Contrary to popular belief, graphic novels offer high-quality reading material not only for reluctant and struggling readers but for advanced readers as well.
Just like traditional novels, graphic novels offer exciting and complex story plots, characters, and conflicts. The story plots twist and turn, and the characters are well developed and dynamic too. Graphic novels add images to support incredible storylines, making novels accessible to all readers... not just advanced ones.
Graphic novels are engaging. They offer the support some readers need by providing captivating stories and a combination of text and graphics to give context and help readers fully understand a story.
Graphic novels build vocabulary. Fewer words don't equal simpler words, the language used in graphic novels is often more advanced vocabulary. Graphic novels pair great illustrations with clear dialogue. The language and the images work together to create the story. Since there is such little space for words they are chosen with a great amount of care for maximum impact and can absolutely add to your child’s vocabulary. They also deal with complex themes that will challenge them beyond their reading level.
Graphic novels offer a quick read. The fast-paced nature of graphic novels offers a quick read, and this means the opportunity to read more and enjoy it more too. This quick win is especially vital for reluctant and struggling readers.
Boosts Comprehension. Graphic novels have the ability to display the relationship between words and visual images simultaneously allowing readers an easier path to imagine what they just read, a fundamental key to comprehension.
A joy for visual learners. Many children who struggle with reading are visual learners. Having images alongside words provides a bridge for understanding the text. Children might recognize a word but forget its meaning. Noticing the pictures related to such words in the graphics background can give children that aha moment needed to recollect. It also helps them learn to use all the clues they can to comprehend what they are reading.
Reading graphic novels will improve your child's reading skills just like any other book and help turn reading into a happy, intriguing, and fun activity for your child. These books can make reading feel relevant and achievable. After finishing that graphic novel, and then that graphic series, your child may have developed the confidence to grab any book off the bookshelf... even those they have been ignoring the whole time.
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