From Comics to Trading Cards Teaching New Literacies Using ReadWriteThink.org ReadWriteThink.org

Emily Manning Lee Elementary Denton, Texas From Comics to Trading Cards

ReadWriteThink.org highlights What is it? –A free website produced by IRA and NCTE and supported by the Verizon Foundation as part of the Thinkfinity Program What does it offer? –Research-based lessons –Internet integration Who is it for? –K-12 teachers –Afterschool programs –Parents and mentors

v Fractured Fairy Tale Tool Plan and write fractured fairy tales Helps to teach Plot Setting Character Point of view Higher-order thinking Works with different settings Small or whole group General ed. or special programs

Fractured Fairy Tale Tool New Literacies Publish to blogs or webpages Collaborate with other classes Create script for digital narratives

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Plan and write your own fractured fairy tale! Try it Out and Create

Character Trading Cards Integrates popular culture texts Helps to teach characterization –Traits –Motives –Relationships Serves as prewriting or literature response

New Literacies Publish original works of fiction to: Blogs Podcasts Online children’s sites Collaborate with classmates Character Trading Cards

Try it Out and Create Use a character from your fractured fairy tale to create a Character Trading Card

More Student Materials Comic Creator – Letter Generator – Diamante Poems – Crossword Puzzles –

Try it Out and Create Try out another Student Material. See if you can include characters from your fractured fairy tale.

Some of my favorite lessons Taking Photos of Curious George: Exploring Character Through Images (K-2) 3,2,1…Blast Off! Vocabulary Instruction Using a Virtual Trip to the Moon (K-2) Is Superman Really That Super? Critically Exploring Superheroes (3-5) Writing a Movie: Summarizing and Rereading a Film Script (3-5)

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