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2018
Volume 95, Issue 5
  • ISSN: 0360-9170
  • E-ISSN: 1943-2402
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Abstract

This study describes a seventh-grade ELA classroom preparing for a visiting graphic novelist by using graphic narratives as mentor texts and creating multimodal compositions.

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2018-05-01
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