ABSTRACT

35th Annual Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards Nominee!

This text will allow you to harness students’ love of comics and graphic novels while increasing critical thinking and engagement in the classroom. Author Tim Smyth offers a wide variety of lessons and ideas for using comics to teach close reading, working with textual evidence, literature adaptations, symbolism and culture, sequencing, essay writing, and more. He also models how to use comics to tackle tough topics and enhance social-emotional learning. Throughout the book, you’ll find a multitude of practical resources, including a variety of lesson plans—some quick and easy activities as well as more detailed ready-to-use unit plans. These thoughtful lessons meet the Common Core State Standards and are easy to adapt for any subject area or grade level to fit into your curriculum. Add this book to your professional library and you’ll have a new and exciting way of reaching and teaching your students!

chapter 1|8 pages

My Journey into Teaching with Comics

chapter 2|6 pages

Defense of Comics

chapter 3|4 pages

Resources

chapter 4|11 pages

How to Read Comics

chapter 5|7 pages

Comics as Artifact

chapter 7|4 pages

Sequencing and Personal Interpretation

chapter 8|8 pages

Symbolism and Culture

chapter 9|5 pages

Tough Topics

chapter 10|12 pages

Wordless Comics

chapter 11|3 pages

Using Comics to Teach Essay Writing

chapter 13|11 pages

Literature Adaptions

chapter 14|5 pages

Fairy Tales and Folk Tales as Artifact

chapter 15|9 pages

Civil Rights

chapter 16|21 pages

Making Comics

chapter 17|10 pages

Refugees and Immigration

chapter 19|4 pages

Think Outside the Comic

chapter 20|2 pages

Final Thoughts