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Engaging Students with Graphic Novels

Dr. Deborah Healey American English Institute/Linguistics University of Oregon

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Owly, Trace Effects, Clannad, Asterix the Gaul, Naruto, Tintin, Stargazer There are all kinds of graphic novels… some of these were mine, others are ones you’ll see again
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Who’s here?

Introduce yourself to 2 or 3 people around you • Student age/level/type • Number of students in your class • How motivated are your students?

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Group discussion – then polling
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What’s another term (or two) for graphic novel?

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How many have read graphic novels? How many have used graphic novels in teaching? Out of curiosity: How many have heard about Trace Effects, the game? Background: The term “graphic novel” has been around for over 35 years, but only recently becoming popular. Some say it’s just a way of making you pay more for a comic book. Others point out possible differences in binding, and that it tends to be a whole story at once rather than an installment of a story. The concept is much older, from the late 1800s according to some – and of course Tintin, from 1943 and Asterix the Gaul from 1961 (some images from my collection)
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What’s in a name?

• Graphic novel • Comic book • Manga

Related concepts • Comic strip • Sequential art

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What do you associate with each? Discuss for 5 minutes. Do you have a preference? Are they the same? I’ll be using graphic novel and comic book more or less interchangeably, as in common usage
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Now to teaching…

• Why bother?

Image: http://www.flickr.com/photos/12917962@N00/2817161488

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mage: 'Day 245 - Seize The Carp!' �http://www.flickr.com/photos/12917962@N00/2817161488�Found on flickrcc.net
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Age-appropriate Popular

51,482 paperbacks

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Age-appropriate and popular – 132,591 results on Amazon; 51,484 paperbacks Image from www.amazon.com Jan 18, 2014; image from www.barnesandnoble.com January 14, 2014
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Conversational language • Too bad we

didn’t catch Rachel.

• Sounds like a plan.

• Let’s keep our eye out for neckties.

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Trace Effects, Chapter 7 Graphic Novel – no subjects a lot of the time, idiomatic language, talking over each other Authentic language in graphic novels for native speakers U.S. Department of State. (2012). Trace Effects Chapter 7 Graphic Novel.
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Often not a lot of text

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Not off-putting for lower-level learners; images tell a lot of the story Allan, V. (n.d.). Stargazer, p. 12. Retrieved from http://stargazer.vonallan.com/2012/02/stargazer-ebooks-pdfs-cbrcbz-and.html 
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Visually rich

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Visuals clarify the actions; engage visual-graphical learners; a picture is worth 1000 words => motivating Lots for teachers to exploit! U.S. Department of State. (2012). Trace Effects Chapter 5 Graphic Novel.
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So what can I do with it?

Reading – Intensive and extensive – Pre-reading (activate schema) – During reading (form or fluency) – Post-reading (remembering, analyzing, evaluating) – Colloquial vocabulary and grammar – Colloquial spelling – Onomatopoeia

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Extensive reading for all the reasons we just mentioned – fun, motivating, lowers the affective filter
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Writing

– Describe the background and the characters in detail

– Write the story in paragraphs

– Add the motivation of the characters

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Describe the background and characters - adjectives, nouns, adverbs Reconstruct the story – add transitions, cohesive elements; add more details Motivation of the characters – why are they doing this? What does the reader need to know when you can’t see the images? U.S. Department of State. (2012). Trace Effects Chapter 5 Graphic Novel.
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Speaking/Listening

• Role-play – Add intonation and expression – Audience: Has the content changed? – Are the characters “right”?

• Pronunciation practice – Wanna, gonna, other conversational forms – Fluency rather than form

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Role-play – they have the dialogue; add intonation and expression – change from the graphic novel to human
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Discussion

• Surface level – Enjoyment, story ideas

• Critical thinking – What was surprising? – What more do you “see”? – How is it different from reading text? – What happens with the order?

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David Fay’s article in Forum: Student Storytelling Through Sequential Art
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Why is the picture slanted? Why is the top picture so small?

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Allan, V. (n.d.). Stargazer, p. 12. Retrieved from http://stargazer.vonallan.com/2012/02/stargazer-ebooks-pdfs-cbrcbz-and.html 
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Non-linear text

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Where does the conversation start? U.S. Department of State. (2012). Trace Effects Chapter 2 Graphic Novel.
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Tweaking the text

– Bubbles without text – Text without bubbles – Selective deletion – Strips to reassemble

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Not “twerking” Selective deletion of adjectives, prepositions, articles U.S. Department of State. (2012). Trace Effects Chapter 2 Graphic Novel.
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Creating…

– Add your own text to images – Add your own images to text – Create a local version of the

story – Personalize the story – Build a story from scratch

Template: http://donnayoung.org/f13/art-f/comic/2013-2-3-3-t.pdf

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http://donnayoung.org/f13/art-f/comic/2013-2-3-3-t.pdf
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What can YOU do with graphic novels? • Work in groups of 3-4 • When and how would you use a

graphic novel with YOUR students? • What pre-, during- and post-activities?

• 10 minutes, then share with another

group – choose the best idea to share

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2-minute freewrite

What was the most useful information I got from this session?

Image: http://www.flickr.com/photos/46646401@N06/7205089854

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Image: 'The ReThinking Man’ http://www.flickr.com/photos/46646401@N06/7205089854�Found on flickrcc.net
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Thanks!

Deborah Healey [email protected] https://sites.google.com/site/eltwithgraphicnovels/


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