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  • James John Elementary School
  • Portland, OR
  • More than half of students from low‑income households Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more

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Kids love graphic novels but Bilingual kids LOVE graphic novels. Bilingual students learn to speak language by watching facial expression, body language and by inferring based on context. What's amazing is that graphic novels use the same exact comprehension devices to enthrall readers. A typical Bilingual student must have seven years in a bilingual program to really understand and comprehend grade level reading material in the same way as monolingual peers. A graphic novel provides a window into grade level text that usually isn't accessible for my students. Parents and Teachers tend to hate graphic novels. Many of us believe that graphic novels do all the thinking for students. Or maybe that students are looking at the pictures instead of actually reading. Did you know that the average graphic novel demands six times the amount of inferences from its readers? Or that the vocabulary in a graphic novel is typically at or above grade level? Do you remember novels like Redwall, A Wrinkle in Time or even Wizard of Oz? All of these challenging books have been adapted into graphic novels. The complex subject matter stays the same, but the students have visual supports to fully comprehend it. Here's what my student had to say about why he loves graphic novels (10 years old, moved to the United States from Guatemala in December 2015): "I love graphic novels because I know what the people are saying and thinking on every page. I really like when they tell jokes and I learn new words."

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Kids love graphic novels but Bilingual kids LOVE graphic novels. Bilingual students learn to speak language by watching facial expression, body language and by inferring based on context. What's amazing is that graphic novels use the same exact comprehension devices to enthrall readers. A typical Bilingual student must have seven years in a bilingual program to really understand and comprehend grade level reading material in the same way as monolingual peers. A graphic novel provides a window into grade level text that usually isn't accessible for my students. Parents and Teachers tend to hate graphic novels. Many of us believe that graphic novels do all the thinking for students. Or maybe that students are looking at the pictures instead of actually reading. Did you know that the average graphic novel demands six times the amount of inferences from its readers? Or that the vocabulary in a graphic novel is typically at or above grade level? Do you remember novels like Redwall, A Wrinkle in Time or even Wizard of Oz? All of these challenging books have been adapted into graphic novels. The complex subject matter stays the same, but the students have visual supports to fully comprehend it. Here's what my student had to say about why he loves graphic novels (10 years old, moved to the United States from Guatemala in December 2015): "I love graphic novels because I know what the people are saying and thinking on every page. I really like when they tell jokes and I learn new words."

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