1. After reading “Merlin and the Dragons” – students will make a prediction using the Make Beliefs Comix app on the iPad. You will create a comic that depicts what kind of leader Arthur would have been had he never known Merlin and his inspirational stories.
This task uses:
Open the Make Beliefs Comix app on your iPad.
Give your comic a name and put your name for the Author.
Follow the directions given on the app to customize your Characters, Speech Bubbles, Objects, Scenery, Colors.
You must have at 3 or 4 frames.
Be sure your comic tells what would have happened to Arthur if he had never known Merlin and his fate as king.
When you are finished, click the “Next” arrow.
Then Review your Comic.
Once you have reviewed it, click “Save to Camera Roll”
Click “OK” when the iPad tells you it has been saved to the Camera Roll.
Common Core/NG Standard(s):
RL.7.1 – Cite several pieces of textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
TEACHER NOTES:
Teacher’s name/ Amy Lovell/
School: S.P. Arnett Middle
Grade Level/Subject: 7th Grade / ELA
Task Card Level: 3
Special Directions/Considerations:
Activity Evaluation: Rubric
Prerequisites for students:
Text being used (from the High School ELA Guidebook): Holt “Merlin and the Dragon”