The Graphic Canon is the book that I was most skeptical about when I heard about it. I have never been very big into comics or graphic novels, so the book just didn't really interest me. After looking through it though, I actually find the Graphic Canon to be very interesting. It has a way of bringing classic poems to life and it makes certain poems easier to understand for some. A lot of students don't have any interest in poetry or in older literature and I think that this book allows these students to have the chance to really dig deep and grasp the context of these types of works in a fun way.
Although I would rather just read poetry in its original form, I have realized a lot of students would actually rather look at a graphic novel. I could really gain students interest by introducing them to certain authors and poems with this book. I think it would be fun to find ways this graphic novel could be integrated into my classroom. One idea that I have is to have the students read a poem and create there own graphic novel of the poem and they could get ideas by looking through this Graphic Canon.
In my experience throughout secondary school, I have never had to do anything with a graphic novel, so I think this would be a unique and fun way to teach poems that most students wouldn't have experienced before. Of course, I need to be careful when teaching with a graphic novel. Students may be too focused on the images, rather than the actual content of the poems. I would need to find a way that students are gaining the context and information needed and that they aren't just skimming through the pictures without really digging deep. Overall, I am really pleased with the Graphic Canon and although it isn't necessarily my favorite type of book, I think I could really find fun ways to teach it and get students to enjoy it.
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