1st Edition
Adventures in Graphica Using Comics and Graphic Novels to Teach Comprehension, 2-6
By Terry Thompson
Copyright 2008
200 Pages
by
Routledge
200 Pages
by
Routledge
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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... Read more
Chapter One: You Got Comics?; Chapter Two: The Lure of Graphica; Chapter Three: A Word about the Research; Chapter Four: Introducing the Conventions of Graphica; Chapter Five: Endless Possibilities for Using Graphica; Chapter Six: Comprehension, Comically; Chapter Seven: In the Mind's Eye; Chapter Eight: Vocabulary, Visually; Chapter Nine: Fluency in the Funnies; Chapter Ten: Making the Right Choices; Chapter Eleven: Troubleshooting; Afterword
Biography
Terry Thompson is an author, teacher, and consultant living in San Antonio, Texas. He trains teachers of readers and writers in grades K-8. Currently a reading interventionist, Terry has served as a classroom teacher, basic skills teacher, Reading Recovery teacher, and literacy coach. He holds a master's degree in psychotherapy and cognitive coaching and travels throughout the country consulting with classroom teachers and literacy specialists. Terry is the author of Adventures in Graphica (Stenhouse, 2008).
