Exploring Character Development Through Fantastic Fantasy Reads | Classroom Connections
Our engagement team zeroes in on analyzing character development in fantasy stories students will actually want to read.
Our engagement team zeroes in on analyzing character development in fantasy stories students will actually want to read.
Our engagement team zeroes in on stories about families and feelings to help students who may struggle during the holiday season.
Our engagement team has selected some cozy mysteries designed to challenge and inspire students of all ages to delve deeper into their independent reading.
Comics Plus offers access to comic versions of myriad canonical stories taught in classrooms and homes around the world.
Comics and manga are important for supporting independent reading but can also be effective tools for improving literacy, language learning, and reading for pleasure across a broad audience. With increasing availability of classroom-appropriate titles addressing a variety of educational subjects, educators should work with their librarian partners to include comics and manga in their lesson plans.
By reading graphic memoirs and first-person narratives as mentor texts, students can get ideas and inspiration from other writers. They can see how the writers have a clear focus, and a beginning, middle, and end to their stories; how they develop their ideas with engaging details. Most importantly, students can see how the writers use their unique voices when telling their personal stories, helping them find their own voices and share their own stories.