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This teacher’s guide is designed to help classroom teachers use the graphic novel series, Tales From Big Spirit, by David A. Robertson. The guide provides detailed lessons that meet a wide range of language arts and social studies goals, integrate Indigenous perspectives, and make curricular content more accessible to diverse learners.
The guide includes:
- general instructional ideas for deepening readers’ comprehension of text.
- a framework to further develop students’ thinking about history.
- information about aspects of graphic novels and how to use them in the classroom.
- specific instructional ideas and suggestions for each graphic novel.
- detailed teaching and learning sequences (before-, during-, and after-reading format).
- strategies and reproducible classroom materials that support and stimulate student learning.
- historical images that may be reproduced.
Price: $29.00
Pages: 82
Publisher: Portage & Main Press
Imprint: Portage & Main Press
Publication Date:
16 October 2014
Trim Size: 11.00 X 8.50 in
ISBN: 9781553795261
Format: Spiral-Bound
BISACs:
EDUCATION / Multicultural Education
Preface 1
Part I
- Tales from Big Spirit Graphic Novel Series 5
- Aspects of the Graphic Novel 7
- English Language Arts Instructional Focus 10
- Accessing Prior Knowledge 10
- Questioning 11
- Inferring 11
- Visualising and Creating Sensory Images 11
- Making Connections 12
- Synthesizing Information 12
- Determining Importance 13
- Summarizing 13
- Analyzing 13
- Social Studies Instructional Focus 14
- 1. Establish Historical Significance 14
- 2. Use Evidence from Primary Sources 15
- 3. Identify Continuity and Change 15
- 4. Analyze Cause and Consequence 15
- 5. Take Historical Perspectives 15
- 6. Understand the Ethical Dimension of Historical Interpretations 16
- Indigenous Perspectives 17
- Creating an Inclusive Classroom Environment 17
- Reflecting the Culture of the Students in the Literature 18
- Implementing an Aboriginal Model 18
- Integrating Aboriginal Perspectives into Routines, Instructional Methods, and Strategies 19
- How to Start Using Graphic Novels in the Classroom 20
- Pre-Read the Novel 20
- Access Prior Knowledge of Multi-Modal Texts 20
- Model a Think-Aloud 20
- Use the Gradual Release of Responsibility Model 21
- How to Use the Teaching and Learning Sequences 23
- The First Read 23
- The Focused Re-Read 24
Part II
- Learning Sequence for First Read of Each TFBS Novel 26
- The Scout 26
- The Peacemaker 29
- The Rebel 32
- The Ballad of Nancy April 35
- The Land of Os 38
- The Poet 42
- Suggestions for the Focused Re-Read of All TFBS Novels 45
References and Resources 48
Appendix 1: Classroom Materials 51
- CM#1: Anticipation/Reaction Guide 52
- CM#2: Seven Teachings Response 53
- CM#3: Double-Entry Journal 54
- CM#4: Medicine Wheel Character Map – Stages of Life 55
- CM#5: Medicine Wheel Map – States of Being 56
- CM#6: Story Sequences and Writing/Discussion Prompts 57
- CM#7: Compare and Contrast: Venn Diagram 63
- CM#8: Question-Answer Relationship Strategy Graphic Organizer 64
Appendix 2: Primary Sources 65