Literacy Projects for Adolescent English Learners: Comic Creation
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Help English Learners create engaging comics. Use free tools to inspire vocabulary exploration, summarization, and creative contextualization of content.
Description
Comics offer a wide range of opportunities for English Learners because they are engaging and encourage them to explore vocabulary, summarize information, and contextualize information they have learned in a creative way. Join Shelly Terrell as she shares how to use free, education-friendly comic creation tools to inspire student creativity, including scaffolds, supports, and strategies to help students complete their projects. Participants will also have an opportunity to access done-for-you templates to create their own comics project that they can immediately use with their students.
Objectives
- Evaluate a variety of free, education-friendly comic creation tools appropriate for adolescent English Learners in grades 4-12 Develop scaffolds, supports, and strategies to help English Learners complete their own comics projects Create a content-specific comics project for English Learners that enhances the four skills of listening, speaking, reading, and writing
Shelly Sanchez Terrell
Shelly Sanchez Terrell is an award-winning digital innovator, author, and STEM teacher who has trained educators in over 20 countries. Her accolades include Woman of the Year by NAPW, a Bammy Award, and recognition as the founder of #Edchat and a leader in teacher-driven professional development.
Specializes In: Digital Innovator and STEM Educator
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