Reading the Visual: An Introduction to Teaching Multimodal Literacy Contributor(s): Serafini, Frank (Author), Genishi, Celia (Editor), Alvermann, Donna E. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0807754722 ISBN-13: 9780807754726 Publisher: Teachers College Press OUR PRICE: $74.10 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 2013 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines | Literacy - Education | Aims & Objectives - Education | Curricula |
Dewey: 370.115 |
LCCN: 2013025440 |
Series: Language and Literacy (Hardcover) |
Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6.3" W x 9" (0.85 lbs) 208 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Today's teachers need up-to-the-minute information to help their students make sense of the multimodal texts they encounter daily in and out of school. Reading the Visual is an essential introduction that focuses on what teachers should know about multimodal literacy and how to teach it. This engaging book provides theoretical, curricular, and pedagogical frameworks for teaching a wide-range of visual and multimodal texts, including historical fiction, picture books, advertisements, websites, comics, graphic novels, news reports, and film. Each unit of study presented contains suggestions for selecting cornerstone texts and visual images and launching the unit, as well as lesson plans, text sets, and analysis guides. These units are designed to be readily adapted to fit the needs of a variety of settings and grade levels. Book Features:
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