APA Citation: Ranker, J. (2007).

Using Comic Books as Read-Alouds: Insights on Reading Instruction from an English as a Second
Language Classroom. The Reading Teacher, 61(4), 296–305. http://www.jstor.org/stable/20204588

Notes about Key Quotes & Ideas Actions or Impact on Actions in the Classrooms
(Think of 3 or more ideas)

1. “Because movies, video games, comic books, and other - Find a way to incorporate popular media.
popular media tell stories in their own way these media - This is a great resource to use for the ELL students in my
can serve as a frame of reference and familiar territory class.
for thinking about narrative” - Comics are another resource for ELLs.

2. “These findings about the potential for students to use

popular culture and media as resource for learning
reading and writing practices at school apply not only to
students learning literacies in their first language but also
to students becoming literate in a second language”

3. “these curricular possibilities include students producing

comics about their lives”

How does this article relate to equity in the classroom?

This article gave me some insight on how to better support the ELLs in the classroom. They gave me some activity ideas
that I may be able to use in my next lesson.