What is a graphic novel?- a publishing format
- books written and illustrated in the style of a comic book
- can be lengthy with a complex storyline
- aimed at a variety of audiences
- has been used for centuries in the forms of cave drawings, hieroglyphics and medieval tapestries
- can develop critical thinking and reading ability
- can include; literary devices, narrative structure, metaphor and symbolism, point of view, alliteration, puns, inference
- most importantly can be FUN!!!!
Graphic Novels tell a story through both pictures and words, for an assignment the students must pick a significant figure in history and use the principles of a graphic novel to tell the story of their lives. In order to assist with this task the students can go to http://www.readwritethink.org/MATERIALS/COMIC/. The graphic novels will be presented to the class in order to allow all students to attain the information researched by their peers.
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