The+use+of+comcis+in+the+classroom

=__The use of comics in the classroom__= = = =Claire McCarthy = = = Though this book is beyond the comprehension of most primary students, it would be good as a teaching resource for us to use.

If you look at a comic book, it a very diverse tool in which to use in the classroom that could quite easily link, or create a bridge into other areas of the corriculum other than literacy. It really makes the crossing of corriculum more diverse, which means that if fits nicely into other areas without such an obvoious gap between them, it more blends or meshes them into the one learning focus.

The comic book gives more of a creative edge to literacy for those that have the really creative mind and are having trouble really focusing on the books in which they have been given. It can also be used as a more creative tool in those creative minds, slowly expanding their literacy horizons to more possibilities. As well as the practical sense where we are showing them more of a fantasy based text to let their minds fun more freely but still having that basic sequential ordering in which is the basis of the comic books. In this sequential fashion in which is the basis, we could use this to the best of our advantages to use as the corriculum tool. For example, using it in science to show the steps of the experiment in order to get the result. In sose, showing the sequence that a certain event happened in and so on.

If you are doinng a study on media, cartoons or movies, you could do it around a comic book and then link it to your main focus on that lesson because a lot of comics have branched out into animations and movies. There are a lot of great things that are usually in the comic books that have been left out of the new form in which it has been created into, usually adding more of a hollywood glamourised version of it, which usually strays a lot away from the original concept that was written in the printed version. Comic books give you the diversity of making a project fun by the use of characters that can go with a certain subject and make it humorous and yet informative at the same time, grabbing the chidlren's attention and making them more interested in the subject by watching a short video/ cartoon or comic strip about that certain activity. You can give them voices to make it a little humorous, but they can still ge the seriousness behind the message that you are giving them.

Overall, the use of a comic book in class is very diverse and easily interchangable through the different subject areas, depending on the purpose that you are using them for. So, I hope that you enjoy our wiki that has been created to show you how you may use the comic book in the classroom. We have split it up into the different subject areas for the conveniance of teachers wanting to use this in their classroom, accompanied by possible ideas they may use in their level with their children.

Just remeber, have fun with this, as comics are more often than not, quite humorous in their content.

In here, i have also inserted the Name that comic, a fun little activity to see how many comics they are able to name.

ENJOY

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