What if you had to hide who you really were?

 Students in Room 20 have completed the novel, George by Alex Gino, a character who has a strong sense of self but feels that she has to hide it, even from the people who love her most.  George wants nothing more then to play the character of Charlotte in the school's rendition of Charlotte's Web but seems to be unable to admit, even to herself sometimes that this goes further then the play itself. As we unravel this story the students asked very insightful questions such as: "When will she stop hiding how she feels?" and "Why do people assume her gender?"

Our next steps are to re-tell the story of George as a graphic novel, incorporating the design aspects of this type of story telling such as the weight that the speech bubbles, colors and pictures can portray.