XHSC 0910Q Reading the Graphic Novel

Credits: .5

Explores a variety of strategies for improving reading and critical thinking skills through the use of graphic novels. Encourages verbal and written communication of ideas and concepts.

Student Learning Outcomes:

Apply reading strategies to graphic novels.
Use critical reading skills to make inferences.
Summarize and analyze elements of fiction in graphic novels.
Explain analysis with supporting details from the text.

Content Outline

Basic Comprehension Skills
- Graphic novel as a narrative
- Form and structure of a graphic novel
- Strategies for reading a graphic novel
- Comic book vocabulary
Analyzing Elements of Fiction
- Plot
- Cause and effect
- Tone
- Character
- Theme
- Style
- Figurative devices
Written Analysis
- Dialectical journals
- Short essays