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Title: Thornhill
Author: Pam Smy
Lexile: 730L
Genre: Mystery, Graphic Novel, Fictional Memoir, Horror
Summary:
Ella recently has moved next door to the abandoned remains of the orphanage Thornhill. Seemingly
abandoned by her family Ella begins investigating the ruins of the orphanage only to find a journal
written by the orphan Mary. Years earlier Mary is scorned and shunned by the girls of Thornhill and
has only her puppets and a journal to keep her company. In this time jumping graphic novel Mary and
Ella become irrevocably connected for better or worse.
abandoned by her family Ella begins investigating the ruins of the orphanage only to find a journal
written by the orphan Mary. Years earlier Mary is scorned and shunned by the girls of Thornhill and
has only her puppets and a journal to keep her company. In this time jumping graphic novel Mary and
Ella become irrevocably connected for better or worse.
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Activity:
Mary’s story has no dialogue but is revealed through full page panels, Anna’s tale is told through
journal entries, both tales come together at the end to make the whole. A student project would be to
create a one page story that has two perspectives or two characters, than relate the story of each in
two different forms that form the whole of the story.
journal entries, both tales come together at the end to make the whole. A student project would be to
create a one page story that has two perspectives or two characters, than relate the story of each in
two different forms that form the whole of the story.
Learning Standards:
AASL Personal and Aesthetic Growth 4.1.3: Respond to literature and creative expressions of ideas
in various formats and genres.
Learning Goal: Students will create comparative creative works founded in the examples of past
readings.
Learning Objective: Students will use the structural example provided by Thornhill to produce a
unique work of literature or art in the same comparative theme.
Learning Outcome: Students will more deeply understand how written and visual communication can
be a compilation of many forms that inform the whole.
AASL Personal and Aesthetic Growth 4.1.3: Respond to literature and creative expressions of ideas
in various formats and genres.
Learning Goal: Students will create comparative creative works founded in the examples of past
readings.
Learning Objective: Students will use the structural example provided by Thornhill to produce a
unique work of literature or art in the same comparative theme.
Learning Outcome: Students will more deeply understand how written and visual communication can
be a compilation of many forms that inform the whole.
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