LEADER 03913oam 2200817I 450 001 9910811746003321 005 20240131144513.0 010 $a1-136-67536-1 010 $a9786613833402 010 $a1-136-67537-X 010 $a1-283-52095-8 010 $a0-203-80944-0 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203809440 035 $a(CKB)2560000000089342 035 $a(EBL)987924 035 $a(OCoLC)804661708 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000739716 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12332643 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000739716 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10698853 035 $a(PQKB)11488805 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000742098 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12315726 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000742098 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10721158 035 $a(PQKB)23854668 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC987924 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL987924 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10589120 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL383340 035 $a(OCoLC)811385716 035 $a(OCoLC)1082197107 035 $a(FINmELB)ELB136960 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000089342 100 $a20180706d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aUsing comic art to improve speaking, reading and writing /$fSteve Bowkett and Tony Hitchman 205 $a[1st.]. 210 1$aAbingdon, Oxon ;$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d2012. 215 $a1 online resource (249 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-415-67550-2 311 $a0-415-67551-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; 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 Writing 327 $a19. A Note on Rough Layouts20. Afterword - the Learning Value of Comics; Bibliography; Index 330 $aUsing 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 metacogniti 606 $aComic books, strips, etc., in education 606 $aOral communication$xStudy and teaching (Elementary) 606 $aReading (Elementary) 606 $aEnglish language$xComposition and exercises$xStudy and teaching (Elementary) 606 $aLanguage arts (Elementary) 615 0$aComic books, strips, etc., in education. 615 0$aOral communication$xStudy and teaching (Elementary) 615 0$aReading (Elementary) 615 0$aEnglish language$xComposition and exercises$xStudy and teaching (Elementary) 615 0$aLanguage arts (Elementary) 676 $a372.62/3044 700 $aBowkett$b Stephen.$0874592 701 $aHitchman$b Tony$f1952-$01661015 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910811746003321 996 $aUsing comic art to improve speaking, reading and writing$94016659 997 $aUNINA