Module 6
Fiction, Fantasy, and Graphic Novels
Graphic Novel
1. BIBLIOGRAPHY
Krosoczka, Jarrett. 2010. LUNCH LADY AND THE SUMMER CAMP SHAKEDOWN. New York, NY: Random House Children’s Books. ISBN 9780375860959
2. PLOT SUMMARY
Krosoczka’s graphic novel is a page-turner written in comic book form. This book starts with kids heading to summer camp. Some are sad they are going to miss their electronics and some are really excited for all the activities. On the bus there is one kid that is a bully to everyone and is giving everyone a hard time about a “swamp monster.” He is telling them that he will eat them. When they get to camp everyone is getting settled in and ready for camp activities. The counselors are really excited for all the campers. One counselor gets attacked by the “swamp monster,” so they start cancelling different activities. This upsets the campers, but even more it upsets the lunch ladies and they have to figure out who is doing this. The two lunch ladies start to investigate even though they were told not to. They use all their “tools” from the cafeteria to investigate. They get a lead on the “swamp monster” and follow where he is going. They finally get to him and figure out it was one of the camp counselors!
3. CRITICAL ANALYSIS
Graphic novels are very creative. They are a long comic strip or book that keep you at the edge of your seat, at least this one did. It introduced all the characters in the beginning. The pictures were different shades of black, white, and yellow. The illustrations also had different textures to paint the picture for you. Whenever the scene changed it would tell you at the top of the page. On some of the pages there would be little boxes and others the picture would take up the whole page. I noticed if a page was more exciting it took up the whole page. For example… “At one of the boys cabins…” You always knew exactly what the setting was and what they were doing. This author still did an awesome just at keeping you on the edge of your seat though because there were no hints on who the “swamp monster” was. You had to keep reading and solving the mystery with the lunch ladies to find out.
Krosoczka, Jarrett. 2010. LUNCH LADY AND THE SUMMER CAMP SHAKEDOWN. New York, NY: Random House Children’s Books. ISBN 9780375860959
2. PLOT SUMMARY
Krosoczka’s graphic novel is a page-turner written in comic book form. This book starts with kids heading to summer camp. Some are sad they are going to miss their electronics and some are really excited for all the activities. On the bus there is one kid that is a bully to everyone and is giving everyone a hard time about a “swamp monster.” He is telling them that he will eat them. When they get to camp everyone is getting settled in and ready for camp activities. The counselors are really excited for all the campers. One counselor gets attacked by the “swamp monster,” so they start cancelling different activities. This upsets the campers, but even more it upsets the lunch ladies and they have to figure out who is doing this. The two lunch ladies start to investigate even though they were told not to. They use all their “tools” from the cafeteria to investigate. They get a lead on the “swamp monster” and follow where he is going. They finally get to him and figure out it was one of the camp counselors!
3. CRITICAL ANALYSIS
Graphic novels are very creative. They are a long comic strip or book that keep you at the edge of your seat, at least this one did. It introduced all the characters in the beginning. The pictures were different shades of black, white, and yellow. The illustrations also had different textures to paint the picture for you. Whenever the scene changed it would tell you at the top of the page. On some of the pages there would be little boxes and others the picture would take up the whole page. I noticed if a page was more exciting it took up the whole page. For example… “At one of the boys cabins…” You always knew exactly what the setting was and what they were doing. This author still did an awesome just at keeping you on the edge of your seat though because there were no hints on who the “swamp monster” was. You had to keep reading and solving the mystery with the lunch ladies to find out.
4. REVIEW EXCERPT(S)
From Kids Reads: “LUNCH LADY AND THE SUMMER CAMP SHAKEDOWN is a fast-paced, high-energy graphic novel. Written and illustrated by award-winning author and illustrator Jarrett J. Krosoczka, the story and illustrations make the reading experience a delight.”
From Kids Reads: “LUNCH LADY AND THE SUMMER CAMP SHAKEDOWN is a fast-paced, high-energy graphic novel. Written and illustrated by award-winning author and illustrator Jarrett J. Krosoczka, the story and illustrations make the reading experience a delight.”
From Good Reads: “This story is fun,
easy-to-follow, and perfect for young readers. It is well written, and has a
clear mystery with a great resolution, which kids would love trying to figure
out.”
5. CONNECTIONS
5. CONNECTIONS
* I think these little graphic novels are an awesome way to
get kids to read that aren’t too excited about it because they are easy to
follow and still have all the fiction story traits.
*Another similar series would be BABY MOUSE.
*In my classroom a lot of my students love the graphic
novels, they get to reading and don’t want to stop.
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