T Rex Vs Robo Dog 3000Scott Nickel, 2009
Another poorly written graphic novel, obviously aimed as a 'high interest reader'. Something to do with robots and things that help you go back in time. The art work was substantially better than in Billions of Bats - much easier to follow the panels across the page - but the story was once again predictable and basically boring.
How can you use graphic novels as high interest readers? Well a well written graphic novel is something that students will persist with, even if it is nominally above their 'reading level'. I had one student from a neighbouring class borrow the brilliant Babymouse series from me. The books took her the best part of a week to read, but she was reading them so well that she could write an extensive recall of them. Babymouse, Lunch Lady and the brilliant Owly (no words, but lots of story) are all great for capturing interest, and I know there are plenty of others that I don't even know about. We don't need to dumb down graphic novels; students are bright enough to be interested in them for their own sake.
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