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      As an Educator, I would love to see students actively engage in their readings. Until yesterday, I had not seen voluntary participation until we busted out the first book of the year. Many of the students moaned and groaned about how they didn't want to read a book (especially out loud). Everything changed once we opened the book.     The selected text (as seen above) was called Yummy the Last Days of a Southside Shorty  by G. Neri. This is a graphic novel about an eleven year old kid from Chicago who ends up in a gang. Yummy was a real boy and this is a real story. The students connected with this story, even with it being 27 years old. They loved it so much that four students voluntarily read the whole book!      Seeing this spark in the students made me want to dive into the benefits of teaching reading and English through Graphic Novels for struggling students. I saw students' understandings of the text being read and they conn...

 What's up?! My name is Dylan and I guess you're reading my blog. As I'm writing this, I am currently on my fifth year of college and my third year at UW Milwaukee. I am currently student teaching English 10 at The Barack Obama School of Career and Technical Education  and it already is playing a major role at how I view English Education. This is a school where a large amount of the student population don't care about learning or have simply been "swept up" by life. These students have had to deal with hardships that I can barely understand, but looking past these hardships I see students with a fire to survive and thrive in whatever way they deem necessary. My goal, as an educator is to provide these students with the tools they need to survive and thrive after high school. I would also love to spark an interest in reading for the kids too. Helping students learn applicable skills, like writing emails, leaving voicemails, and even creating a resume can help ...

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