School Memories

Sixth grade students began middle school by thinking about their current status as learners, setting goals for the year and reflecting on their past school experiences. Ms. C-R shared her own recollection of the oft-repeated first day scenario when the teacher would get to her name on the attendance list and proceed to mumble and fumble trying to pronounce it correctly. Growing up with a given name (Elana) that was difficult to pronounce and a nickname (Lani) that was impossible to spell correctly caused her to approach each year with a strange mixture of excitement and trepidation. You can scroll down to the end to view her comic.


Using as inspiration Ms. C-R's story and excerpts from various sources, including several graphic novels, students reflected on an experience from their educational past. They first shared their stories orally, then composed a written paragraph describing the event. Finally, they imagined that they were the writers of their own graphic memoirs and using the comic strip making program provided by Pixton.com, students created a "page" from their imagined memoir.


Scroll down to view these creative representations of a time in school that students will always remember. To see each comic in full, click on the small yellow box with the four arrows in the lower right hand corner.

Melina

Solek

Philip

Ben

Mason

Jonah

Will

Anton

Tamir

Aedan

Sam

August

Moses

Benjamin

Ms. C-R