Using Comic Art to Improve Speaking, Reading and Writing

by Steve Bowkett

Book Overview

Using Comic Art to Improve Speaking, Reading and Writing uses children's interest in pictures, comics and graphic novels as a way of developing their creative writing abilities, reading skills and oracy. The book's underpinning strategy is the use of comic art images as a visual analogue to help children generate, organise and refine their ideas when writing and talking about text.

In reading comic books children are engaging with...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415675510
• ISBN13: 9780415675512
• Release Date: December 2011
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 186 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.8" x 9.5"