I'm not really sure where this belongs, so I'll post it here; a mod can move it if it fits better elsewhere. Anyways.
I though you guys might like to know/find it cool that I've started a unit that uses graphic novels in a grade 11 English classroom. I'm on a teaching internship, and my cooperating teacher (i.e. the one usually in charge of this class) thought using them was a great idea. I've designed their use around writing formal literary essays; basically, they've all chosen a graphic novel, and will be writing a short essay on character development using lessons on comic book storytelling techniques and essay structure/methods that will be given to them between now and Christmas. It's pretty open-ended; we had a selection of about 27 varied graphic novels available for them to sign out of the class (though they are more than welcome to use their own, as a few are), and while Spider-man: Blue and Whedon's Astonishing X-men have about 3 students reading them each, everybody else has something different. We just did the first formal lesson today, on some brief comic book history and a "how to read" primer, which went great. I'll keep you guys updated on how it goes over the next 5 weeks or so!
I though you guys might like to know/find it cool that I've started a unit that uses graphic novels in a grade 11 English classroom. I'm on a teaching internship, and my cooperating teacher (i.e. the one usually in charge of this class) thought using them was a great idea. I've designed their use around writing formal literary essays; basically, they've all chosen a graphic novel, and will be writing a short essay on character development using lessons on comic book storytelling techniques and essay structure/methods that will be given to them between now and Christmas. It's pretty open-ended; we had a selection of about 27 varied graphic novels available for them to sign out of the class (though they are more than welcome to use their own, as a few are), and while Spider-man: Blue and Whedon's Astonishing X-men have about 3 students reading them each, everybody else has something different. We just did the first formal lesson today, on some brief comic book history and a "how to read" primer, which went great. I'll keep you guys updated on how it goes over the next 5 weeks or so!