Graphic Novel, Adding Movement

One of the nicest things about creating Graphic Novels on the computer is what you can do with those early finishers.  Sure they can help others, or create another novel, but they can also add animation to their existing novel.  This is always a huge hit with the class!

I always have the children save their novel under a second name, such as ____ with movement.  That way we can still print their original.

To add movement, the children need to select their creature (or what they are moving) and click on animations.  I find that 'custom path' works the best.  They then plan out where the object will move, draw this and double-click to finish.  When viewing the PP as a slide show, their creature will now move, once you click on it.

The children really get into this part of the project.  They enjoy having their characters come together, having them leave and making things move about.  Once they know the basics, they play around and you will be amazed at what they can do.

I have shown the children how to do animations as we work through the novels, and they love this.  I do find that some of the children get too caught up with moving things about, and don't remember to work on the rest of their novels.