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Book Giveaway: Informational Text Par Excellence… ‘American Comic Book Chronicles’

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So does this sound like something that could get the teen and tween comics fans you know into nonfiction? Sure it does.

Scriptwriting, the ‘Languages of Film,’ and Media Literacy: Teaching the Oscars with Frank Baker

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“I think it’s a tragedy that most of today’s textbooks completely ignore media and the important process of scriptwriting.”

The Oscars: Frank Baker Talks Critical Thinking, Movie Fandom, and the Common Core

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“Yes: I think it is fair, appropriate and altogether fitting that we share our passion for media. I think a great question to ask anyone and to demand an answer to is: why are you a fan of __(fill in the blank)_?”

Exploring Common Core’s Informational Text… with Violent Video Games

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I’ll hazard that many of us don’t immediately think “games” when we think of “transliteracy,” but why not?