I’m taking part in the Slice of Life Challenge sponsored by Ruth and Stacey over at Two Writing Teachers. I hope to write every day for the month of March and then continue weekly each Tuesday. Join in yourself or head over to check out what’s happening with other slices. If you’re taking part in [...]
Posts Tagged ‘graphic novel’
Amulet by Kazu Kibuishi
The Amulet series by Kazu Kibuishi is extremely popular with my 8th graders. Since so many of them are reading these graphic novels and raving about them, I thought it was time for me to finish the series and release the new copies into my classroom. Book One: The Stonekeeper (Scholastic 2008)- A fatal accident prompts [...]
Graphic novel roundup
My students this year are loving graphic novels, and I am feeling the lack in my book collection. I currently have only three books on that shelf. That’s been pretty typical this entire year. At the Scholastic book fair this week, I stocked up on some more titles. I’m reading them as quickly as I [...]
Fun on a Friday: Drama by Raina Telgemeier
I absolutely loved Raina Telgemeir’s first graphic novel, Smile–a memoir from her own middle school years. I can tell you that it has not stayed on my shelf since school started. My students are passing it hand to hand. I was so excited to learn that Telgemeir had a second graphic novel coming out, Drama. [...]
Ghostopolis by Doug TenNapel
I have a line of students who are waiting to read Ghostopolis (Scholastic Graphix 2010). Many of them have already read and enjoyed Bad Island, the other graphic novel by Doug TenNapel that I have in my classroom library. They are not going to be disappointed. I liked Ghostopolis even better. I frequently chortled out loud [...]
Summer reading…graphic novels
Either I’m getting better at reading graphic novels or I’m finding better ones to read. I brought several graphic novels home with me over the summer to read. Here they are: Brain Camp by Susan Kim, Laurence Klavan, and Faith Erin Hicks (First Second 2010): Jenna and Lucas have been labeled losers by their friends [...]
Wonderstruck by Brian Selznick
I was struck with wonder reading Brian Selznick’s latest offering, Wonderstruck. I can’t wait to take this book back to school and let my students read it. Those who enjoyed The Invention of Hugo Cabret will love it. Ben and Rose lived fifty years apart, but their stories mirror and intersect as they are both drawn [...]
