I specifically liked that they had some Shakespeare plays in the canon because I know it took me reading Shakespeare in junior high, high school and finally in college to really understand the language and action in this works. I think using a graphic novel version of a Shakespeare play as a supporting text to the original Old English script would really help students understand the whole story, without getting hung up on the unfamiliar language.
I also think graphic novels would be great to use with struggling readers or ELL students because they can use the images in the graphic novel to help understand the written text. I think this would be especially help for ELL because many time they are learning a second language and culture so a text that uses a lot of cultural references might be hard to understand if they are just reading the text but if they can see an image connected with the text this might help them become more confident in their reading comprehension.
Lastly, I would love to introduce graphic novels to my students because I think it is a great medium to get students interested in reading for fun. I have a very active imagination so I personally love stories that help me create an image in my head of the characters and storyline, but some students dont learn that way. I think some people dont like reading because their imagination doesn't create as vivid and exciting images so having some of the images provided might spark a love of reading they didn't have before.
After looking at the graphic canon for this class I will definitely be keeping an eye out for graphic novels I can integrate into my classroom.
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