These are some of the tools we use to pre-teach graphic novel vocabulary to students. If you were at the NYSSLHA or ARKSHA convention, you heard us detail how to use them!

Use this link to access our Graphic Novels Book List & More if you were at the NYSSLHA conference March 20-22! Graphic Novels Book List & More!

Use this tool to guide your students to notice which panels of a graphic novel are about SETTING versus which ones are about CHARACTER. Read first, noticing clues about these story elements from words only; read a second time, noticing clues from images only. This strategy aligns with the Visual Thinking Strategy and builds visual literacy, inferencing, describing, reading body language/facial expression skills, and more!

This Pass-It-Along Activity is taken from a page in the graphic novel DUEL by Jessixa Bagley. Great for use in groups to work on building a connected conversation. Instructions are at the bottom of the handout!