Classes for Kids

Curriculum and Cartooning

Working in partnership with classroom teachers I create lesson plans that incorporate comic books and curriculum. Listed below are just some of the projects developed over the years and designed to include learning outcomes for social responsibility, literacy and art.

Aesop's Fables
Grade Suitability: Grades 1 to 9
Duration: Four lessons between 1 and 1.5 hours each delivered weekly
Capacity: 10 to 30
English and French

Students create a one-page comic of an Aesop fable incorporating character, story and moral.

The Lion and the Mouse by Aesop

Illustrated by Max Clemens, Grade 7, VPL Book Camp

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Novel Study
Grade Suitability: Grades 4 to 12
Duration: Six 1.5 hour lessons delivered weekly
Capacity: 10 to 30

Students create a collaborative graphic novel adaptation of a book they are studying in class.

A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle

Illustrated by Grade 6 students, Millstream Elementary

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Welcome to Our World
Grade Suitability: Grades K to 9
Duration: Four lessons between 1 and 1.5 hours each delivered weekly
Capacity: 10 to 30

Students create an original 6 panel page of cartoon art describing themselves, their family and their culture.

Written and illustrated by Grade 3, 4 and 7 students, Lord Roberts School

Workshops and Bookcamps

I have also facilitated numerous workshops over the years, including Vancouver Public Library Book Camps, The Chris Cave Foundation, Southmoor Academy, the 2017 NAEA Conference, and more.