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Since returning to the building I am trying to engage my students as much as possible. This project will enhance my students’ educational experience because many have lost a joy for reading. Over the course of the pandemic, they no longer were given the opportunities to collaborate and share ideas about the stories that we read together. The ones they get excited the most over are the ones they choose themselves. With a library of graphic novels at their disposal, my students will engage with each other in authentic "book talk", growing strong friendships and rediscovering what makes stories special: The community in which we share them. I embed this as both a casual and formal element to my classroom. Sometimes we have book groups that are graded, but sometimes my students read for fun. My goal is to make social collaboration a natural part of reading for them. This will build their discussion skills and meet the standard SL.7.1 when it is done formally. Why graphic novels instead of traditional ones? There's something about the 'novel'ty of it, pun intended. The visual appeal, the way the pages just pull you in. When students peruse a shelf of books, many look the same. It's all just titles. But the art design and the easy-to-read nature of a graphic novel draws them in. I'm hoping it will ultimately draw them back into reading, that these texts will nurture my students’ interest in stories and, more importantly, in literature. My hope is that they will make a qualitative difference in the culture in my classroom and create a group of lifelong readers.

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Since returning to the building I am trying to engage my students as much as possible. This project will enhance my students’ educational experience because many have lost a joy for reading. Over the course of the pandemic, they no longer were given the opportunities to collaborate and share ideas about the stories that we read together. The ones they get excited the most over are the ones they choose themselves. With a library of graphic novels at their disposal, my students will engage with each other in authentic "book talk", growing strong friendships and rediscovering what makes stories special: The community in which we share them. I embed this as both a casual and formal element to my classroom. Sometimes we have book groups that are graded, but sometimes my students read for fun. My goal is to make social collaboration a natural part of reading for them. This will build their discussion skills and meet the standard SL.7.1 when it is done formally. Why graphic novels instead of traditional ones? There's something about the 'novel'ty of it, pun intended. The visual appeal, the way the pages just pull you in. When students peruse a shelf of books, many look the same. It's all just titles. But the art design and the easy-to-read nature of a graphic novel draws them in. I'm hoping it will ultimately draw them back into reading, that these texts will nurture my students’ interest in stories and, more importantly, in literature. My hope is that they will make a qualitative difference in the culture in my classroom and create a group of lifelong readers.

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