Hopkinton Independent School Comics Convention 2009
Posted: 31-07-2009 Filed under: COMICS CAMPS, HIS, Photos Leave a comment
This year’s HIS Comics Convention featured the following original stories:
- The Adventures of Flyscreme! by Brian F.
- The Adventures of King Billy the Crazy Dude by Brian M.
- The Adventures of Tyler the Teen by Colin
- Baking Boa by Emma
- Bo the Hubble by Alexander
- CRA-Z COMICS by Finnegan
- Ed’s Edventures, Book I: Siege on Macindaw by Danny
- Great Silver Spirit Wolf by Ali
- Jedd (2) by Paul
- LeBrón the Alien by Dominic
- Lost! on Pigmy Mountain by Henry
- SEEDS 2.3 by Marek
- SuperDude vs. The Evil Business Men of Evilness by Charles
- Tom by Albert
Here are some photos of us preparing and distributing our comics:Â Read the rest of this entry »
Comics Camp at Hopkinton Independent School
Posted: 30-07-2009 Filed under: COMICS CAMPS, HIS, Photos Leave a commentOur Comics Camp at the Hopkinton Independent School will hold its annual Comics Convention on Friday, 31 July, 2009 from 3:00-4:00. Come see us, and collect our newest mini-comics!
Hopkinton Independent School Comics Convention 2008
Posted: 15-08-2008 Filed under: COMICS CAMPS, HIS, Photos Leave a comment
We held our fifth Mini-Comics Convention of the season today!
Hopkinton Independent School: Stories on the Way…
Posted: 12-08-2008 Filed under: COMICS CAMPS, HIS, Photos, Student Artwork Leave a commentDrawing (and teaching) comics is one of the coolest jobs imaginable! Where else can you work with talking birds, mutated bunnies, olympian athletes, infamous politicians, ghosts, sentient blobs, sneaky puppies, ninjas, bank robbers, secret service agents, pirates, and creative kids all under the same roof and sky?
"Arts in the Wild" Creation Myths
Posted: 02-08-2008 Filed under: COMICS CAMPS, Folk Tales and Mythology, HIS, Student Artwork Leave a comment
Here are some examples of the creation myths we created during our “Arts in the Wild” camp this past week. (Click on the images to enlarge them and read the comics!)
Cat and Mouse by Hannah K.
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Camp Tuckernuck: "Arts in the Wild"
Posted: 02-08-2008 Filed under: COMICS CAMPS, Folk Tales and Mythology, HIS, Photos Leave a commentWe spent the week exploring the woods and fields of Camp Tuckernuck, and creating comics about what we found!
For five sunny days, Read the rest of this entry »
Solar System Comic: Space Mission to the Galilean Moons…
Posted: 30-04-2008 Filed under: Curriculum, HIS, HIS, Science, Student Artwork Leave a commentWatch how Colby creates a fun, inviting sense of space in this informational mini-comic! He uses simple but effective textures to show the variety of environmnents found by our tourguide, the solar-powered satellite Soonipi-1:
Solar System Comic: Trans-Neptunian Space Mission!
Posted: 27-04-2008 Filed under: Curriculum, HIS, HIS, Science, Student Artwork Leave a commentKelsey’s Solar System Comic takes us out beyond Neptune with Soonipi-1. Watch how she introduces comparisons in both her text and her graphics:
 
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Solar System Comic: Satellites of Saturn
Posted: 27-04-2008 Filed under: Curriculum, HIS, HIS, Science, Student Artwork 1 Comment
Dominic’s Solar System Comic takes us to the biggest of Saturn’s moons. Watch how historical satellites give Soonipi-1 a tour in this excerpt: Read the rest of this entry »
Unit Plan: Solar System Comics
Posted: 27-04-2008 Filed under: Curriculum, EDUCATION, HIS, HIS, How we learn, Program Outlines, Science Leave a comment
SUBJECT: Science: Astronomy: Solar System
GRADE LEVEL: 5-8
DESCRIPTION: Students create comics that introduce and explore specific regions and features of the solar system, using astronomical vocabulary and mathematical comparisons.This unit provides a student-directed, engaging, and self-documenting project that combines science and art. The students can do the bulk of the research and artwork outside of class, which reserves precious class time for science content instruction, skill-building, and sharing our discoveries.
OBJECTIVES: Students will be able to… Read the rest of this entry »
Comics Workshop 
