03913oam 2200817I 450 991081174600332120240131144513.01-136-67536-197866138334021-136-67537-X1-283-52095-80-203-80944-010.4324/9780203809440 (CKB)2560000000089342(EBL)987924(OCoLC)804661708(SSID)ssj0000739716(PQKBManifestationID)12332643(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000739716(PQKBWorkID)10698853(PQKB)11488805(SSID)ssj0000742098(PQKBManifestationID)12315726(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000742098(PQKBWorkID)10721158(PQKB)23854668(MiAaPQ)EBC987924(Au-PeEL)EBL987924(CaPaEBR)ebr10589120(CaONFJC)MIL383340(OCoLC)811385716(OCoLC)1082197107(FINmELB)ELB136960(EXLCZ)99256000000008934220180706d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrUsing comic art to improve speaking, reading and writing /Steve Bowkett and Tony Hitchman[1st.].Abingdon, Oxon ;New York :Routledge,2012.1 online resource (249 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-415-67550-2 0-415-67551-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Introduction: Comic Art as a Visual Organiser for Planning Writing; 1. Strong Openings; 2. Opening Lines; 3. What do you want the Reader to See?; 4. Details Add to the Tension; 5. Jump into the Action; 6. Small, Important Details; 7. Drawing as Visual Shorthand; 8. Scripting; 9. Strong Endings; 10. Creating Quick Characters; 11. Don't take that Tone with Me!; 12. Heroes and Villains; 13. Controlling Pace; 14. Build Up the Drama; 15. Anticipation; 16. Genre; 17. Using Kapow! Techniques for Art Appreciation; 18. Kapow! Techniques and Non-Fiction Writing19. A Note on Rough Layouts20. Afterword - the Learning Value of Comics; Bibliography; IndexUsing 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 highly complex and structured narrative forms. Whether they realise it or not, their emergent visual literacy promotes thinking skills and develops wider metacognitiComic books, strips, etc., in educationOral communicationStudy and teaching (Elementary)Reading (Elementary)English languageComposition and exercisesStudy and teaching (Elementary)Language arts (Elementary)Comic books, strips, etc., in education.Oral communicationStudy and teaching (Elementary)Reading (Elementary)English languageComposition and exercisesStudy and teaching (Elementary)Language arts (Elementary)372.62/3044Bowkett Stephen.874592Hitchman Tony1952-1661015MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910811746003321Using comic art to improve speaking, reading and writing4016659UNINA