Graphic novels and Education

  Lesson Plans (created by Allison Lee)

 

Graphic Novels in the Classroom - lesson ideas.doc

Adapted lesson ideas from:

Strauss, V. 2004, June 15^th  Thinking outside the box, inside the panel. By giving them the pen, project turns kids’ love of comic books into something educational. Washington Post. Retrieved February 10^th 2007, from http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A41684-2004Jun14.html

Graphic Novels in the classroom - workshop.doc

 (Adapted from Heinze, C., & Brunner, C. Lesson: The function of images in text. 21^st Century Literacies. Retrieved February 20, 2007 from http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/21stcent/lvfunction.html)

Secret origin of good readers

Secret origin of good readers.pdf

Publications include the collation of material presented at the 2006 conference which involved teachers, librarians, retailers, and publishers who looked at the graphic novel as a 'cross-curricular teaching tool' and a 'vehicle for promoting reading and literacy'.

You can download a pdf version of this material  and material collated from previous conferences which include lesson plans and other resources.

National Association of Comic Art Educators

Lesson ideas and plans and study guides for muliple KLAs.

Literacy - Graphic novels in the Classroom

Lesson ideas and plans

Create a Graphic Novel

Wiki site designed to show you how to create your own graphic novel.

Diamond Bookshelf Sample Lesson Plans

Using Graphic Novels in the Classroom (Including Bone by Jeff Smith)

A Guide for Teachers and Librarians

Perspepolis by Marjane Satrapi - Readers Guide (Random House)

Graphic Novels on the Web

Metamorphosis - adapted by Peter Kuper (Random House)

Heroes - "Pick up where they left off". Graphic novels based on TV Series (NBC)