Graphic Novels Are Elementary!

Graphic novels are rapidly gaining in popularity with students, as well as with librarians and teachers. The quality and choices of graphic novels available for the classroom are rich and diverse. Did you know that both Newbery and Caldecott honors have been awarded to graphic novels? Comics are "real" reading!

Teachers are beginning to see that research and practice support the use of graphic novels in the classroom. Comics and graphic novels:

• motivate and support beginning, struggling, and reluctant readers
  
• support English Language Learners
• enrich the skills of accomplished readers
• improve student attitudes toward reading
  
• teach visual literacy
• stimulate higher level thinking

I created "Graphic Novels are Elementary!" to help teachers and librarians make the most of graphic novels in the elementary grades. All of these resources are available in my online Teachers Pay Teachers store.

Graphic Novels Are Elementary! Freebie
A free, resource-packed sample. This freebie includes:
–Tips and tricks for reading graphic novels 
  together and reading graphic novels aloud
–A 3-page, full color visual presentation on “How
  to Read Comics”
–“Teaching With Comics: Analyzing the
  Elements” (Discussion questions for use
  specifically with graphic novels)
— “Panel to Panel” student activity page —
  Students use critical thinking to describe what
  happens between panels
— “Graphic Novel Book Report” student activity
  page — A graphic organizer to help students
  analyze graphic novels
–Eight full-color graphic novel vocabulary cards

Graphic Novels Are Elementary! Activities and Student Pages
Activities, graphic organizers, and student response pages for use with any graphic novel! This packet includes:
–Tips for reading graphic novels with students
–5 fun, easy hands-on activities to go with any
  graphic novel
–14 student activity pages to use with any graphic
  novel, including graphic organizers, group
  activities, and reader responses

Graphic Novels Are Elementary! Presentation
Learn about the power of comics and graphic novels as teaching and learning tools, and use this presentation to share that power with others – not only students, but also colleagues, administrators, and parents. Includes:
• What are “comics”?
• How to read comics
• Comics are “real” reading!
• Research supports teaching with comics
• How to teach with comics
– Comics as literature
– Comics in the subject areas
– Analyzing comics
– Comics vocabulary

Graphic Novels are Elementary! Vocabulary Pack
This vocabulary pack includes everything you need to teach students the academic vocabulary needed to read and analyze graphic novels. This vocabulary pack includes:
–3 color graphic novel vocabulary lists with
  definitions
–30 color graphic novel vocabulary word wall
  cards and 6 blank cards
–3 black & white graphic novel vocabulary lists
  with definition
–30 black & white graphic novel vocabulary word
  wall cards and 6 blank cards
–Printable “Graphic Novel Scavenger Hunt”
  student activity page
–Printable “Graphic Novel Vocabulary” student
  graphic organizer (Can be used for assessment.)