High School Graphic Novels

Smell, taste, hearing, and touch combined only make up 17% of the information sent to our brain while sight makes up for the other 83%. This means that visuals are key to learning new concepts. That is why teachers have started to include an increasing number of visuals in high school education. Graphic novels, which are book illustrated with images, are starting to be used in high school classrooms, but some teachers do not agree with the idea of assigning high schoolers "picture books". Graphic novels should be taught in high school in order to engage more students.

Graphic novels are a necessary part of high school curriculum in order to help encourage student read. High School students have a very difficult task of balancing their social

Graphic novels have pictures. This forces students to practice analyzing visual input by determining chapters moods, setting, and what is going on in the overall screen. This allows for students to practice these skills. According to research done at the west Virginia department of education practicing these skills makes visual information easy to remember. When you are able to understand and remember the information in a book you are more engaged and learn more. When you feel like you know what you are reading about the book is more interesting and engaging.According to studies done by the university of Alabama at Birmingham, 65% of students are visual learners. If you included graphic novels in your curriculum you are catering to the majority of your students learning style it will help them learn and understand new concepts better. When students are taught with their learning style they are more engaged in the class work. Visual are a key part of learning in order to teach students new

The reason for this opinion is that graphic novels have fewer words than a traditional book. Although graphic novels do have fewer words than traditional books, they still require you to use just as much brain power while interpreting the images. You may not be exposed to what is referred to as the "classics" but you still get to learn new skills. The skills of interpreting a picture are just as important as knowing a big vocabulary because everything around you is a visual image. In life you will not be able to get a paragraph explaining an ad or a picture or a room you just walked into, instead, you need to use your brain to get and understanding, which graphic novels help you practice. Despite some people's beliefs, a lack of words does not equal a lack of brain