American BOrn Chines
assignments
Feb 12/13: American Born Chinese Day 1
- Read up to page 52 of the graphic novel and respond to the following questions:
- Summarize the three stories presented in the graphic novel.
- What do the protagonists in each story have in common?
- What panel (picture) did you find the most interesting, compelling, funny, offensive, thought-provoking, etc.? Why?
Feb 19/20: American Born Chinese pages 55-130
- Read up to pages 55-130 of the graphic novel and respond to the following questions:
- Summarize the three stories presented in the graphic novel.
- What do the protagonists in each story have in common?
- What panel (picture) did you find the most interesting, compelling, funny, offensive, thought-provoking, etc.? Why?
Feb 23/24: Comic Adaptation
Feb 25/26: American Born Chinese pages 133-233
- Finish the graphic novel and respond to the following prompts/questions:
- Write a two sentence summary for each of the following characters: the Monkey King, Jin, and Danny.
- Wong says, "To find your true identity is the highest of all freedoms." What does this mean, and how can it be true? How does this apply to Jin? How does this apply to you?
- What did the Monkey King leave behind once he was free? What does this symbolize?
- Danny (who we now know is really Jin), tries to get rid of Chin-Kee. Psychologically, who is Jin trying to get rid of?
- What did Jin learn about himself by the end of the graphic novel?
Feb 27/Mar 4: Draw Your Own Comic
- Here is the prompt. Here is a student example. Here is g layout 1 & layout 2; feel free you design you own layout that fits the unique needs of your comic.
Mar 5/6: Final Comic
- Draw one more comic; here is the prompt. You will assign yourself a grade on this project; here is the comic self-evaluation.