We finally finished our Appropriation unit; and Grade 5's were creatively exhausted after a long, but rewarding journey! To begin the unit, we looked at various Pop Culture icons and examples throughout history and global cultures. Students were then able to choose a comic book character from any era and Appropriate it; using culture, race, humor, societal issues, or any topic they wished to employ. We started out in How We Express Ourselves, and overlapped the unit into Where We Are in Place and Time. Both ended up being appropriate.
The first step was to do the Appropriation planning in their sketchbooks using a printed copy of their character/strip.
The next step was to lightly trace the outline of the original comic, using carbon paper. From there the students were able to make the necessary adjustments in order to change the original to their own version, or
Appropriation.
They did a mock- up on A3 paper with colored pencils and markers, and then traced that onto a piece of poster board paper for the Summative task. The final pieces were painted using acrylics, and took a lot of layering and detail work before they were actually finished.
The last step was to make them look like shiny, giant comic book pages. Here are a few of the pieces that I think exemplified the hard work my students put in! Enjoy. :)
 |
| Planning! |
 |
| Apsara, age 11 |
 |
| Anushka, age 11 |
 |
| Ifrad, age 11 |
 |
| Safwan, age 11 |
