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Deep Literacy with the Pre-LiterateUsing Comics to Engage Newcomer ELLs in Multimodal NarrativeMike RobbGriecomrobbgrieco@philasd.org

+Key Questions for engaging in“deep” literacy How can we do more than just illustrate the language

and deliver content? How can we engage critical thinking about how to tell

stories with words and images? Goals: Use visual media to exercise deep literacy skills

Inferring Analyzing Story sequencing Actively using narrative techniques

+Multimodal Narrative TechniquesReading & Analyzing Comics…

•Cues for narration•Cues for dialogue•Visual-Lang. Inference•Emotion, tone•Color, meaning•Visual references•Sequence for reading

As we decode and interpret, the key question becomes:HOW DO YOU KNOW?

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+ Student Sample 1 Student Sample 2

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+Takeaways

Visual literacy as a key component of a broader Literacy

Analyzing and Creating Comics offers: Partial bypass of linguistic decoding & encoding issues

while engaging narrative techniques and critical thinking Support and motivation for making inferences Analytic practice as we question, “How do you know?” Strategic choices in narrative technique (dialogue,

narration, etc) Critical thinking in image choice to deliver messages