Adventures in Graphica

Using Comics and Graphic Novels to Teach Comprehension, 2-6

Learn how to use graphic texts to motivate and engage some of your most reluctant readers who often shun traditional texts. This book uses comics and graphic novels to teach comprehension, vocabulary, and fluency by exploring how skills for reading visual information can be transferred to text. The book shows teachers how to hook students onto reading using graphic novels across the content areas. Sample graphic books and student work complement this book.



Author(s): Terry Thompson

Pages: 200 Publication Date: 2008 ISBN: 9781571107121

Price:$ 23.95

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