Graphic Novels in High School and Middle School Classrooms

William Boerman-Cornell studies how graphic novels can best be used in the classroom and the intersection of graphic novels and disciplinary literacy. After teaching high school English for a decade, he is now a professor of Education. Jung Kim is a former high school English teacher and literacy coach and is now a teacher-educator. She studies popular culture and out-of-school literacies, as well as Asian American teacher identities.Michael Manderino studies the intersections between digital and disciplinary literacies He is a former high school history teacher and literacy coach who works closely with schools to support disciplinary literacies instruction.

• ForewordPrefaceChapter 1- Introduction: Can Graphic Novels Save the World?Chapter 2- The Role of Disciplinary Literacy for Teaching with Graphic NovelsChapter 3- What are Graphic Novels? How do they Work? Why would Teachers Want to Use Them Anyway? What is the Best Way to Teach with Them?Chapter 4- Graphic Novels in Teaching Academic DisciplinesChapter 5- Using Graphic Novels in the HumanitiesChapter 6- Picture/Text HybridityChapter 7- Disciplinary Inquiry Using Graphic NovelsChapter 8- Critical ResponseChapter 9- Themes, Interdisciplinary Instruction and Graphic NovelsChapter 10- Putting it all Together: Using Graphic Novels to Support Disciplinary Literacies Instruction

An essential book for explaining clearly the richness of visual literacy, how many layers of meaning can be packed into the magical combination of words and pictures.