Making my own Comic Strip

Task 1: Re-write the story (or write your own story) as a comic strip or graphic novel. If you choose a classic, you may change the setting and time period but the story and characters should be basically the same as the original. Post the comic strip to your blog. The comic strip should be at least 12 panels. 

Task 2: Write a paragraph discussing your choices; explain why you chose to depict the events you did. Why was this event important to the plot? What did it reveal about a character or about the theme? Etc. Explain any choices you made artistically as well. For example-someone might choose to draw a character without its head-just showing its body as a way to show that the reader doesn't actually know them) 

For the comic strip, I chose Rapunzel because that's one of my favorite fairytales/ stories. I tried to chose the most significant parts of the story because even though it's a long story, it can be summarized in twelve panels. I had to leave out some of the details, such as them going to the Snuggle Duckling pub and the Stabbington brothers, but didn't affect the storyline. Choosing these certain events that happened in the story revealed that which characters played the more important roles (Flynn, Rapunzel, Mother Gothel) in the movie and which characters the story could've gone one without. One of the theme's was finding courage and I think that this comic really captures that.

Task 3: Imagine how a teacher could use one of these comic strip tools for 2 different subjects (not English). Come up with an assignment and briefly explain your idea (it doesn't need to be as detailed as other blog posts you've done about assignments)

A teacher could utilize these comic strip making tools for a "Media Design" elective or also in an a science class, maybe for explaining how to do a certain comic. If I had to make an assignment that included using a comic strip tool for the science class, it would be to choose a certain concept (ex. mitosis, genes) and create a fun and engaging comic strip to make it easy to learn about. A student could choose a biology concept, for example, and create a comic strip showing little cartoon cells talking with each other and explaining what they're doing in the body. If it was for a media design elective, like the one I took when I was in grade 10, they could choose a movie and create a comic strip for their favorite scene.