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ENGL 1405 Unit 8 March 21-27 Unit 8: All Together Now Topics  Visual literacy  The cultural concept of graphic text  How to train your mind to read graphic text Learning Objectives  Critically assess a fictive narrative and identify its key concepts.  Discuss given readings while applying techniques learned for synthesis.  Compose a practice based research into the area of short-story literature. Tasks  Peer assess Unit 7 Written Assignment  Read the Learning Guide and Reading Assignments  Take the Self-Quiz  Read the Unit 9 Learning Guide carefully for instructions on the Final Exam  Take the Review Quiz  Complete and submit the anonymous Course Evaluation Introduction Graphic text is how civilization first started recording history. The visual literacy for each culture, and generation, is unique. What might be a symbol of joy for one culture can be a symbol of destruction for another. For your Discussion Forum, describe what you read and what you think the graphic text meant.

Although not required, it is strongly suggested to take the Self-Quiz as they will prove useful study guides for the Graded Quizzes later in the unit. Reading Assignment The reading assignments for this unit are:  ENGL 1404 Unit 8 Powerpoint / PDF – Visual Literacy. Also, you need to pick ONE of the following:  I Can’t Stop Thinking (any of the 6) by Scott McCloud (http://www.scottmccloud.com/1-webcomics/icst/index.html)  Mantis Shrimp by The Oatmeal (http://theoatmeal.com/comics/mantis_shrimp)  Sandcastles by Jackie Schill and Joseph Szewczyk (PDF)  Stanely by Lorna Scobie (http://lornascobieillustration.blogspot.ca/2010/10/stanley-graphicnovel.html)  Peanuts (any from the collection) by Charles M Shulz (https://www.gocomics.com/peanuts/2020/10/22)  Choose Your Own Ending by Drew Weing (http://www.drewweing.com/puppages/05pup.html)  Girls with Slingshots (any from the collection) by Danielle Corsetto (http://www.girlswithslingshots.com/comic/gws1/)  Dreamless by Sarah Ellerton and Bobby Crosby (http://dreamless.keenspot.com/d/20090105.html)  Celephais (all 14 pages) by Jason Thompson ( http://mockman.com/2011/03/21/celephais-page-1/ )  Girl Genius (any of the pages) by Kaja and Phil Foglio with Cheyenne Wright ( http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php ) Discussion Assignment For your Discussion Assignment, you will write about the graphic text you read. You will describe what you thought of when you read it. Try to interpret the images into your own words.

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