Abstract
This article documents the experiences of a diverse group of second grade students during a nine week unit of study focused on graphic stories. The project begins as the class is immersed in reading graphic stories designed for young readers. Images, written text, and dialog are utilized to scaffold reading comprehension and to practice fluency. Then, students construct their own graphic stories based on characters from books, popular culture, and personal experiences. Each story is transformed into a digital format with narration using Photo Story. The results indicate student growth in the areas of comprehension and fluency. There is also a need to integrate new literacies with traditional to prepare students for communicating in the 21st century.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 208-219 |
| Number of pages | 12 |
| Journal | Reading Teacher |
| Volume | 67 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Nov 2013 |
Scopus Subject Areas
- Language and Linguistics
- Pharmacology
- Linguistics and Language
- Pharmacology (medical)
Keywords
- Assessment
- Case study
- Childhood
- Children's literature
- Comprehension
- Digital/media literacies
- Early childhood
- English language learners, English learners, English as a second language, English for speakers of other languages
- Fluency
- Imagery, visualizing
- Instructional strategies, teaching strategies
- Interest
- Language learners
- Literary elements
- Literature
- Motivation/engagement
- New literacies
- Popular culture
- Prosody
- Qualitative
- Questioning
- Reading strategies
- Research methodology
- Rubrics
- Second-language learning
- Second-language reading
- Sociocultural
- Strategies, methods, and materials
- Struggling learners
- Theoretical perspectives
- Writing
- Writing process
- Writing strategies