Additional Resources
Drawing Words and Writing Pictures
http://dw-wp.com/
This website/teaching blog is a helpful resources in priming students about what graphic novels are and is full of activities. Below are downloads of the comic strip that can be used as a handout to introduce graphic novels.
http://dw-wp.com/resources/what-is-a-graphic-novel/
| whatisagraphicnovepage1.pdf |
LearnNC.org - Using Comics in the Classroom
http://www.learnnc.org/lp/pages/631
North Carolina's Education website points out the benefits of using comics and graphic novels across the curriculum.
http://www.learnnc.org/lp/pages/631
North Carolina's Education website points out the benefits of using comics and graphic novels across the curriculum.
ReadWriteThink.org Sites
http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/comic/vocabulary.html?title=ComicVocabulary
This online tool offers illustrated definitions of various vocabulary terms associated with the comic book genre. Below is a downloadable handout, from the same site, on parts and people that make a comic. This can be also be used to prime students before reading.
http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/comic/vocabulary.html?title=ComicVocabulary
This online tool offers illustrated definitions of various vocabulary terms associated with the comic book genre. Below is a downloadable handout, from the same site, on parts and people that make a comic. This can be also be used to prime students before reading.
| comicbookprimer.pdf |
http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/essaymap/
This is a great tool to help students to organize their thoughts to write essays.
This is a great tool to help students to organize their thoughts to write essays.
http://www.teachingdegree.org/2009/07/05/comics-in-the-classroom-100-tips-tools-and-resources-for-teachers/
Comics in the Classroom: 100 Tips, Tools, and Resources for Teachers is a compilation of many websites that offer resources, tools, suggestions and rational for using graphic novels and comics in the classroom.
Comics in the Classroom: 100 Tips, Tools, and Resources for Teachers is a compilation of many websites that offer resources, tools, suggestions and rational for using graphic novels and comics in the classroom.
