Miss Gooding’s example of a mind-map

Graphic Novel Mindmap

• Now that you have read and summarised three different graphic novels, we need to be thinking about the characteristics of a graphic novel.

• You need to create a mind-map with the subheadings (or ‘categories’): Characters, Setting, Genre, Illustrations, Format/Layout

1. Insert a title

Graphic Novels

2. Insert Five Categories

Graphic Novels

Graphic Novels

IllustrationIllustration

SettingSetting

GenreGenre

CharactersCharacters

Format/Layout

Where do the stories take place?In a school, a small town a particular country…

Try to think of 5 of your own examples of settings…

SettingSetting

Who is involved in each graphic novel?What role do they play? Eg superhero, detective, warrior…

What other roles could characters play in a graphic novel?

CharactersCharacters

What ‘type’ are the graphic novels that you have read?

Eg: action, romance, fantasy, sci-fi…How many different genres can the class come

up with?

GenreGenre

What is the illustration style?

Eg Cartoon-like, realistic, manga…

IllustrationIllustration

How is the graphic novel presented?

What are the panels like?

What is the relationship between the text and the illustration?

Format/Layout

3. Add arrows to connect ideas

Graphic Novels

Graphic Novels

SettingSetting

GenreGenre

Format

Layout

Format

Layout

IllustrationIllustrationCharactersCharacters

4. Add 3 elements for each category. Make sure to include

colour and shapes to keep it clear.

Graphic Novels

Graphic Novels

SettingSetting

GenreGenre

Format

Layout

Format

Layout

IllustrationIllustrationCharactersCharacters

5. The next step is to include different fonts/ text

Graphic Novels

Graphic Novels

IllustrationIllustration

CharactersCharacters

Manga

Colour Realis

tic

HeroSchool

girl

Alien

Sci-FiFantasy

6. Make sure that you include appropriate images

GenreGenre

Romance

So, your mind-map should end up looking something like this…

Graphic Novels

Graphic Novels

SettingSetting

GenreGenre

Format

Layout

Format

Layout

IllustrationIllustration

CharactersCharacters

Fantasy

Romance

Sci-Fi

HeroSchool

girl

Alien

Manga

Colour

Realistic

School

Country Tow

n

Japan

Text under imag

es

Same sized panel

s