Week 3 January 22 2020

I do not have much experience with graphic novels, and I have only read one or two and they have both been in college courses. I find it really surprising that I never read any graphic novels in elementary or middle school. Growing up, I always thought that graphic novels were just comic books, or was a specific genre that I just was not interested in. Turns out, there is way more to graphic novels than comic books, and they are much more beneficial for English Language Arts classrooms than one might know. Thinking about graphic novels while going into teaching, I find that graphic novels are great for students who are visual learners.
Students get stuck in reading the same format over and over again in their classes throughout their K-12 education. Graphic novels break this sequence, and open more learning opportunities for students that have trouble with reading regular novels and books without any visual components. I know that I have gotten so much more out of reading graphic novels within college courses in terms of analyzing the text and understanding it versus regular novels. When you are able to see facial expressions and little details in a graphic novel, you pick up more of the deeper context knowledge within the text. You could argue that a good writer would make sure that readers understand these details in formal texts and should not need graphics, however I feel that it is important to acknowledge that there are different learning styles and no matter how great one might be at reading, you can still miss details in a novel if you learn more from visuals. This is why graphic novels can be super beneficial to incorporate into your English Language Arts classrooms, doing this you can learn more about your students individually about how they learn, and can create a classroom that caters to each student for their benefit.

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