Bonner Online-Bibliographie zur Comicforschung
Bonn Online Bibliography of Comics Research

• Advances a creative approach to teaching core literacy skills, including narrative construction, spelling, publication, and assessment.
• Includes adaptable lesson plans and examples of professionally published and student-created comics.
• Details classroom applications and resources to help teachers launch their own comic book clubs.

Table of Contents

Jim Davis: Foreword: A Comic Artist on Literacy (ix)
James Bucky Carter: Foreword: A Literacy Educator on Comics (xi)
Acknowledgments (xiii)

Introduction: Comic Books in Education (1)
– Why Comic Books, and Why Now? (2)
– Introducing the Comic Book Project (5)
– About This Book (6)

1. What Are Comics? (9)
– A Note About Terms (9)
– Introducing Sequential Artistic-Written Narratives (aka Comics) (10)
– Connections to Classroom Literacy (14)
– Lessons from the Comic Book Project (22)
– Student Comic Book Selection (24)
– Classroom Application (28)
– Classroom Resources (30)

2. Scaffolding for Reading (31)
– Skills of Sequencing (31)
– Story Grammars and Storyboards (37)
– Reading Comics as Literature (39)
– Lessons from the Comic Book Project (40)

– Student Comic Book Selection (44)
– Classroom Application (48)
– Classroom Resources (50)

3. Scaffolding for Writing (51)
– The Writing Scaffold (53)
– Finishing the Product: Revising, Inking, and Coloring (59)
– Lessons from the Comic Book Project (60)
– Student Comic Book Selection (62)
– Classroom Application (67)
– Classroom Resources (69)

4. Collaborating for Success (71)
– Keys to Successful Collaborations (73)
– Collaborative Art Making (75)
– Lessons from the Comic Book Project (79)
– Student Comic Book Selection (81)
– Classroom Application (85)
– Classroom Resources (87)

5. Teaching Comics, Learning Life (88)
– The Foundations of Learning (92)
– Tackling Life Issues (94)
– Breaking Language Barriers (95)
– Lessons from the Comic Book Project (97)
– Student Comic Book Selection (98)
– Classroom Application (103)
– Classroom Resources (105)

6. Publishing and Presenting (106)
– Models of Publication (107)
– Presenting and Exhibiting (112)
– Lessons from the Comic Book Project (115)
– Student Comic Book Selection (117)
– Classroom Application (121)
– Classroom Resources (123)

7. Classrooms, Communities, and Comics (124)
– Getting the Community Involved (126)
– Thinking About Community (128)
– Working with Themes (129)
– Lessons from the Comic Book Project (131)
– Student Comic Book Selection (132)
– Classroom Application (137)
– Classroom Resources (139)

8. Launching a Comic Book Club (140)
– In-School Models (140)
– Out-of-School Models (144)
– Assessment (147)
– Lessons from the Comic Book Project (149)
– Student Comic Book Selection (151)
– Classroom Application (155)
– Classroom Resources (156)

Conclusion: Beyond the Words and Art (158)
– Three Things to Remember (159)

References (161)
Index (169)
About the Author (177)