Can I just say that I love the idea of using graphic novels in the classroom! I grew up reading Marvel and DC comic books, and I absolutely loved them. They were engaging, and I would fly through them as I read. I think a lot of students could learn really well with graphic novels being used in the classroom. If my teachers had used some graphic novels, I can guarantee that myself and other students would have been more engaged.
Now, I am not saying that teachers should use graphic novels as a stand-alone, but I do think that they are an underutilized resource. It would be awesome to pair graphic novels with a novel. For example, one of my dream lessons to teach is Pride and Prejudice paired with the graphic novel Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. Now that might seem like an odd pair, but hear me out. You could easily use authors purpose for both books and compare them. This would help students grasp how an author might take something and present it in a new way, but it's still a similar story. I feel like this would be such an engaging unit for students and you could hit a lot of the CCSS with it.
Working with my students right now, graphic novels would be a huge tool that I know would work for them. Similarly, on the reverse side, you could use graphic novels in that students create a graphic novel for a final project of a novel. One of my students was given this option, and he has been so excited to work on the project. We don't just have to have them read graphic novels, we can have them create their own that would assess what they are learning and comprehending from the text.
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