1. COMIC LIFE FOR THE ENGLISH CLASSROOM Created by Winnie Milner, media specialist For Warren County Career Center November 2013

2. WHAT IS COMIC LIFE? AN AWARD WINNING APPLICATION USED FOR A MULTITUDE OF VISUAL PURPOSES BUT DON'T JUST THINK OF IT AS A COMIC STRIP CREATOR! YOUTUBE 3-MINUTE INTRODUCTIONINTRODUCTION

3. GENERAL USES OTHER THAN TYPICAL COMICS… ANNOTATED IMAGES, SIGNS & EVENT FLYERS, HOW-TO GUIDES & INSTRUCTION MANUALS, DYNAMIC PHOTO ALBUMS, ARTICLES, SCRAPBOOKS & FAMILY TREES, FIELD TRIP & INTERNSHIP DEBRIEFS, GREETING CARDS & NEWSLETTERS, STUDENT, STAFF & CLASS INTRODUCTIONS, ORIENTATIONS, PROTOCOL OR RULES, GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS, TABLES, CHARTS & TIMELINES, SPECIAL CERTIFICATES, PICTURE BOOKS, CULMINATING ASSIGNMENTS & MORE...

4. HOW CAN IT BE USED IN ENGLISH? ACT & SAT VOCABULARY

5. HOW CAN IT BE USED IN ENGLISH? DEMONSTRATING LITERARY DEVICES OR LITERARY CONCEPTS– IDIOMS, ALLITERATION,

6. HOW CAN IT BE USED IN ENGLISH? BASIC BOOK ANALYSIS & ATYPICAL BOOK REPORTS SETTING PROTAGONIST/ ANTAGONIST TYPES OF CHARACTERS (STATIC VS. DYNAMIC CHARACTERS DEMONSTRATION OF IRONY CONFLICT DENOUEMENT PERSONAL RECOMMENDATION

7. HOW CAN IT BE USED IN ENGLISH? SENIOR MEMORY BOOKS A NEW TWIST ON A PERSONAL NARRATIVE FAMILY TREES

8. OTHER ENGLISH RELATED IDEAS… PARODY OR SATIRE BASED ON ANOTHER PIECE OF WRITING, PLOT ANALYSIS, A CONCLUSION TO A CLIFF HANGING BOOK OR STORY, PEER REVISION & EDITING FORMS, MAD LIB TEMPLATES, TESTING TIPS, TRICKS, & STRATEGIES POSTERS, POETRY ANALYSIS- HAVE ONE LINE IN EACH BLOCK & USE AS A TEMPLATE DISSECTION OF SENTENCE STRUCTURE & GRAMMAR MISTAKES, WRITE A BIOGRAPHY OR AUTOBIOGRAPHY, PRE & POST WRITING TOOLS, CHARACTER ANALYSIS, RECREATE YOUR OWN VERSION OF A SHAKESPEARIAN PLAY, DIALOGUE PUNCTUATION, GRAPHIC NOVELS,

9. VERY BASIC & EASY TO USE USERS CHOOSE FROM: TEMPLATES (ABOVE RIGHT), BLANK PAGES WITH DRAG & DROP STYLES (BOTTOM RIGHT), OR COMPLETELY BLANK PAGES

10. RESOURCES AMERICAN AUTHOR COMIC LIFE PROJECT (PDF LINK)(PDF LINK) READWRITETHINK.ORG (COMIC LIFE IDEAS)(COMIC LIFE IDEAS) COMIC LIFE IN ENGLISH CLASSROOM VIMEOVIMEO PORT WASHINGTON DISTRICT’S POOL OF EXAMPLESEXAMPLES SLIDESHARE PRESENTATION ON COMIC LIFEPRESENTATION

11. TIPS & TRICKS YOU DON’T HAVE TO JUST USE PICTURES IN YOUR COMICS DOCUMENTS, POWERPOINT SLIDES, ETC. CAN BE CONVERTED INTO IMAGE FILES (JPG, TIFF, PNG, ] STUDENTS CAN USE PERSONAL DRAWINGS AS WELL AND THEN IMPORT THEM TO COMIC LIFE

12. ONE LAST NOTE… COMIC LIFE CAN BE EXPORTED BY USING QUICKTIME, STUDENTS CAN MAKE A SLIDESHOW/ MOVIE LINK TO COMIC LIFE MOVIE