Owly a Graphic Novel April 7, 2009

I truly enjoyed reading Owly.  When I first looked at the book I remember thinking well that won’t take long to read.  Whew! was I wrong.  The story took just as long as a regular novel.  Graphic Novels such as Owly force children to come up with the words in their head themselves using only the pictures as clues.  I have several students who struggle with language issues not because they are ESL but just because they need to retell things more and explain what they see.  Like Meredith I would like to copy several pages of the book and ask these children to tell me what they see happening.  I would also like to complete a whole group writing assignment using sections from Owly.  I would love to see how creative some of my students could be.

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