tdsb.on.ca