This activity is suited for all age ranges, but grades 7 to 10 may have the most fun with it!
LEARNING ABOUT DESCRIPTIVE LANGUAGE
Author Orson Scott Card uses descriptive language in order to help us understand what Ender's world looks like. He uses descriptive language so well, that thousands of fans have been able to create artwork based off of his stories.
One such example is the Ender's Game comic published by Marvel in 2008:
LEARN MORE: Marvel.com | Ender's Game Series
Ender's Game: Battle School and Ender's Game: Command School are the main comics that focus explicitly on Ender's Game. Other comics in the series expand to the other books in the series, such as Ender's Shadow.
ACTIVITY:
Before showing students any fan art or the comics, invite them to work individually or in groups to draw a scene of their choice from the book, draw a particular setting, or draw a character in his or her uniform. Let them get creative by giving them time to paint or color image, or by letting them create the image using a graphics program. After the artwork is done, consider allowing the students time to write a paragraph (or create a podcast) describing , as vividly as possible, one of the images another classmate has drawn.
FAN ART:
Consider uploading some of the student artwork to an online resource such as a class blog or fandom message board. Here are some examples of other fan art:
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| http://www.philoticweb.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=574 |
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| http://ziwu.deviantart.com/art/Ender-s-Game-Sacrifice-47311493 |
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| "Today is your final exam." http://rubendevela.deviantart.com/art/Today-is-your-final-exam-27208155 |
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