Art with Ms. Doyle

New Media English 11 Response Writing Curricular Competencies (Learning Standards) being assessed: I can         Apply appropriate strategies to comprehend written, oral, visual, and multimodal texts, to guide inquiry and extend thinking I can         Think critically, creatively, and reflectively to explore ideas within, between, and beyond texts Apply appropriate strategies to comprehend written, oral, visual and multimodal texts ·        Apply: put to use for practical purpose ·        Multimodal: texts that combine two or more means of communication (visual, audio, gestural, spatial) ·        Comprehend: make sense of ·        Reading strategies: making predictions, asking questions, paraphrasing/summarizing, making connections, reflecting, analyzing parts, determining importance ·...

How do I begin to create a political cartoon? First you must ask yourself, “What is the issue I want to write about?” There are so many choices, I’m going to try and help you narrow these down. Here is a brief list to help you think about what topic might be interesting to you, as well as some things to think about as you begin. Topic Ideas: ·        Step 1 Find a Current Event – Choose a topic and find your voice. What is it you want to say about the topic? Once you select your topic, come up with a summary of what you are trying to get across to your audience. Possible topics: Health Care (Affordable Health care, Ebola, Obesity, Antivaxers, etc.) Military/War (Conflict in the Middle East, ISIS, etc.) Immigration (Immigration policy, Treatment of Immigrants, etc.) Education (Education Policy, Importance of Education, etc.) Current Event Topics (Elections, Halloween, Thanksgiving, etc.) ·       ...