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1. How to Read a Graphic Novel Aim  How will students navigate the words and picture of “Maus” to develop the visual literacy needed to read a graphic novel?

5. The “Flow” of the Story Graphic novels are like regular stories. They have a plot, characters , settings and all the other elements in stories we read in regular books.

7. Start here and follow the red arrows.

9. This is the first page of MAUS Caption #1 Caption #2 Caption #3 Caption #4 What captions tell us about the setting? What captions tell us about the experiences of a character?

11. This is the first page of MAUS (again) Word Balloon #1 Word Balloon #2 Word Balloon #5 Word Balloon #3 Word Balloon #4 Word Balloon #6 Is it clear which character is saying the dialogue in each word balloon?

13. This is the first page of MAUS (again) Word Balloon #1 Word Balloon #2 Word Balloon #5 Word Balloon #3 Word Balloon #4 Word Balloon #6 What words are emphasized? What emotions are the communicating?

15. What to look for in words and pictures Does art make his pain more real to the reader? Why?

17. Now … Let’s start reading the book…