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		<title>Writing Process Comics</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Nov 2007 18:43:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In an effort that would make Stan the Man proud, we will be creating comic books about the different steps of the writing process. Each comic needs to have: A hero that has the step of the writing process in his/her name A power/ability/device that demonstrates the specific 6 Trait of Writing that goes with [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In an effort that would make <a href="http://www.marvel.com/comics/onsale/covers/0906/SLSPIDER001_color_cov.jpg" target="_blank">Stan the Man</a> proud, we will be creating comic books about the different steps of the writing process. Each comic needs to have:</p>
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<li>A hero that has the step of the writing process in his/her name</li>
<li> A power/ability/device that demonstrates the specific 6 Trait of Writing that goes with that step of the writing process</li>
<li>Three examples of dialogue that demonstrate a knowledge of the details of that part of the writing process</li>
<li>Use two of the three templates for pages:<br />
<a href="http://briangriggs.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/page_1.jpg" title="Page 1">Page 1<br />
</a><a href="http://briangriggs.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/page_2.jpg" title="Page 2">Page 2<br />
</a><a href="http://briangriggs.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/page_3.jpg" title="Page 3">Page 3</a><a href="http://briangriggs.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/page_1.jpg" title="Page 1"><br />
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<p>We will use the following sites for inspiration:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.heromachine.com/customhm/wwtbash/designer.html" target="_blank">Hero Generator</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.heromachine.com/customhm/newsday/digitaldesigner.html" target="_blank">Chip Designer</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.heromachine.com/customhm/rockstar/designer.html" target="_blank">Rock Star </a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.heromachine.com/customhm/gijoe/designer.html" target="_blank">Soldier Generator</a></p>
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<li>To save the background layout image, Control + Click on the image to save it.</li>
<li>In Word, select <strong>Insert-&gt;Watermark</strong>. When your options come up, select  &#8216;Picture&#8217; and then make your options look like this:<br />
<a href="http://s936.photobucket.com/albums/ad207/tallestlibrarian/?action=view&#038;current=Picture3-2-1.png" target="_blank"><img src="http://i936.photobucket.com/albums/ad207/tallestlibrarian/Picture3-2-1.png" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a><br />
Now you&#8217;ll have more than just your usual Word layout!</li>
<li>Design your hero using the links above. You&#8217;ll now need a screenshot.</li>
<li>Press Apple + Control + Shift + 4 to get the screenshot cursor. Draw your box and then paste what you copied into Word.</li>
<li>Click on the picture. In your formatting palette (<strong>View-&gt;Formatting Palette</strong>), select <strong>Wrapping</strong> (the picture needs to be selected for wrapping to show up). Change &#8216;Wrap To&#8217; to &#8216;None&#8217; and change &#8216;Style&#8217; to &#8216;In Front of Text&#8217;. <em>For each picture you&#8217;ll need to change the wrapping.</em></li>
<li>Move and resize your pictures using the squares (handlebars).<br />
<a href="http://s936.photobucket.com/albums/ad207/tallestlibrarian/?action=view&#038;current=Picture2-4.png" target="_blank"><img src="http://i936.photobucket.com/albums/ad207/tallestlibrarian/Picture2-4.png" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a><br />
You can even flip images by resizing to the opposite side.</li>
<li>To add dialogue, in your formatting palette select <strong>Add Objects</strong>. Click on the tab with the green square and the yellow circle (the AutoShapes).</li>
<li>Click and drag whatever object you want onto the page.</li>
<li>You can also add  WordArt (the shiny &#8216;W&#8217; in  <strong>Add Objects</strong>) to give your comic that extra BAM/KAPOW!</li>
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<p><strong><em>Witness the awesome power of The Editor, wielding the Ring of Conventions. </em></strong></p>
<p><a href="http://s936.photobucket.com/albums/ad207/tallestlibrarian/?action=view&#038;current=Picture14.png" target="_blank"><img src="http://i936.photobucket.com/albums/ad207/tallestlibrarian/Picture14.png" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a></p>
<p>Excelsior!</p>
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