Detailed explanations, analysis, and citation info for every important quote on LitCharts. The original text plus a side-by-side modern translation of every Shakespeare play. Sign Up. Already have an account? Sign in. From the creators of SparkNotes, something better. Literature Poetry Lit Terms Shakescleare. Download this LitChart! It could work in both middle and high school English or social studies class. I have used this book as an ELA teacher to talk about symbolism, personification, imagery.
The themes of freedom and alienation are big in this book. Also the anthropomorphism of the animals is particularly interesting. Because it deals with concepts of right and wrong and the consequences of war, rich discussion and debate occur.
Beth Gillis: My favorite book to use as a mentor text with my graphic novel unit is March, Book 1. I almost always use the content for more traditional reading lessons around comprehension, especially to support struggling readers, but also often connect the content back to our community or to draw parallels with social studies or current events.
In the first year that we used March , the Black Lives Matter movement was really starting to surface in the mainstream media. I was working in a school in San Francisco where many students were aware of the inequities around them, but still felt quite disconnected with their personal experiences in a mostly privileged community.
One of my students went to Union Square for the Christmas tree lighting and saw a group of BLM folks protesting on the square. He came back to school the next day and asked if we could talk about what was happening. We had been raising awareness around Ferguson, Michael Brown and the regular shootings of black American males by the police throughout the fall, but his experience that night helped our conversations feel more real.
It also ignited an activist spirit within him that has become a big part of his identity. At one point, that student made an observation that many people look back to the Civil Rights era and imagine how they might be different if they were living at the time. Who will you be? I remember having that warm and fuzzy feeling that we teachers get when the stars align and the class is pure magic.
I know! Thus was born our graphic collection! PS: Most of our collection has accumulated in the last 3 years, when I have not been employed in a school. Therefore my teaching of graphic novels in a classroom setting is limited.
This is an external essay exam in which a question is addressed, using two texts, and investigating style and context as well as the usual literature elements. The graphic novel lends itself to this as the difference between prose and graphic style can add to the discussion. Myself and a colleague have put together a list of Graphic Novel Recommendations for middle or high school teachers that deal with social justice topics. This list is by no means exhaustive or inclusive of every great book out there, but we are happy to share it.
Beth Gillis: Thank you for that list, Michelle! Three more graphic novels that are pretty new that I have personally loved and would love to see someone teach are Trashed by Derf Backderf about the untold story of garbage collectors and what happens to all the trash we throw away, The Encyclopedia of Early Earth: A Novel by Isabel Greenberg, a sort of mythological tale, and The Gigantic Beard That Was Evil by Stephen Collins, a really interesting allegory about conformity, fear, and hate.
Becky Greenhow: Thanks Michelle! For the list and additions. Here are some more from our house:. Alison Walthew: I do think a review of film technique will assist in making the teacher aware of the use of colour, angles, framing, foregrounding and backgrounding, etc.
These aspects need to be addressed in any analysis of the graphic novel. He really is the guru of getting to know this genre. I have found the book extraordinarily helpful. Personally, I think the worst thing you could do with teaching a graphic novel is teach it like a print-based text.
If you just focus on the story, and not on how the story is constructed through frames, colors, angles, word bubbles, etc. Teaching Strategies for Graphic Novels , which I found by accident at some point, is a great free resource for thinking about activities to do with graphic novels; it comes from getgraphic. If teaching an entire graphic novel seems scary, there are also many wonderful classic novels that have been retold in graphic novel format that would be a great way to start, as a companion piece to the original telling.
A good example of a classic retold in graphic novel format is A Wrinkle in Time. Beth Gillis: Agreed re: Understanding Comics. I took a graduate class on teaching with graphic novels with a fabulously quirky and passionate comic lover, Stephen Cary, in the last semester before he retired.
Becky Greenhow: Thank you for the suggestions regarding learning about graphics as a purposeful genre, and not just a different format in which to insert traditional text and story.
Future references, for sure! Do you teach with graphic novels? Share your thoughts and best practices in the comments below. Categories: Instruction. This is so great! As a parent, high school social studies teacher, and reading specialist, I know that graphic novels AND comics are an amazing resource for our students. I travel around the country to comic cons and conferences to present and spread this word. Thank you for also spreading the power of comics and enlightening educators.
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