Graphic Narratives as Teaching Tools

CONTENTS OF CURRICULUM UNIT 25.03.05

  1. Unit Guide
  1. Introduction-Explanation of Title
  2. Introduction-My Why
  3. Background Environment
  4. Content
  5. Appendix on Implementing Texas Education Knowledge and Skills (TEKS)
  6. Teaching Strategies and Classroom Activities
  7. Notes

Clock It: Speech Bubbles, Borders, and Belonging

Debra J. Jenkins

Published September 2025

Tools for this Unit:

Notes

1 Allen, Zayna . 2025. “Ballroom Culture Started ‘Clock That Tea’—Are You Using It Correctly?” Yahoo! Life . 21Ninety. April 30, 2025. https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/ballroom-culture-started-clock-tea-170000070.html.

2 Gritter, Kristine, Xu Bian, Deborah Van Duinen, and Bill Boerman-Cornell. 2023. Teaching Graphic Novels to Adolescent Multilingual (and All) Learners. Taylor & Francis.

3 Gavigan, Karen. 2014a. “Shedding New Light on Graphic Novel Collections: A Circulation and Collection Analysis Study in Six Middle School Libraries.” School Libraries Worldwide 20 (1): 97–114. https://doi.org/10.29173/slw6871.

4 Anon. 2015. “Texas Public Schools.” Texas Public Schools. December 8, 2015. https://schools.texastribune.org.

5 Saper, Jacqueline. 2019. From Miniskirt to Hijab : A Girl in Revolutionary Iran. Lincoln, Nebraska: Potomac Books, an Imprint of the University of Nebraska Press.

6 Andi Hidayat Thamrin. 2024. “Educating Emergent Bilingual Youth in High School: The Promise of Critical Language and Literacy Education, by Jie Y. Park Educating Emergent Bilingual Youth in High School: The Promise of Critical Language and Literacy Education, by Jie Y. Park, New York, Routledge, May 23, 2023, 2018 Pp., £130.00 (Hardback), ISBN 9781032283050.” Bilingual Research Journal 47 (2): 229–31. https://doi.org/10.1080/15235882.2024.2343944.

7 Ibid

8 Anta, Julio. Speak Up, Santiago! Random House, 2025.

9 Mthethwa-Sommers, Shirley. 2014. Narratives of Social Justice Educators : Standing Firm. Cham: Springer.

10 Texas Education Agency. 2025. *Adopted New 19 TAC Chapter 120, Subchapter B*. Austin: Texas Education Agency. http://tea.texas.gov/about-tea/laws-and-rules/sboe-rules-tac/sboe-adopted/25-01-120b.pdf (accessed August 19, 2025).

11 Ibid

12 Ibid

13 Ibid

14 Ibid

15 Monnin, Katie. Teaching Graphic Novels : Practical Strategies for the Secondary ELA Classroom. Gainesville, Fl: Maupin House Pub, 2010.

16 McCloud, Scott. Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art. New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 1994.

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