Funny Visual Stories
The value of using images in a comic strip format is phenomenal for educators and students. The information I learned from reading several journal articles about comic strips has given me the knowledge needed to understand the importance of comics, funny visual stories, in the classroom. This is a good strategy to use because students can learn any concept or skill through the use of comics. Even better, students can express their learning in the same format that catches and keeps their attention and interest. With the convenient technology of the Comic Life application, this is made easier to accomplish by teachers and students all around the world.
Nowadays, children need to learn how to read digital literacy due to the increased usage of technology in schools and homes (Mcvicker,2007). Comic strips are a great way to introduce visual literacy skills because it is less intimidating to new readers. They have interesting pictures, humor, and few words. In addition to aiding visual literacy development, comic strips can also be used to teach most reading and grammar standards, such as inferencing and types of sentences (McVicker, 2007).
Comics serve as a great way to teach reading strategies like story elements (Ranker, 2008). Character, setting, and plot can easily be discussed through comic book readings. Ranker's article served as evidence that comics not only enhance reading instruction, but also writing instruction. Comic strip stories allow students to write dialogue for characters using speech bubbles. I believe all students, both ELLs and mainstream, would be eager to write words for a character using the comic strip method.
McVicker, C. (2007, September). Comic strip as a text structure for learning to read. The Reading Teacher 61(1) 85-88. Retrieved from https://westga.view.usg.edu/d2l/le/content/1162530/viewContent/20010500/View
Ranker, J. (2008, January). Using comic books as read alouds: Insights on reading instruction from an English as a second language classroom. The Reading Teacher 61(4) 296-305. doi:10.1598/RT.61.4.2
Nowadays, children need to learn how to read digital literacy due to the increased usage of technology in schools and homes (Mcvicker,2007). Comic strips are a great way to introduce visual literacy skills because it is less intimidating to new readers. They have interesting pictures, humor, and few words. In addition to aiding visual literacy development, comic strips can also be used to teach most reading and grammar standards, such as inferencing and types of sentences (McVicker, 2007).
Comics serve as a great way to teach reading strategies like story elements (Ranker, 2008). Character, setting, and plot can easily be discussed through comic book readings. Ranker's article served as evidence that comics not only enhance reading instruction, but also writing instruction. Comic strip stories allow students to write dialogue for characters using speech bubbles. I believe all students, both ELLs and mainstream, would be eager to write words for a character using the comic strip method.
McVicker, C. (2007, September). Comic strip as a text structure for learning to read. The Reading Teacher 61(1) 85-88. Retrieved from https://westga.view.usg.edu/d2l/le/content/1162530/viewContent/20010500/View
Ranker, J. (2008, January). Using comic books as read alouds: Insights on reading instruction from an English as a second language classroom. The Reading Teacher 61(4) 296-305. doi:10.1598/RT.61.4.2
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