Calle Friesen is a reading/literacy specialist at Buena Vista University in Storm Lake, Iowa. In addition, she is the program coordinator of the Masters in Reading program at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa.
1. 21st Century
Literature
for
21st Century Readers
Presented by Calle Friesen
Buena Vista University
ICTE 2011
2. Presentation Goals
ā¢ Understand the importance of embracing
ānew literaciesā in todayās classrooms
ā¢ Introduce 6 popular 21st Century Genres
ā¢ Illustrated Novels
ā¢ Digi-Fiction
ā¢ Graphic Novels
ā¢ Manga
ā¢ Doodle Fiction
ā¢ Blog, E-mail, and IM Novels
3. Presentation Goals
ā¢ Participants walk away with practical
ideas for incorporating modern texts
into traditional literature instruction
ā¢ Consider new deļ¬nition of what it
means to be literate in our current
culture
4. N.C.T.E. Deļ¬nition of what it
means to be āliterateā
ā¢ ... as society and technology change, so does literacy.
Because technology has increased the intensity and
complexity of literate environments, the twenty-ļ¬rst
century demands that a literate person possess a
wide range of abilities and competencies, many
literacies. These literaciesāfrom reading online
newspapers to participating in virtual classroomsā
are multiple, dynamic, and malleable. Twenty-ļ¬rst
century readers and writers need to...
5. N.C.T.E. Deļ¬nition of what it
means to be āliterateā
Develop proļ¬ciency with the tools of technology
Ā
ā¢Build relationships with others to pose and solve
problems collaboratively and cross-culturally
Ā
ā¢Design and share information for global communities
to meet a variety of purposes
Ā
ā¢Manage, analyze and synthesize multiple streams of
simultaneous information
Ā
ā¢Create, critique, analyze, and evaluate multi-media
texts
7. The 21st Century Reader
ā¢ grew up using technology as a primary
learning tool
ā¢ is capable of navigating and interpreting
digital formats and media messages
ā¢ possesses literacy skills which include
technological abilities such as keyboarding,
internet navigation, interpretation of
technological speak, ability to communicate
and interpret coded language and decipher
graphics
9. 21st Century Literature
ā¢ New literary work created within the
last decade
ā¢ Written by contemporary authors
ā¢ Deals with current themes/issues and
reļ¬ects a technological culture
ā¢ Often breaks traditional writing rules
ā¢ Emerging genres like IM and blog
format books, digi-ļ¬ction, doodle
11. Illustrated Novel
ā¢ Generally, 50% of the narrative is
presented without words. The reader
must interpret the images in order to
comprehend the complete story.
ā¢ Textual portions are presented in
traditional form.
ā¢ Some illustrated novels may contain
no text at all.
ā¢ llustrated novels span all genres
14. Digi-Fiction
ā¢ Digi- Fiction is a literary experience that
combines three media: book, movie/video,
and Internet website
ā¢ In order to get the full story, students must
engage in navigation, reading, viewing, in
all three formats.
ā¢ Popular series include:
ā¢ 39 Clues: Grades 3-8
ā¢ Skeleton Creek: Grades 5-12
ā¢ Level 26: Grades 8-12
15. Upper
Elementary &
Middle School
Digi-Fiction
Read the book
Each book comes with 6 clues
Visit the website
Create an account
Play a game
Unlock a clue
Read more, try to solve the
ā¢ 39 Clues Website
mystery along with the
characters.
Win Prizes!!!
16. Middle & high School
Digi-Fiction
ā¢ http://
www.sarahļ¬ncher.
com/ featuring
video messages
from Sarah Fincher
to Ryan.
ā¢ Series Webpage see
teaser trailers, extra
footage, hidden clues,
character extras and
more
17. Middle School &
High School Digi-Fiction
ā¢ Interview with author
Patrick Carmon
ā¢ Click here to learn
about the series
creator and why he
believes Digi-Fiction is
a worthy genre for 21st
Century Readers
18. HIgh School
Post secondary
ā¢ Level 26 Digi-Novel
Trailer
ā¢ Warning: ļ¬lm segments in
this series contain
suggested rather than
actual violence and
frightening content. Not
intended for young
audiences. Film footage
elements while not
subject to rating, are
comparable to PG-13
20. Graphic Novels
ā¢ A graphic novel is a narrative work in
which the story is conveyed to the
reader using comic form.
ā¢ The term is employed in a broad
manner, encompassing non-ļ¬ction
works and thematically linked short
stories as well as ļ¬ctional stories
across a number of genres.
31. Manga
ā¢ Manga is the Japanese word for comics.
ā¢ It is used in the English-speaking world as a
generic term for all comic books and graphic
novels originally published in Japan.
ā¢ Manga is considered an artistic and
storytelling style
ā¢ The term "Ameri-Manga" is sometimes used
to refer to comics created by American
artists in a manga style.
32. Manga Tips
ā¢ Classroom teachers should be aware of
different kinds of Manga identiļ¬ed by the
intended reader:
ā¢ ShĆ“nen ā Boyās Manga (Pronounced Show-Nen)
ā¢ ShĆ“jo ā Girlās Manga (Pronounced Show-Joe)
ā¢ Seinen ā Menās Manga (Pronounced Say-Nen)
ā¢ Josei ā Womenās Manga (Pronounced Joe-Say)
ā¢ Kodomo ā Childrenās Manga (Kow-Dow-Mow)
33. Reading Manga
ā¢ Manga usually follows the traditional style as
found in Japan. Japanese Manga is to be read from
the right side to the left, opposite of traditional
American books.
ā¢ Not only do you read the pages from right to left,
but you also read the panels and text from right to
left.
ā¢ In America, this traditional Japanese style
distinguishes Magna from other Graphic and
illustrated texts.
40. Doodle-Fiction
ļA literary presentation where the author incorporates
doodle drawings and hand written graphics in place of
traditional font.
ļDrawings enhance the story, often adding humorous
elements that would be missing if the illustrations
were omitted
47. 21st Century Texts in
Your Classroom
ā¢ Build a 21st Century classroom library
ā¢ Consider struggling readers
ā¢ Enhance classic collections
ā¢ Utilize district media tools
ā¢ Think out of the box
48. Student Feedback
ļDigi-Fiction is like book TV. Its got a reason to keep
you going. You read, then the videos are like
commercial breaks to get you interested again to go
back to reading. I think these are the best kind of
books. If we had these back when I was a kid Iād
probably like reading more than I do. (Devon)
ļI read a portrait of Dorian Gray in 10th grade, and I
didnāt get it. Then when I read the graphic novel it was
like freaky. That is one wacked out story. I only meant
to read that one story, but then I read Frankenstein
too. (Mary Kate)
49. Student Feedback
ļThis class changed meā¦ I started to read books
without being told. That never happened before. All
through middle school I wanted to know when it
would ļ¬nally click in for me, but it never did. This
year I read because the stories meant something to
me. (Jessica)
ļThe best book was about this chick who gets
knocked up by a priest. But, she wonāt tell nobody
who the baby-daddy is. Its all about how you are free
or in your own prison cuz of your own guilt. The
graphic novels helped me understand American Lit
books. (Nyamuo)
50. Questions? Please Contact:
Calle Friesen
ā¢ Reading/Literacy Specialist
Buena Vista University, Storm Lake
friesen@bvu.edu
ā¢ Co-ordinator Masters in Reading Program
Drake University, Des Moines
calle.friesen@drake.edu
ā¢ (712) 299-5862
51. 21st Century
Literature
for
21st Century Readers
Presented by Calle Friesen
Buena Vista University
ICTE 2011
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