comic-writing

Why not use literature?

• 'You need to be an expert'
• 'It must be "proper" literature'
• 'It's too hard for the students'
• 'There's not enough time!'

wHY USE LITERATURE?

• it can be brief, contemporary and relevant;
• it can aid students’ speaking as well as reading skills,
• it can engage the class in aspects of critical thinking that text books rarely do and open minds onto the world;
• it can be used to enhance, supplement and complement the curriculum;

benefit from learning to create graphic novels and comics

• "Because they combine images and text, comics are a multimodal form of communication. Organizing a story on the page ensures that students make complex decisions about managing their ideas, concepts and overall plot in a way no standard writing outline can..."

Image from the grafic novel Perseoplis

wHERE DO IDEAS COME FROM?

• Your experiences
• Your imagination
• Your memories

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references

• https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/article/get-lit-literature-a-teachers-be...
• https://classroom.popcultureclassroom.org/comics-101/how-to-teach-with-comi...