Unit Plan: Still A Work in Progress

Raph Here:
This post is in response to Dr. Stearns’ prompt as to what we’ve learned in doing our Unit Plan. After finishing what I consider to be a very rough draft, I am now beginning to understand that this unit plan will never be complete, but that’s a good thing. It will always be a [...]

“Talking” with Dr. Christenbury, etc.

I have invited Dr. Christenbury to join us in discussing RETRACING THE JOURNEY on our course blog. I have sent her the wordpress invitation. She is planning to respond after NCTE as she, too, will be in NYC this week.
So I very much look forward to more posts on the JOURNEY chapters (she will respond [...]

More on Graphic Novels

Hi all,
I just wanted point out an article by James Bucky Carter in the November English Journal about graphic novels. Carter examines different ways that these novels can be used in the ELA classroom and suggests many different titles to use. Carter writes
“There is evidence that they are slowly filtering
into many facets of English education [...]