I found the article by Mary Rice to be very interesting. I had never thought to use more graphic novels in the classroom because I was always one of those people who just thought of them as easy and not appropriate for the classroom. Personally, I had never had experience with a graphic novel in a classroom setting until my third year of college in a 400 level English class. I thought the graphic novel was very entertaining but it was strange to have pictures in my book again.
I would not have thought of the difficulties before this article but they all make sense. Most of these comic like stories do seenu academically inappropriate. I do think that it may be worth it in a broken down sense. I believe these works would be helpful for ELL and slower readers because of the accompaniment of pictures but I believe it may be too much hassle to teach then to a whole class.
Is the time and money spent outside the classroom worth a lesson that the student could possibly miss?
I like that you brought ELLs into the discussion, because that could definitely helpful for them in an English class. Without images or motions, the content of most literature lacks context to help the students understand plot. However, graphic novels could definitely be beneficial to ELLs by providing contextual support! Thanks so much for sharing this :D
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