The graphic novel classroom : powerful teaching and learning with images / Maureen Bakis ; foreword by James Bucky Carter.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bakis, Maureen.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Comic books, strips, etc., in education.

Graphic novels in education.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 159 p.) : ill.

Place of Publication:

Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Corwin, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Could you use a superhero to teach reading, writing, critical thinking, and problem solving? While seeking the answer, secondary language arts teacher Maureen Bakis discovered a powerful pedagogy that teaches those skills and more. The amazingly successful results prompted her to write this practical guide that shows middle and high school teachers how to incorporate graphic novels into their classrooms.

Contents:

Halftitle; Dedication; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Classroom Teaching Tools on the Companion Website; Foreword; Preface; About the Author; Introduction: Welcome to the Graphic Novel Classroom; Part I Looking at Literacy in the Graphic Novel Classroom; 1 Looking at the Comics Medium; 2 Interpreting Images; 3 Looking at the Big Picture; Part II Looking at Memoir in the Graphic Novel Classroom; 4 Pictures, Perception, and the Past; 5 Leaving a Legacy Through Images; Part III Looking at Superheroes in the Graphic Novel Classroom; 6 A Glimpse of the Superhero Genre

7 Making the Invisible VisibleAfterword: The Value of Teaching Graphic Novels; Resources; References and Further Reading; Index; Advertisement

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781452299105

1452299102

9781452296487

1452296480

9781483387604

1483387607

OCLC:

903239194