Graphic Narratives as Teaching Tools

CONTENTS OF CURRICULUM UNIT 25.03.07

  1. Unit Guide
  1. Unit Overview/ Introduction
  2. Unit Content
  3. Teaching Strategies
  4. Classroom Activities
  5. Appendix on Implementing District Standards
  6. Resources
  7. Notes

The Meta of Manga: The Thinking Behind Creating a Graphic Novel

Alima McKnight

Published September 2025

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Appendix on Implementing District Standards

Since this unit could be taught across several grade levels, these are the College and Career Readiness (CCR) anchor standards that the common core standards are based on for K-5.

  1. Determine central ideas or themes of a text and analyze their development; summarize the key supporting details and ideas.
  2. Analyze how and why individuals, events, and ideas develop and interact over the course of a text.
  3. Interpret words and phrases as they are used in a text, including determining technical, connotative, and figurative meanings, and analyze how specific word choices shape meaning or tone.
  4. Analyze the structure of texts, including how specific sentences, paragraphs, and larger portions of the text (e.g., a section, chapter, scene, or stanza) relate to each other and the whole.
  5. Assess how point of view or purpose shapes the content and style of a text.

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