Teaching with a Graphic Novel

Research Questions:

1. Being a newly acknowledged literary type will a teacher be able to find enough outside sources to help effectively teach in class that the administrators will support?

2. Can the students find the same literary themes in a graphic novel so you wouldn't necessarily have to use a classic or will the sudents get distracted by the simplistic first impression of a graphic novel?

Sources:

Weiner, Stephen. "Show, Don't Tell: Graphic Novels in the Classroom" Bold Books for Innovative Teaching"

Fisher, Douglas & Nancy Frey "Using Graphic Novels, Anime, and the Internet in an Urban High School" Popular Culture

I have two other sources (book anther article) but I did not bring them to class today.

Other then starting some preliminary searching I have not really found an exact direction. I work more all at once then take two days to review and adjust.

I really have enjoyed the two graphic novels in class as well as a few I've looked at previous to this class and I had never really thought to teach them in a classroom. If I can use one of these novel types to help get my students into reading and creative writing it would be so helpful. My only concern in being a new teacher would be to get the backing from the administration and personally be able to do them justice without leaving something out of the curriculum.