Teaching Reading Comprehension with Graphic Texts
An Illustrated Adventure
Published on 1. April 2013
Book
Paperback/Softback
96 pages
978-1-936700-58-5 (ISBN)
Description
Today's reading standards require K-12 teachers to teach multi-modal texts that combine print and images. Teaching Reading Comprehension with Graphic Texts: An Illustrated Adventure shows teachers how to read, understand, and teach the unique vocabulary and anatomy of the graphic text format alongside traditional, print-based literature and content-area selections.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
Illustrations, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 252 mm
Width: 172 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight
213 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-936700-58-5 (9781936700585)
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Katie Monnin is an assistant professor of literacy at University of North Florida in Jacksonville. She has presented nationally at conferences on teaching graphic novels in the classroom, image and print-text literacies, and new media. Katie is co-editor of Florida Reading Quarterly. Her book, Teaching Graphic Novels, was a finalist for the 2009 ForeWord Education Book of the Year! She was selected to be a judge for the 2013 Eisner Awards.