Teaching Graphic Novels to Adolescent Multilingual (and All) Learners

ISBN-13: 9781032254944 / Twarda / 2023 / 200 str.

Bill Boerman-Cornell

Opis

This book provides a roadmap for teaching with graphic novels as an effective and engaging approach to advancing reading comprehension for English Learners in secondary school.

Spis treści

Chapter 1: How Graphic Novels Can Be Used to Study Literature

and Social Studies Using Principles of Universal Curriculum Design

Chapter 2: Reading to Understand and Reveal Culture as a Way of Life

Chapter 3: The Complexity and Importance of Multimodal Texts

Chapter 4: Teaching Critical Literacy with Graphic Novels

Chapter 5: How Thi Bui’s The Best We Could Do Might Motivate

Students to Read

Chapter 6: Scaffolding Canonical Literature with Graphic Novels

Chapter 7: Highlighting Symbolism with Graphic Novels

Chapter 8: Emphasizing Vocabulary Growth with Graphic Novels

Chapter 9: Enhancing and Academizing Student Discourse with Graphic Novels

Chapter 10: Noticing and Creating More Precise Language with Graphic Novels

Chapter 11:When Hands Are Tied: How Integrated Assignments

of Graphic Novels May Work

Index

O autorze

Kristine Gritter is a Professor of Curriculum and Instruction at Seattle Pacific University, USA, and has published extensively about reading instruction, selection of classroom texts, and student discourse.

Xu Bian is an Assistant Professor of Chinese at Seattle Pacific University, USA, and she uses graphic novels as cultural and reading tools in her courses.

Deborah Van Duinen is an Associate Professor of Education at Hope College, USA, and has published extensively on community literacy practices.

Bill Boerman-Cornell is a Professor of Education at Trinity Christian College, USA and has written multiple peer-reviewed articles and two books on teaching using graphic novels.