Students in the 5th- 8th grades have been working on autobiographical comic strips over the past month or so. We began by looking at the work of artist Heather McAdams. Based on the project Heather McAdams created for Spiral Workshop at UIC, Coonley students answered questions and selected a true story based on themes such as an animal encounter they exprienced, something they were afraid of, a moment of triumph, etc. Next students learned about the word thumbnail sketch and panel, and they…
