Author: Terry Thompson
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1003843794
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 231
Book Description
Graphica is a medium of literature that integrates pictures and words and arranges them to tell a story or convey information, usually presented in a comic strip, periodical, or book form AKA comics. It's no surprise comics have long been popular with kids and adults; some of our greatest heroes were introduced to us in comic form. Drawing on his own success using graphica with elementary students, literacy coach Terry Thompson introduces reading teachers to this popular medium in Adventures in Graphica: Using Comics and Graphic Novels to Teach Comprehension, Grades 2-6. In his book, Thompson explains how graphica can be an engaging and motivating tool for reluctant readers who often shun traditional texts. He suggests sources of appropriate graphica for the classroom and demonstrates how to fit this medium into the literacy framework and correlates with best practices in comprehension, vocabulary, and fluency instruction.Adventures in Graphica contains numerous, easy-to-replicate, instructional strategies, including examples of how graphic texts can be used to create a bridge and students transfer abstract comprehension strategies learned through comics and graphic novels to traditional texts. It is an excellent roadmap for teachers looking to add graphica to their classrooms.
Adventures in Graphica
Author: Terry Thompson
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1003843794
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 231
Book Description
Graphica is a medium of literature that integrates pictures and words and arranges them to tell a story or convey information, usually presented in a comic strip, periodical, or book form AKA comics. It's no surprise comics have long been popular with kids and adults; some of our greatest heroes were introduced to us in comic form. Drawing on his own success using graphica with elementary students, literacy coach Terry Thompson introduces reading teachers to this popular medium in Adventures in Graphica: Using Comics and Graphic Novels to Teach Comprehension, Grades 2-6. In his book, Thompson explains how graphica can be an engaging and motivating tool for reluctant readers who often shun traditional texts. He suggests sources of appropriate graphica for the classroom and demonstrates how to fit this medium into the literacy framework and correlates with best practices in comprehension, vocabulary, and fluency instruction.Adventures in Graphica contains numerous, easy-to-replicate, instructional strategies, including examples of how graphic texts can be used to create a bridge and students transfer abstract comprehension strategies learned through comics and graphic novels to traditional texts. It is an excellent roadmap for teachers looking to add graphica to their classrooms.
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1003843794
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 231
Book Description
Graphica is a medium of literature that integrates pictures and words and arranges them to tell a story or convey information, usually presented in a comic strip, periodical, or book form AKA comics. It's no surprise comics have long been popular with kids and adults; some of our greatest heroes were introduced to us in comic form. Drawing on his own success using graphica with elementary students, literacy coach Terry Thompson introduces reading teachers to this popular medium in Adventures in Graphica: Using Comics and Graphic Novels to Teach Comprehension, Grades 2-6. In his book, Thompson explains how graphica can be an engaging and motivating tool for reluctant readers who often shun traditional texts. He suggests sources of appropriate graphica for the classroom and demonstrates how to fit this medium into the literacy framework and correlates with best practices in comprehension, vocabulary, and fluency instruction.Adventures in Graphica contains numerous, easy-to-replicate, instructional strategies, including examples of how graphic texts can be used to create a bridge and students transfer abstract comprehension strategies learned through comics and graphic novels to traditional texts. It is an excellent roadmap for teachers looking to add graphica to their classrooms.
Adventures in Graphica
Author: Terry Thompson
Publisher: Stenhouse Publishers
ISBN: 1571107126
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 201
Book Description
Comic books and graphic novels, known collectively as "graphica," have long been popular with teenagers and adults. Recently graphica has grown in popularity with younger readers as well, motivating and engaging some of our most reluctant readers who often shun traditional texts. While some teachers have become curious about graphica's potential, many are confused by the overwhelming number of new titles and series, in both fiction and nonfiction, and are unsure of its suitability and function in their classrooms. Drawing on his own success using graphica with elementary students, literacy coach Terry Thompson introduces reading teachers to this popular medium and suggests sources of appropriate graphica for the classroom and for particular students. Taking cues from research that supports the use of graphica with students, Terry shows how this exciting medium fits into the literacy framework and correlates with best practices in comprehension, vocabulary, and fluency instruction. Adventures in Graphica contains numerous, easy-to-replicate, instructional strategies, including examples of how graphic texts can be used to create a bridge as students transfer abstract comprehension strategies learned through comics and graphic novels to traditional texts. Adventures in Graphica provides a roadmap for teachers to the medium that the New York Times recently hailed as possibly "the next new literary form."
