Tuesday, January 26th (Group A) and Friday, January 29th (Group B)

 1. Graphic Novel Terms Quiz

2. Understanding Comics discussion

Chapter 2 – Vocabulary of Comics 

• What is an icon?
• How does knowing what an icon help you “get” the author’s point about the “Treachery of Images”
• What is the difference between and icon and emanata? 
• Discuss the concept of the universality of the cartoon. How/why does this concept help readers of comics?

Chapter 3 – Blood in the Gutter 

• In comics, what is “the gutter?”
• Discuss the concept of closure as it relates to comics.
• Of the six types of transitions in comics, choose one that you find most interesting and tell why.
• What’s the point of the three stories about Carl that are shown on pages 84-85?

3. Persepolis Timeline

- Discussion of Iranian Revolution. 

4. Persepolis Reading Questions

Homework:

Read Persepolis 1-53. (Note taking guide in Schoology)

Read: "The Veil" in Schoology and answer questions

Complete: Practice quiz in Schoology