Comics can fit comfortably in the English classroom!
http://us.macmillan.com/uploadedFiles/FirstSecond/Menu_Items/NCTE_handout.pdf (Print and fold this handy primer)
"There are any number of different ways comics can fit comfortably in an English classroom, ranging from teaching them as literature, as you would a prose novel, to having your students write, draw, and self-publish their own work. It's impossible to address all the different contexts and levels at the same time, so consider this handout a starting point to help orient you in your own exploration of teaching comics and teaching with comics."
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