Remember there are two kinds - one to get in more dialogue....helping us understand a character thru what is said. The other is using it as a Thought bubble - inside someone's head.
On 2/16/11 3:29 PM, "Ellen Schwartz" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > I do consider them a text feature. I'm not sure what you mean by > "appropriate description." I have always called them speech bubbles > or word balloons, and have heard them referred to by both of these > terms. > > > --Ellen > > > At 4:44 PM -0500 2/16/11, Sharon Ballantyne wrote: >> Hi All, >> >> Grade four students at our school are doing a unit on text features. >> The issue is around speech bubbles. >> >> A student teacher referred to them as captions which does not >> exactly fit in our minds. Captions are more like titles or brief >> descriptions referring to labelling of something. >> >> It would be part of graphic novel/comic book style. >> >> In the book series Diary Of A Whimpy Kid, the speech bubbles are an >> integral part of the whole flow of the story. >> >> In the math text speech bubbles are used to reinforce key >> information. A little person will be speaking to reinforce some >> point. >> >> We have not been able to find any resources that would help to clarify. >> >> If anyone ahs any thoughts or calrifications about how to best >> describe speech bubbles, we would greatly appreciate being put on >> the right track. >> >> Thanks, >> >> Sharon >> _______________________________________________ >> Mosaic mailing list >> [email protected] >> To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to >> http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. >> >> Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. > > > _______________________________________________ > Mosaic mailing list > [email protected] > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. > > Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. > _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
