Areas of exploration, Key concepts: Literary study: ATL skills: Assessment For Learning:
Intertextuality, Reader, Representation, identity, Critical Thinking, Research Paper 1
writer & text culture
How can we use communication
as a form of identity?
Learning Objectives:
To understand the assessment criteria for Paper 1
To evaluate sample responses
To assess own responses using the assessment criteria
Starter: Research/discuss What is your favourite comic? (if you have one) or what
is your favourite cartoon? (if you have one)
What is the difference between cartoons and comics?
Comics Brainstorm
Task: List the FEATURES of comics you see.
1. Let’s project some cartoons, discuss, and build a list of terms/ideas.
Activity: Ten Texts
1. Read the ten comics quietly.
2. Discuss the questions on the following slide with friends at your table.
3. Be ready to share your answers in the whole class discussion.
Questions for Discussion
1. Which text gives you the most objective understanding of the story? Why?
2. Which text gives you the most subjective understanding of the story?' Why?
3. What is the effect of telling the story in one panel (Text 6)?
4. What is the effect of telling the story in thirty panels (Text 7)?
5. What is the effect of adding colour to this story (Text 8)?
6. Which text is the most complex, considering style, structure and meaning?
Introducing Patrick
Chappatte
LO: To analyse cartoons
Discuss the following
features with your partner:
1. Characterization of
Authorities and Man on
Beach.
2. Graphic Weight
3. Gaze
4. Foreground/Background
5. Symbolism
6. Irony
7. Color/Black and White
8. Speech Bubble
Graphic Weight: Dark uniforms and
stance draws our attention to the
authorities.
Gaze of authority on right draws our
gaze down to drowned man.
Speech Bubble: Ironic showing no
empathy for migrants.
Lack of Color helps to underscore
tragedy.
Drowned Man is emaciated and
lacks clear facial features. Hands
show desperation to reach shore.
A sample global issue:
This cartoon relates to the field of inquiry of power, politics, and
justice. Specifically, Chappatte argues that despite the arduous
journey that desperate refugees make for freedom, they are often
met by individuals, and even nations, that do not empathize with
their plight and reject their suffering. In the end, many refugees are
turned away due to the inaction of the developed world.
Meet Our Cartoonist - Patrick Chappatte
Let’s Watch Patrick Chappatte TED Talk.
● Take a few notes in your Learner Portfolio as you watch/listen.
● Create a short profile on Patrick Chappatte in your LP. What do you need to
know about him?
● This knowledge is important for Zoom Out work.
Working with a Comic
1. Choose ONE comic from the following slides.
2. Copy the Comic in your LP.
3. Take some notes on:
● The global issue
● Context (What news item is the comic referring to?)
● Features and their effects
The fields of inquiry for IB English are12:
● Culture, identity and community
● Beliefs, values and education
● Politics, power and justice
● Art, creativity and the imagination
● Science, technology and the environment/natural world
Homework
1. Gding question: How does text and image convey a message about power
and justice?
2. Write your introduction to your chosen cartoon.
