Dear Rappers,
It is time to send in your response to rap point 1 on Whose Afraid of the Big Bad Book. Remember to use the activity planning sheets provided.
If the group struggles with jointly constructing a response, then individuals could write their response and a smaller group could then read the responses and combine them to create a joint response.
Lauren Child in an interview stated "I use a computer for a lot of the work. I use it more and more as I get better at it. I put together backgrounds made up of all sorts of elements – photographs, collages etc. After that I can superimpose the figures. I draw the figures in pencil. I just can't use pen and ink. Pencil is much less inhibiting and I can rub it out if it goes wrong. I scan the pencil drawing into the computer, clean up the line, and print it in black on cartridge paper so I can continue to work on it with paints, collage or whatever. Then I cut out the figures and scan them into the computer again."
Have fun analysing her work and your favourite fairy tale character in the picture book.
I look forward to reading your responses.
Cheers,
Karen Yager
Book Rap Coordinator
