The Gallery of Calvin and Hobbes

​ Bill Watterson

Unit 1

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​Integrate information presented in different informational texts, media, or formats to develop a coherent understanding of a topic or issue.

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​Compare and contrast how authors of different genres present events that address similar themes, topics, and events.

​You can open your ELA folder in your Google Drive or use paper to take notes over the following vocabulary.

​panel: individual frame of a comic, depicting a single moment

• Panels work together to tell a story.

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• Panels cannot show everything that happens, so readers must use their imaginations to fill in the blanks

​encapsulation: choice of important scenes to display in each panel

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• The layout of the scenes influences the readers’ interpretations.

• Authors and cartoonists can use size and shape to give more or less weight, or importance, to scenes

​speech balloon: display of what a character is speaking or thinking

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• The size, shape, and color of the speech balloon can show the emotion of the speaker.

• Speech balloons can also show emotion or meaning through the use of punctuation marks.

• ​BACKGROUND Calvin and Hobbes was a highly popular comic strip that ran from 1985 to 1995. It follows the adventures of Calvin, a clever six-year-old with a wild imagination, and his stuffed tiger and imaginary friend, Hobbes. Calvin and Hobbes has appeared in thousands of newspapers worldwide and has attracted fans of all ages.

​Look closely at the speech balloons, facial expressions, and drawings in this comic.

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​On a piece of paper or sticky note write down what you think is going on in this particular comic.

​Look at the drawings carefully in this comic.

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​Write down anything odd you notice on a piece of scratch paper or sticky note.

​Compare and contrast how authors of different genres present events that address similar themes, topics, and events

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​Look back at your notes over Brown Girl Dreaming or even open the Nearpod.

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​Compare and contrast the ways that these two authors show their childhood.

​Think of a time that was important or fun in your life that you could make a comic out of.

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​If there is still time remaining, create this comic on paper OR in a google document.