9-11 Artists Respond: Volume One
Publication Information
Author:  No author cited	Illustrator:  Many
Title:  9-11 Artists Respond: Volume One	Date:  2001
Publisher:	City:
ISBN, paperback:	ISBN, hardback:
Recommended audience:
ABE/ABLE:   Yes	ESOL:
Family:	Young Adult:   Yes
Picture:   Yes
General Information:
Book Type(s):    graphic novel
HSE Descriptor(s):    social studies
Summary:
Over 100 graphic artists draw their reactions to the 9-ll attack on the World Trade Center. There are as many styles and points-of-view as artists. Although graphic in nature, some texts would be difficult for beginning readers due to size and type face.
Teaching Ideas:
Teachers may want to ask students to pick a favorite artist from the book and talk or write about it--its meaning, style and so forth and then share it. Learners could also pick a favorite and write a story without pictures to see what the graphics add. Art-minded students might try to write a graphic story--about 9-11 or some other major event. Teachers can discuss the nature of graphic novels (some students may have seen the movie American Splendor about a Cleveland graphic novelist), their appeal and their difficulties. Another graphic novel to use for comparison is Clan Apis.
Teaching Strategies:
Bleich's Heuristic for Responding to Reading    http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/bleichs_heuristic.pdf
Book Conversations    http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/book_conversations.pdf
Clustering    http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/clustering.pdf
DR-TA: Directed Reading Thinking Activity    http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/dr_ta.pdf
Brainstorming Activities (Guidelines)    http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/brainstorming.pdf
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