Graphic Novels in the classroom
I first looked up what graphic novels should be used in the classroom, the one that caught my eye first was called I Kill Giants about a girl who battle literal and imaginary giants in her life. It could strike a cord with students as it deals with bullying and finding her voice.
https://www.bustle.com/articles/151579-12-graphic-novels-that-should-be-taught-in-schools
I decided to continue my search for I Kill Giants and see how it could be used in a classroom when I came across this site:
http://cbldf.org/2014/10/using-graphic-novels-in-education-i-kill-giants/
"In short, I Kill Giants is an insightfully honest and empowering story of a girl who struggles with loss, bullying, and friendship. It is about, how, as Joe Kelly writes “we’re all stronger than we think.”"
This site also provided some teaching and discussion ideas when using this in a classroom. And this was the first site that I've seen provide the CCSS's that this novel would meet.
It talks about how the visuals of Joe Kelley and JM Ken Niimura (authors) help the students understand the text and how it affects the readers. It also talks about how this could be a discussion in the classroom with the students and how we (teachers) can ask these questions and the students can understand the concept behind a graphic novel. This novel might be great in a seventh to an eighth grade classroom for deeper understanding and discussion, but could be used in sixth grade as well.
A graphic novel is something that I would use in my classroom if it applied to my lesson plan and the students had the ability to understand the significance behind a graphic novel.
https://www.bustle.com/articles/151579-12-graphic-novels-that-should-be-taught-in-schools
I decided to continue my search for I Kill Giants and see how it could be used in a classroom when I came across this site:
http://cbldf.org/2014/10/using-graphic-novels-in-education-i-kill-giants/
"In short, I Kill Giants is an insightfully honest and empowering story of a girl who struggles with loss, bullying, and friendship. It is about, how, as Joe Kelly writes “we’re all stronger than we think.”"
This site also provided some teaching and discussion ideas when using this in a classroom. And this was the first site that I've seen provide the CCSS's that this novel would meet.
It talks about how the visuals of Joe Kelley and JM Ken Niimura (authors) help the students understand the text and how it affects the readers. It also talks about how this could be a discussion in the classroom with the students and how we (teachers) can ask these questions and the students can understand the concept behind a graphic novel. This novel might be great in a seventh to an eighth grade classroom for deeper understanding and discussion, but could be used in sixth grade as well.
A graphic novel is something that I would use in my classroom if it applied to my lesson plan and the students had the ability to understand the significance behind a graphic novel.
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