Worth a Thousand Words, Using Graphic Novels to Teach Visual and Verbal Literacy by Jaffe, Meryl -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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COVER TABLE OF CONTENTS NOTES OF THANKS PREFACE ABOUT THE AUTHORS 1 GRAPHIC NOVELS

Fears Facts How and Where to Find Graphic Novels Moving Forward: Using this Book to Help You Read and Integrate Graphic Novels into Your Curricula

2 WHY USE GRAPHIC NOVELS? WHY NOW?

Graphic Novels Improve and Enhance Teaching Methods Graphic Novels Motivate All Kinds of Readers and Learners Responding to the Naysayers: The Complex History of Graphic Novels and Why Now Is the Time to Use Them References Note

3 FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS IN GRAPHIC NOVELS, PART 1

Visual Literacy: Teaching How to Critically Read an Image This Assessment: Understanding What to Expect Developmentally Teaching Visual Literacy Skills to Your Students Moving On

4 FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS IN GRAPHIC NOVELS, PART 2

The Anatomy of a Graphic Novel: Panels The Anatomy of a Graphic Novel: Narrative, Text, and Thought Balloons Gutters Putting This All Together and Taking a Page for a Spin Taking These Basics Further

5 MOTIVATION

Getting to Know Your Students Are Your Students Comfortable Taking Risks? Are Your Students Artistic? Leveraging Collaboration and Group Work Leveraging Student Affinities

6 USING GRAPHIC NOVELS TO TEACH READING

7 GRAPHIC NOVELS AND THE WRITING PROCESS

Using Graphic Novels to Teach Writing Prose Fiction Using Graphic Novels to Teach Writing Prose Nonfiction Writing Graphic Novels

8 GRAPHIC NOVELS AND CONTENT-AREA CURRICULUM

9 FINAL WORDS

Where We've Come From Where We're Heading Where We May Continue Together

For Making Comics and Graphic Novels For Creating Storyboards Additional Links and Resources

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