Ellis Broadhead EPQ

The first comic club is over and done with, and as of now, I have four students that I hope will become regulars! They are Amelia, Logan, Isaac and Henry.  Here's the PowerPoint from the first session: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VPMexS1APJ6R5CO7Hi_v5KXZBj6hsr2n/view?usp=sharing What Went Well: The ice-breakers I included worked really well in encouraging the students to open up and be more confident with myself and others in the club, since they were all talking to each other by the end. Areas to Improve: I had some issues getting the PowerPoint from my laptop onto the projector in the classroom we were using for the club, and thus I wasted around five minutes trying to get this set-up. Next time, I'll do this before the club starts to ensure that we can start straight away.

Hi, this week has been really busy, but mostly I've been trying to think about what comic I should actually do. In my head, I have composed three main storylines I could potentially follow, and although they are currently unnamed, these are the titles I'm going to refer to them by. Ilias and Co is a story set in London in 2049. It follows three siblings- Ilias, Redd, and Cyan- and their nemesis Joseph, as they work together to solve a series of murders surrounding a drug which claims to give the users 'superpowers'. Angels combines multiple storylines involving the biblical creatures, but most prominently being Lucifer's fall and his adventures on Earth afterwards. It would follow two priests-in-training- William and Paul- and their adventures as they accidentally move into the same apartment block as the devil. James and Magnus follows a biology student named James, who accidentally steps into a portal into another world. He immediately befriends the prince ...

So, unfortunately, it's gotten to the intended first week of comic club and unfortunately... I'm ill. Therefore, I'm having to push back my entire schedule for the rest of the year, which will undoubtedly set me back quite a bit. 

I decided that to introduce a wide variety of comics to my students in Monday's session, I should do some research into popular webcomics, read through them, and recommend some to them! Here's my favourites out of the webcomics I've read: Eerie Crests by Bell - "H ere’s the gist of it. Dallas Margolin was doing his best to better himself as a person. He was about to graduate highschool. He was Willow Grove’s star baseball player. He had good friends. Overcoming things from the past, You’d think, for once, the universe was kind to Dallas. That is, until one day, before an important highschool match, his best friend Malek starts planning to move away for college. In an attempt to make Malek stay with him, Dallas makes a terrible mistake. Something lurks in the quiet town of Blue Crests." Rock and Riot by Chelsey Furedi - " Rock and Riot follows the tales of two opposing teenage gangs in the 1950s with an LGBTQ theme!  " Long Exposure ...

For the first week of comic club, I had to research the history of comics in order to teach my students all about it. I found a Wikipedia article on the subject, and here's a summary of my research: Session Date: 18/11/17 Resource Used: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_comics Brief Summary/Description of Source: Wikipedia is a free, online encyclopedia created through collaborative efforts. What Was I Hoping To Find Out?: I was hoping to gain a simple understanding of the history around comics in order to teach my students about the origins of the comic format. Brief Summary of What I've Learnt From the Source: I learnt about printing presses and early comics in newspapers, along with early pioneers of comic strips found in newspapers today, superhero comics and manga. Reliability of the Source: Due to the fact that Wikipedia articles can be edited by anyone, the reliability of the source does drop a little, but I did some separate research into names ment...

Finally, the comic club poster is up on the TV screens around school! Here's a picture: Also, I managed to get Mr Welch to ask school to print out consent forms for comic club, which the students can take home to their parents to ensure that we have permission from them to keep their children after school for an hour.

After remembering that Comic Club could be advertised in school on these giant TV screens we have around the place, I decided to make a revised poster too, primarily to display on these screens. Then, I sent out this revised poster and the original poster to the relevant people to display it around school for me.

Hi, recently I've been focusing on establishing the Comic Club. I sent out an email to the Heads of Year and people in relevant departments to transmit the information around school about the club. Furthermore, I updated the poster to show these changes.

Where I'm At: Although last month I decided that I would finalise the arrangements of the club, unfortunately this has not happened. I have found a teacher willing to supervise the club- Mr Welch- but due to differences in our schedules we've had to push back the first meeting in the club to mid-November. I have designed the posters, however, and have fully realised my ideas for the comic club. Goals for November: - Advertising. Finalise the posters and distribute them to staff who can advertise the club around school using posters and the TV screens. Ask for a tannoy announcement before the club each work to ensure that the students remember to come. - Research. Do some research for the first comic club into the history of comic books, in order to present this to the students. It is important to learn about the history of comics, in order to enable advancements for the future. Furthermore, start reading some webcomics to get an idea of how to draw my own. - Ideas. Ga...