According to NCTE Framework for 21st Century curriculum, students must "create, critique, analyze and evaluate multi-media text." Graphic novels are one way these AP English and sociology students will analyze the overwhelming success of this modern form of literature.
Grants - 2009-2010 (winter)
Exploring America & Improving Multi-Media Literacy
Angela Hedges, Olathe Northwest High School, $1,000
Getting A Smart Start In Reading
Jana Elkins, Central Elementary School, $985
Volunteer teachers at this Title I school use these reading materials to mentor at-risk first-grade students in an extra thirty-minute early-morning reading instruction and support every day.