Publisher: Stenhouse Publishers
ISBN: 1571107126
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 201
Book Description
Comic books and graphic novels, known collectively as "graphica," have long been popular with teenagers and adults. Recently graphica has grown in popularity with younger readers as well, motivating and engaging some of our most reluctant readers who often shun traditional texts. While some teachers have become curious about graphica's potential, many are confused by the overwhelming number of new titles and series, in both fiction and nonfiction, and are unsure of its suitability and function in their classrooms. Drawing on his own success using graphica with elementary students, literacy coach Terry Thompson introduces reading teachers to this popular medium and suggests sources of appropriate graphica for the classroom and for particular students. Taking cues from research that supports the use of graphica with students, Terry shows how this exciting medium fits into the literacy framework and correlates with best practices in comprehension, vocabulary, and fluency instruction. Adventures in Graphica contains numerous, easy-to-replicate, instructional strategies, including examples of how graphic texts can be used to create a bridge as students transfer abstract comprehension strategies learned through comics and graphic novels to traditional texts. Adventures in Graphica provides a roadmap for teachers to the medium that the New York Times recently hailed as possibly "the next new literary form."
Great Adventures for the Faint of Heart
Author: Cary Fagan
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781988298900
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
Masterful, hopeful stories about ordinary people taking small, bold steps into the unknown These ten compelling and delightful stories highlight ordinary people, introverts, mostly living quiet lives -- until they take the chance to leap toward small, meaningful adventure. A young woman is given a painting by Picasso by her stepfather, and she must acquire a wall to hang it on. A hippie family picks up a cello-playing hitchhiker who convinces them to get a television. And a man winds up taking his girlfriend?s son on a road trip -- an unexpected expedition for them both. Filled with a sense of hope, these stories explore the tangled bonds of family and the complex web that holds them together. Cary Fagan is an undisputed master of the short story, and Great Adventures for the Faint of Heart is a brilliant and warm collection that expands our acceptance of human frailty and our unpredictable capacity for change.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781988298900
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
Masterful, hopeful stories about ordinary people taking small, bold steps into the unknown These ten compelling and delightful stories highlight ordinary people, introverts, mostly living quiet lives -- until they take the chance to leap toward small, meaningful adventure. A young woman is given a painting by Picasso by her stepfather, and she must acquire a wall to hang it on. A hippie family picks up a cello-playing hitchhiker who convinces them to get a television. And a man winds up taking his girlfriend?s son on a road trip -- an unexpected expedition for them both. Filled with a sense of hope, these stories explore the tangled bonds of family and the complex web that holds them together. Cary Fagan is an undisputed master of the short story, and Great Adventures for the Faint of Heart is a brilliant and warm collection that expands our acceptance of human frailty and our unpredictable capacity for change.
Isaac the Pirate
Author: Christophe Blain
Publisher: NBM
ISBN: 9781561633661
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
Wanting to marry the love of his life, Isaac, a talented but poor artist, signs on for a voyage with a rich Captain to make some quick money, but the voyage turns into a series of adventures when the Captain turns out to be a pirate.
Publisher: NBM
ISBN: 9781561633661
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
Wanting to marry the love of his life, Isaac, a talented but poor artist, signs on for a voyage with a rich Captain to make some quick money, but the voyage turns into a series of adventures when the Captain turns out to be a pirate.
The Red Monkey
Author: Joe Daly
Publisher: Juta and Company Ltd
ISBN: 9781919930367
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
An offbeat detective-adventure story - a comic trip into a weird wonderful Cape Town underworld populated by hippy slackers. While trying to handle usual daily stress levels and concentrate on his work, Dave gets disturbed by mysterious noises coming through the ceiling from the apartment above.
Publisher: Juta and Company Ltd
ISBN: 9781919930367
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
An offbeat detective-adventure story - a comic trip into a weird wonderful Cape Town underworld populated by hippy slackers. While trying to handle usual daily stress levels and concentrate on his work, Dave gets disturbed by mysterious noises coming through the ceiling from the apartment above.
Pigs Might Fly
Author: Nick Abadzis
Publisher: First Second Books
ISBN: 162672086X
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
The daughter of a renowned inventor, Lily Leanchops' obsession with building a functional aircraft is put to the test when the Warthogs, piloting flying machines protected by dark magic, set out to claim Pigdom Plains for their own.
