BUILDING LITERACY CONNECTIONS WITH GRAPHIC NOVELS

Edited by James Bucky Carter. Tap into the growing popularity of graphic novels to help students better engage with traditional texts. The overarching concept involves teaching books commonly read in middle and high school classrooms in tandem with graphic novels similar in theme or topic (or even with the graphic novel version of the book itself, as with Beowulf). For instance, one essay suggests pairing The Scarlet Letter with The Amazing "True" Story of a Teenage Single Mom in order to show modern-day parallels to Hawthorne’s novel. Other chapters advocate a hands-on approach, such as having students write their own "scripts" for an original comic book or graphic novel. An appendix lists several more graphic novels suitable for classroom use. Grades 7–12. Illustrated. 7" x 10". NCTE. 164 pages. ©2007.

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