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  • December 5, 2011 at 10:45 am #20955
    Anonymous
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    I really liked your idea of having your students create their own Manga, their American version would be interesting. I was actually thinking to have my students create thier on Manga. We would view and read other Manga's and discuss that they include topics in virtually any subject. Thus requiring them to create their own based on their own subject. I would love to see the creativity or maybe not so creative "American" manga's.

    December 5, 2011 at 1:59 pm #20956
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    Great ideas!

    When you have your students make their own manga, try this website, http://www.storybird. com/org. It is a free website that you can create story book. Fun and easy to use. For people who can't draw like, it saves and it serves as a modification.

    Qin

    December 5, 2011 at 4:43 pm #20957
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    Ever wonder what would happen if you mixed medieval literature with 80s pop? Wonder no more!
    Here is a clip of Hikaru Genji, the wildly popular rollerskating boy band from the 80s, named after the main character in the Tale of Genji.

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    January 1, 2012 at 5:14 am #20958
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    I am wanting to read the Tale of Genji, but I feel after Lynne Miyake's lecture, I will never understand the tale to the full effect because I will be reading a translated version. I have never read the odyssey or Don Quixote either, so maybe it is with all translations that something is lost. However, I liked hearing that through Manga the tale is being spread so as to not lose the story through modern technology and temptations. I am also loving this youtube video, thank you for sharing!

    January 2, 2012 at 3:07 am #20959
    Anonymous
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    Thanks for sharing the website address Qin. I wanted to have a website which allowed my students - especially LEP and LP - to get engaged in learning about a topic. The one that I know about is comiclife.com which is not free and I have to wait till some funding comes through. But since the storybird.com/org is free, my students could start using technology to learn about the topics. It is a great 'hook'.

    January 2, 2012 at 3:19 am #20960
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    I teach Gr 8 U.S. History now but till a few years back I was teaching Gr 7 which also included medieval Japan. At that time I would use the sheets provided by Prof. Dube on 'Tale of Genji' during Spring 2006 Seminar. It contains about four pages and tells about the story in comic form. I thought it was a good way in which learners of all modalities would be able to retain knowledge about the topic and the name of Murasaki Shikibu as the writer of the first novel in the world. Questions on this topic is frequently posed in Gr 8 CST exam.

    January 3, 2012 at 12:56 pm #20961
    Anonymous
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    Having students create a Manga of their own is an excellent idea. I currently teach 7th grade history and Medieval Japan is a major standard. We usually cover Medieval Japanese literature which includes the Tale of Genji. Where can I get Prof Dube "Tale of Genji" story in comic form? I think it will be very beneficial to my students. Also, does anyone know of a website where I can find pages of Japanese manga covering topics such as Medieval Samurai or Japanese court life?

    January 10, 2012 at 12:38 pm #20962
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    I like your idea of having the students create their own Manga, as this would be a very creative way and an alternative learning style for those students that would need to draw or create for a more effective learning style. Kudo's

    January 13, 2012 at 12:15 pm #20963
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    This Manga thing caught me totally by surprise. All my students, well, most, were very familiar with this art form. So then this storybird site comes up (thanks Qin) and now the extra credit my econ class was desperate for has a vehicle.

    January 13, 2012 at 12:15 pm #3575
    Rob_Hugo@PortNW
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    I was thinking after hearing Lynne Miyake’s lecture about how I would use the Tale of Genji in my class and I have a few ideas. One way I could use manga that are associated with Tale of the Genji is by taking different excerpts from a variety of manga of the same event and have my students analyze them. They will then write about the differences between them and how those differences demonstrate the social values of the targeted audience. An extension to this lesson would be to have the students do their own manga of the passage that was analyzed and have them do it for a specific segment of the American audience that will be randomly chosen.

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