Hacking Graphic Novels - (Hack Learning) by Shveta V Miller (Paperback)

About the Book

"While comics and graphic novels have made their way into classrooms and established literary circles, many educators are not aware of enriching ways they can help us develop innovative, independent thinkers and learners, those who see and hear something different from what they know and respond with curiosity, those who understand how they learn best and what they need from us to live the lives they want to lead. This book addresses common challenges and problems with leveraging the medium's full potential"-- Provided by publisher.

Book Synopsis

Too many of our kids struggle with reading and writing

Now, you can help us end illiteracy and unlock the love of reading and writing in all learners, with the power of graphic novels and comics.

Teaching with comics increases engagement, and the ultimate value is in helping your students look with care, see possibilities, consider alternatives, ask nuanced questions, show their thinking, and bravely tell stories they would not have told in any other medium.

Best of all, even your most reluctant readers and writers will engage enthusiastically with your lessons and content.

Hacking Graphic Novels offers new ideas and practical tools for teachers of all subjects, grades, and experience levels with sequential art. Shveta Miller, a teacher leader and global advocate for teaching with comics, shows teachers how to:

• Guide students to look at visuals slowly with curiosity, open-mindedness, and intention
• Develop independent learners who explore the possibilities and real-world applications
• Encourage students to think, process, and express their understanding of complex systems and ideas
• Help students escape the comfort zone and productively struggle in the growth zone
• Use close reading and close looking for writers to inspire comprehension through storytelling
• Inspire colleagues, administrators, families, and students with the power of visual texts

Want all of your students to learn through storytelling and express their learning in writing? Grab Hacking Graphic Novels today, and watch your students smile tomorrow.

Review Quotes

I practically begged Shveta Miller to write this book. When she

showed me the incredible power of graphic novels as a tool for

expression, complex thinking, and demonstrating learning, I

wanted every teacher to hear about it. Graphic novels have gotten

a lot more attention in the past decade, but Miller has a special

gift for diving deep into their emotional and cognitive benefits; at

the same time, she manages to make implementation seem easy.

I feel certain that you'll be trying the ideas in this book before

you've even finished reading it.

- Jennifer Gonzalez, Editor-in-Chief of Cult of Pedagogy, and

Co-Author of Hacking Education: 10 Quick Fixes For Every School

Miller's work is a much-needed addition to the ever-growing

canon of comics scholarship because it provides an abundance of

practical, hands-on activities for teachers. By framing each chapter

with a specific issue faced in the learning environment, presenting

a "hack" to address that issue, and supporting her plan with visuals

and a near-exhaustive list of "things you can do," she provides a

clear map for teachers to discover the numerous ways that comics

can inspire creative and critical thinking in their students.

- Rocco Versaci, Author of This Book Contains Graphic

Language: Comics as Literature and That Hidden Road: A Memoir

Slam, Bang, Pow to dated classrooms. Shveta Miller's text

explodes with eminently practical strategies for creating a genuinely

student-led classroom set free from the burdens of textbook

and administrative-driven instruction. If you want students who

are critical thinkers, imaginative problem-solvers, and nuanced

observers, read and use this book!

- David Seelow, PhD, College of Saint Rose, Editor of Lessons

Drawn: Essays on the Pedagogy of Comics and Graphic Novels