Unit 8: Graphic Formats

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Unit 8: Graphic Formats

Click here or to the right to read about graphic formats (including graphic novels and comics) for adolescents. Especially note the criteria for selecting comics (p. 324), graphic novels (p. 331), magazines (p. 338), and picture books (p. 340).

Also check out these resources:

March: Book Three (2016) by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell

Click here or below for the reading schedule for this book.

Click here or below for the literature circle roles for this book.

See also these additional resources for March: Book Three:

Rep. John Lewis' Twitter account
Rep. John Lewis' Web site
Andrew Aydin's Twitter account
Andrew Aydin's Web site
Nate Powell's Twitter account
Nate Powell's Web site
book review from Kirkus Reviews
2016 National Book Award Winner (National Book Foundation)
author/illustrator interview by Horn Book
video: "Rep. John Lewis on March: Book Three" (Library of Congress)
reading guide from Concordia College
"Using Graphic Novels in Education: March: Book Three" (Comic Book Legal Defense Fund)

Shattered Warrior (2017) by Sharon Shinn and Molly Knox Ostertag

Click here or below for the reading schedule for this book.

Click here or below for the literature circle roles for this book.

See also these additional resources for Shattered Warrior:

Sharon Shinn's Web site
Molly Knox Ostertag's Twitter account
Molly Knox Ostertag's Web site
book review from Kirkus Reviews
"Piecing Together Shattered Warrior with Sharon Shinn and Molly Knox Ostertag" (SyFy)
"Sharon Shinn and Molly Knox Ostertag's Shattered Warrior Is a Manifesto on the Strength of Vulnerability" (Paste Magazine)
"Shinn and Ostertag Find Hope in Tyranny with Sci-Fi Tale Shattered Warrior" (CBR)