Tuesday, April 21, 2015
Comics and Graphic Novels for Teaching ELL? We have 'em here at Kimball HS Library, and have for years!
Just found this article (http://www.slj.com/2015/04/standards/using-comics-to-teach-english-language-learners/?utm_source=k12-newsletter&utm_medium=email&eis-cmp=&eis-code=k12-ww&eis-src=email&eis-type=) about using comics and graphic novels to teach ELL students. We had Spanish teachers who had students create comics to teach Spanish in past years....huh. I don't remember which site she used, but, fortunately, Mashable provides this nifty list: http://mashable.com/2010/10/24/create-your-own-comics/
Personally, I like the look of Pixton. I may have to start my own comic on the day to day life of a school librarian. Of course, if I ever sell it, I'll have to pay them.
AWESOMELY AMAZING!!
Just noticed I have almost 3,000 views since I started the Kimball HS Library blog. Thanks so much for dropping by once or twice. Wish I could have posted something every day like I did in the beginning, but after getting everything moved when the new carpet was installed, with the help of about 5 students who did 90% of the work, it's taken a while to get things back in order. If you ever want to see what we have in our collection, take a look at www.library.dallasisd.org and select Kimball under High Schools. Although I have hours of weeding to do in the Nonfiction section, I'm really happy with the range of materials available in the library for all of our readers; books for research papers and assignments, comics, manga, urban lit, movie tie-ins, all kinds of series lit, B & N favorites, as well as my favorite classic selections in English and Spanish, and the reading lists from Ivy League schools. We get a lot of input from our most voracious readers and they are wonderful to see almost, if not, every day. I've been thinking about some of the first students I met when arriving here: Armando (the first), Kitty, Shanise, Shay, Lon'Tavion, Maria, Letiticia, and Karen. I miss you guys like crazy, especially that little light of mine, KV!! Armando and some of the others have graduated from college by now, and Lon'Tavion dropped by last month to catch us up - he is now learning to drive a TANK. I wonder how long public librarians get to see their favorite patrons...
What is YA? (According to EBSCO)
Just got this email from EBSCO, Dallas ISD has a subscription, and many colleges and public libraries also subscribe to this database...
"Young Adult (YA) literature has made a name for itself, creeping onto best-seller lists and breaking box office records with film adaptations. “The Hunger Games.” “Divergent.” “The Giver.” “The Fault in Our Stars.” Even if you don’t know what YA is, there is probably a YA title rolling around in your mind. The genre is exploding, snagging readers across age ranges and cultures. YA is breaking boundaries.
But what is YA? Is it just a marketing term, or is it more? Recently I stumbled across a blog by catagator. It’s a list of book lists, but when I started scrolling and clicking through, the breakdown of genre and content available in YA blew me away. Diving in by genre, subgenre, format, theme – YA has so much going on! Short stories, urban fiction, dystopia, magical realism, historical fiction, horror, verse novels – if you’ve got a craving for something specific, it exists. And there are readers and librarians and writers tweeting, blogging and listing their love of YA.
If you are interested in YA, take a look at our eBook collections like the Youth Award Winners Collection, or our Genre collections, or the eBook High School Subscription Collection. YA is everywhere and worth more than a few reads."
I'll have to look and see if our subscription covers this!!
"Young Adult (YA) literature has made a name for itself, creeping onto best-seller lists and breaking box office records with film adaptations. “The Hunger Games.” “Divergent.” “The Giver.” “The Fault in Our Stars.” Even if you don’t know what YA is, there is probably a YA title rolling around in your mind. The genre is exploding, snagging readers across age ranges and cultures. YA is breaking boundaries.
But what is YA? Is it just a marketing term, or is it more? Recently I stumbled across a blog by catagator. It’s a list of book lists, but when I started scrolling and clicking through, the breakdown of genre and content available in YA blew me away. Diving in by genre, subgenre, format, theme – YA has so much going on! Short stories, urban fiction, dystopia, magical realism, historical fiction, horror, verse novels – if you’ve got a craving for something specific, it exists. And there are readers and librarians and writers tweeting, blogging and listing their love of YA.
If you are interested in YA, take a look at our eBook collections like the Youth Award Winners Collection, or our Genre collections, or the eBook High School Subscription Collection. YA is everywhere and worth more than a few reads."
I'll have to look and see if our subscription covers this!!
Thursday, February 26, 2015
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