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Building Literacy Connections with Graphic Novels: Page by Page, Panel by Panel
by James Bucky Carter
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| Grades | 7 – 12 |
| Type | Book |
| Pages | 164 |
| Published | April 2007 |
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This collection of essays by classroom teachers demonstrates how to pair graphic novels with classic literature (including both canonical and YA lit) in ways that enrich students' understanding of both and that thoroughly engage them in literacy.
Carter, James Bucky, ed. Building Literacy Connections with Graphic Novels: Page by Page, Panel by Panel. Urbana, IL: NCTE, 2007. Print.
Grades 6 – 8 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson
Enchanting Readers with Revisionist Fairy Tales
Students examine three examples of revisionist fairy tales in which female characters act in empowered roles rather than behaving helpless and submissive.
Grades 6 – 12 | Lesson Plan | Unit
Twenty-First Century Informational Literacy: Integrating Research Techniques and Technology
Students develop their reading, writing, research, and technology skills using graphic novels. As a final activity, students create their own graphic novels using comic software.
Grades 6 – 8 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson
Fantastic Characters: Analyzing and Creating Superheroes and Villains
Students analyze characterization by creating their own superheroes or super-villains,
complete with related gadgets and settings.
Grades 9 – 12 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson
Students craft comic scripts using clear, descriptive, and detailed writing that shows (illustrates) and tells (directs). After peers create an artistic interpretation of the script, students revise their original scripts.
Grades 9 – 12 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson
Gaining Background for the Graphic Novel Persepolis: A WebQuest on Iran
To prepare students for reading the graphic novel Persepolis, this lesson uses a WebQuest to focus students' research on finding reliable information about Iran before and during the Islamic Revolution.
