- Definition
Sequential images are pictures put in order, like frames in a comic book, to tell a story or show events happening one after another.
The panels in a comic strip that show a character baking a cake step-by-step are sequential images.
How to teach this in 30 seconds
Try this analogy: Sequential images are like the panels in a comic strip that you read in a specific order to understand the story.
Ask your child: If we scrambled the panels of this comic, what would happen to the story?
Common mix-up: A common mix-up is seeing this as just a collection of related pictures. The key is that the specific order of the images creates the narrative, with each image building on the one before it.
Examples
- The panels on a page of a graphic novel that show a conversation between two characters.
- The individual drawings that make up a short animation, which tell a story when played in order.
- The Bayeux Tapestry tells the story of a historical battle through a long series of embroidered images.
sequential images is a term used in Ontario’s Kindergarten to Grade 8 curriculum.
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