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Meeting Readers: Using Visual Literacy Narratives in the Classroom
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Kajder, Sara – Voices from the Middle, 2006
Pacey, a likable and literate eighth-grader, saw school as "a place that kills your reading." With this alarming condemnation in mind, the author uses literacy narrative--a short, concise, digital video in which students meld still images, motion, print text, and soundtrack (both narration and music) in communicating ideas/insights/discoveries…
Descriptors: Literacy, Visual Literacy, Language Experience Approach, Grade 8