It is every teacher's hope that students will pick up a few good novels over the summer both classic as well as graphic (similar to comic book layouts). One way to have this occur is to add a convenience feature to it. After all, if everything is free and the selection offers many genres, they should have no trouble finding something to suit their interests.
Students will need a computer or a good smart phone to access the materials. Once downloaded, they are free to read at at their leisure. If they are older, why not encourage them to read to younger siblings? Or, after reading, create their own graphic short story on a topic of interest to them. This brings in writing, and unbeknownst to them, keeps their writing skills sharp. There is also the added bonus of enriching their vocabulary base. English teachers will be quite happy to say the least.
FREE ONLINE GRAPHIC NOVELS
Denise
ELL TEACHER PROS
Showing posts with label graphic novels for kids. Show all posts
Showing posts with label graphic novels for kids. Show all posts
Wednesday, June 27, 2012
Monday, September 19, 2011
Free Graphic Novels (Comic Books) for Kids (Along with Teacher Tools):)
Graphic novels do a great job at building an interest in reading that might not be there for many ELLs as well as native speakers of English. Properly used, teachers can use this type of reading material to do many things: show the importance of context clues (vocabulary or visuals), deal with the components of a novel (protagonist, climax, character development, etc.), grammar (but not overwhelming), writing (having students analyze what a character says and how he/she says it), discussion (with partners or in small groups---discussing a character's actions for example), etc. The limits of how these books can be used are up to the teacher.
Using graphic novels will offer your students with poor reading skills an opportunity to fully participate in classroom discussion assured that they have a solid understanding of the book's content. Such texts shore up reading skills of your ELLs to such a point that they can slowly transition over time to adapted novels (novels minus the visuals but written a year or two below grade level). With time, maybe an interest in reading will be developed to the point that your weaker students will want to read outside of class:)
ONLINE COMICS AND GRAPHIC NOVELS--Digital Tools for Teachers
Enjoy!
Denise
ELL Teacher Pros
Using graphic novels will offer your students with poor reading skills an opportunity to fully participate in classroom discussion assured that they have a solid understanding of the book's content. Such texts shore up reading skills of your ELLs to such a point that they can slowly transition over time to adapted novels (novels minus the visuals but written a year or two below grade level). With time, maybe an interest in reading will be developed to the point that your weaker students will want to read outside of class:)
ONLINE COMICS AND GRAPHIC NOVELS--Digital Tools for Teachers
Enjoy!
Denise
ELL Teacher Pros
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