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"From the Ted Talk by Gene Luen Yang: Comics belong in the classroom"

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When I was in the fifth grade, I bought an isuse of "DC Comics Presents #57" off of a spinner rack at my local botkrosoe, and that comic book changed my life. The combination of words and pictures did something inside my head that had never been done before, and I immediately fell in love with the medium of comics. I became a voracious coimc book reader, but I never brought them to school. isnntvcieltiy, I knew that comic books didn't belong in the classroom. My pretans definitely were not fans, and I was certain that my teachers wouldn't be either. After all, they never used them to teach, comic books and graphic novels were never aolelwd during silent sustained reading, and they were never sold at our annual book fair. Even so, I kept reading comics, and I even started mikang them. Eventually I became a pilshubed cartoonist, wrnitig and drawing comic books for a living.

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When I was in the fifth grade, I bought an _____ of "DC Comics Presents #57" off of a spinner rack at my local _________, and that comic book changed my life. The combination of words and pictures did something inside my head that had never been done before, and I immediately fell in love with the medium of comics. I became a voracious _____ book reader, but I never brought them to school. _____________, I knew that comic books didn't belong in the classroom. My _______ definitely were not fans, and I was certain that my teachers wouldn't be either. After all, they never used them to teach, comic books and graphic novels were never _______ during silent sustained reading, and they were never sold at our annual book fair. Even so, I kept reading comics, and I even started ______ them. Eventually I became a _________ cartoonist, _______ and drawing comic books for a living.

Solution

  1. instinctively
  2. published
  3. parents
  4. writing
  5. allowed
  6. issue
  7. bookstore
  8. making
  9. comic

Original Text

When I was in the fifth grade, I bought an issue of "DC Comics Presents #57" off of a spinner rack at my local bookstore, and that comic book changed my life. The combination of words and pictures did something inside my head that had never been done before, and I immediately fell in love with the medium of comics. I became a voracious comic book reader, but I never brought them to school. Instinctively, I knew that comic books didn't belong in the classroom. My parents definitely were not fans, and I was certain that my teachers wouldn't be either. After all, they never used them to teach, comic books and graphic novels were never allowed during silent sustained reading, and they were never sold at our annual book fair. Even so, I kept reading comics, and I even started making them. Eventually I became a published cartoonist, writing and drawing comic books for a living.

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collocation frequency
comic books 17
graphic novels 6
comics lectures 5
american educators 4
educational potential 3
juvenile delinquency 3
dr wertham 3

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