Worth a Thousand Words - Using Graphic Novels to Teach Visual and Verbal Literacy

Use graphic novels to teach visual and verbal literacyWhile our kids today are communicating outside the classroom in abbreviated text bursts with visual icons, teachers are required to teach them to critically listen, think, and read and write complex texts. Graphic novels are a uniquely poised vehicle we can use to bridge this dissonance between student communication skills and preferences with mandated educational goals.Worth a Thousand Words details how and why graphic novels are complex texts with advanced-level vocabulary, and demonstrates how to read and analyze these texts. It includes practical advice on how to integrate these books into both ELA and content-area classrooms and provides an extensive list of appropriate graphic novels for K-8 students, lesson suggestions, paired graphic/prose reading suggestions, and additional resources for taking these texts further.* Provides research to back up why graphic novels are such powerful educational tools* Helps you engage diverse student learners with exciting texts* Shows you how to make lessons more meaningful* Offers advice on implementing new literary mediums into your classroomPerfect for parents and teachers in grades K-8, Worth a Thousand Words opens up an exciting new world for teaching children visual and verbal literacy.

Table des matières

Notes of Thanks viiPreface ixAbout the Authors xi1 Graphic Novels: Fears and Facts 1Fears 1Facts 4How and Where to Find Graphic Novels 8Moving Forward: Using this Book to Help You Read and Integrate Graphic Novels into Your Curricula 92 Why Use Graphic Novels? Why Now? 11Graphic Novels Improve and Enhance Teaching Methods 11Graphic Novels Motivate All Kinds of Readers and Learners 17Responding to the Naysayers: The Complex History of Graphic Novels and Why Now Is the Time to Use Them 19References 213 Foundational Skills in Graphic Novels, Part 1: Reading Pictures 25Visual Literacy: Teaching How to Critically Read an Image 26This Assessment: Understanding What to Expect Developmentally 31Teaching Visual Literacy Skills to Your Students 33Moving On 374 Foundational Skills in Graphic Novels, Part 2: How to Teach Graphic Novels 39The Anatomy of a Graphic Novel: Panels 41The Anatomy of a Graphic Novel: Narrative, Text, and Thought Balloons 45Gutters 49Putting This All Together and Taking a Page for a Spin 51Taking These Basics Further 565 Motivation 59Getting to Know Your Students 59Are Your Students Comfortable Taking Risks? 60Are Your Students Artistic? 65Leveraging Collaboration and Group Work 70Leveraging Student Affinities 716 Using Graphic Novels to Teach Reading 75Addressing the Challenges of Integrating Graphic Novels into Your Reading Curriculum 75Using Graphic Novels for Reading Instruction 82Graphic Novels and Literary Devices 96Graphic Novels and Character Development 1027 Graphic Novels and the Writing Process 107Using Graphic Novels to Teach Writing Prose Fiction 108Using Graphic Novels to Teach Writing Prose Nonfiction 114Writing Graphic Novels 1248 Graphic Novels and Content-Area Curriculum 131Reasons for Using Graphic Novels in Your Math Classroom 131Reasons for Using Graphic Novels in Your Social Studies Classroom 138Reasons for Using Graphic Novels in Your Science Classroom 1449 Final Words 151Where We've Come From 151Where We're Heading 151Where We May Continue Together 152Appendix A: Guidelines and Resources to Support Your Reading and Graphic Novel Choices 153Appendix B: Resources for Creating and Using Graphic Novels in Your Classroom 155For Making Comics and Graphic Novels 155For Creating Storyboards 156Additional Links and Resources 156Index 157

A propos de l'auteur

MERYL JAFFE, PHD, is an educational consultant, teacher mentor, and an instructor at The Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth, where she teaches critical reading and visual literacy to talented middle school students worldwide. Her passion for using, reading, and integrating graphic novels into curricula has given rise to her online column "Using Graphic Novels in Education" as well as the booklet Raising a Reader! How Comics and Graphic Novels Can Help Your Kids Love to Read!, published with the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund.

TALIA HURWICH is a former Middle School language teacher, and assistant librarian at a private school in New York City, as well as a former ELA instructor and curriculum mentor with The Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth. She is currently a doctoral candidate at NYU, researching graphic novels, games, and multimedia in the classroom and their effect on students' literacies.

Résumé

Use graphic novels to teach visual and verbal literacy

While our kids today are communicating outside the classroom in abbreviated text bursts with visual icons, teachers are required to teach them to critically listen, think, and read and write complex texts. Graphic novels are a uniquely poised vehicle we can use to bridge this dissonance between student communication skills and preferences with mandated educational goals.

Worth a Thousand Words details how and why graphic novels are complex texts with advanced-level vocabulary, and demonstrates how to read and analyze these texts. It includes practical advice on how to integrate these books into both ELA and content-area classrooms and provides an extensive list of appropriate graphic novels for K-8 students, lesson suggestions, paired graphic/prose reading suggestions, and additional resources for taking these texts further.
* Provides research to back up why graphic novels are such powerful educational tools
* Helps you engage diverse student learners with exciting texts
* Shows you how to make lessons more meaningful
* Offers advice on implementing new literary mediums into your classroom

Perfect for parents and teachers in grades K-8, Worth a Thousand Words opens up an exciting new world for teaching children visual and verbal literacy.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Talia Hurwich, Mery Jaffe, Meryl Jaffe, Meryl Hurwich Jaffe, Meryl J. Jaffe
• Edition: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 31.07.2018
• EAN: 9781119394327
• ISBN: 978-1-119-39432-7
• Pages: 176
• Catégories: Sciences humaines, art, musique > Pédagogie > Pédagogie, didactique, méthode; Education, Graphic Novel, Bildungswesen, Lese- u. Schreibfähigkeit, Literacy & Reading