Block 5 English 10 - Catcher Comix

In-Class Assignment Block 3 English 10

Due Wednesday, April 18

Choose one chapter of The Catcher in the Rye and rewrite it as a graphic novel.

You do not have to be a good artist to do this. You can draw stick figures or steal clip art from the web if you can find it.

You should have a minimum of seven panels, spread out over three or four pages. The panels can be any size you like, but should not be smaller than 1/4 of a page. You can do more than seven if you need more panels to tell the story.

Look through other graphic novels to figure out what style you want to use. Some of the words can come out of people’s mouths in balloons, and others can be printed as narration at the tops of panels.

But the key requirement here is to tell as much of the story through pictures as you can. You can show that Holden is talking to two nuns by drawing them – then you do not have to say anything about the fact that they are nuns because we can see it.

Choose your chapter well. Do not choose the same chapter as another student, and make sure the action going on in the story is something you find interesting.

We will work on this in class on Thursday, April 12 and Monday April 16. The assignment is due at the beginning of class on April 18. You may have to do some of the work at home.