Don’t we all just love a good comic? Isn’t it even better with a moral? Well, Mrs. Donnelly’s class of 2023-24 used a book called Wisdom Tales from September 2023 till January 2024 to make comics with a moral.

 

• Well, what was their process? First, they created a slideshow where they learned about the history of stories and how they came to be today.
• Next, they read stories that had a moral or religious message. Some of the stories were from India, China, Africa, the Middle East, and there were also some Christian tales. 
• Soon after that, Mrs. Donnelly told the class that they had to make a comic related to one of the wisdom tales that they read in class.
• They got to meet a visual storyteller/artist named Brittain Peck. Mrs. Williams’ class was also there because they were doing the same things as Mrs. Donnelly’s.
• Brittain Peck taught us about many things which we all incorporated into our drawings. Some of the things that he taught us were how to make shapes tell a story, how to make drawings pretty and simple, and how to incorporate emotion into a drawing.
• After that, they started their comics. There are drawing apps that they used to create their art. Some of the apps were Paper 53, Adobe Draw, Sketchbook, and Sketchpad. Mrs. Donnelly also taught them about how to use an app called Comic Life 3.
• Comic Life 3 is an app where you can choose templates and insert text and/or images to make a comic.
• Next, they drew images on Sketchbook and pasted them into Comic Life 3. Then, they had a rubric.
• The rubric had conditions such as name, date, class, and many more. They needed Mrs. Donnelly’s permission to get printed. 
• Once they got printed, they would paste them on the wall and keep them under which class period the creators of the comics were in. 
• Then, they wrote a blog post about their comic. You are reading one just now.

Well, I guess that’s it! Thank you for reading my…… Oh. I almost forgot! Write in the comments which story you “comiced”. My story was Antlers from Greece.