Publisher: First Second Books
ISBN: 162672086X
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
The daughter of a renowned inventor, Lily Leanchops' obsession with building a functional aircraft is put to the test when the Warthogs, piloting flying machines protected by dark magic, set out to claim Pigdom Plains for their own.
The Strange Ones
Author: Jeremy Jusay
Publisher: Gallery 13
ISBN: 1982101121
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
Filled with visceral and engaging prose, this graphic novella offers a nostalgic look at two young misfits who manage to find belonging and heartbreak in each other’s friendship. Anjeline walks with an open heart, but alone, through a world that consistently rejects her; Franck, another loner, never smiles. After the hand of fate literally shoves them together in the roiling mosh pit at a Midtown rock concert, they bond over the long commute back to Staten Island, and begin a friendship that makes the world a little better for them both. Together, this strange pair turns the sharp-edged, gloomy New York City into their playground...even as pain and heartbreak await around the corner.
Publisher: Gallery 13
ISBN: 1982101121
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
Filled with visceral and engaging prose, this graphic novella offers a nostalgic look at two young misfits who manage to find belonging and heartbreak in each other’s friendship. Anjeline walks with an open heart, but alone, through a world that consistently rejects her; Franck, another loner, never smiles. After the hand of fate literally shoves them together in the roiling mosh pit at a Midtown rock concert, they bond over the long commute back to Staten Island, and begin a friendship that makes the world a little better for them both. Together, this strange pair turns the sharp-edged, gloomy New York City into their playground...even as pain and heartbreak await around the corner.
Eartha
Author: Cathy Malkasian
Publisher: Fantagraphics Books
ISBN: 1606999915
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
Malkasian’s stunning landscapes and depictions of nature, gestural character nuance, and sophisticated storytelling are on display in her latest graphic novel. For a thousand years, the unfinished dreams―sex fantasies, murder plots, wishful thinking―from the City Across the Sea came to Echo Fjord to find sanctuary. Emerging from the soil, they took bodily form and wandered the land, gently guided by the fjord folk. But recently they've stopped coming, and Eartha wants solve the mystery. Without thought or hesitation―the city isn’t on any map, or in anyone’s memory―she ventures into the limitless waters, hoping to find the City.
Publisher: Fantagraphics Books
ISBN: 1606999915
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
Malkasian’s stunning landscapes and depictions of nature, gestural character nuance, and sophisticated storytelling are on display in her latest graphic novel. For a thousand years, the unfinished dreams―sex fantasies, murder plots, wishful thinking―from the City Across the Sea came to Echo Fjord to find sanctuary. Emerging from the soil, they took bodily form and wandered the land, gently guided by the fjord folk. But recently they've stopped coming, and Eartha wants solve the mystery. Without thought or hesitation―the city isn’t on any map, or in anyone’s memory―she ventures into the limitless waters, hoping to find the City.
Laser Moose and Rabbit Boy (Laser Moose and Rabbit Boy series, Book 1)
Author: Doug Savage
Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
ISBN: 1449484093
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
The forest is full of danger . . . but help is here. Meet Laser Moose and Rabbit Boy, improbable pals who use their powers—laser vision and an unrelenting sense of optimism—to fight the forces of evil. Join the dynamic duo as they battle aliens, a mutant fish-bear, a cyborg porcupine, and a mechanical squirrel, learning along the way that looking on the bright side might be just as powerful as shooting a laser. Get ready for hilarious, action-packed, laser-powered adventures written and drawn by Doug Savage, creator of the popular comic Savage Chickens. This is Savage’s first graphic novel.
Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
ISBN: 1449484093
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
The forest is full of danger . . . but help is here. Meet Laser Moose and Rabbit Boy, improbable pals who use their powers—laser vision and an unrelenting sense of optimism—to fight the forces of evil. Join the dynamic duo as they battle aliens, a mutant fish-bear, a cyborg porcupine, and a mechanical squirrel, learning along the way that looking on the bright side might be just as powerful as shooting a laser. Get ready for hilarious, action-packed, laser-powered adventures written and drawn by Doug Savage, creator of the popular comic Savage Chickens. This is Savage’s first graphic novel.
The Fall of the House of West
Author: Paul Pope
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 162672010X
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 163
Book Description
Aurora West investigate the death of her mother and discovers some shocking truths.
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 162672010X
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 163
Book Description
Aurora West investigate the death of her mother and discovers some shocking truths.