Reading Champions Challenges: The World of Graphic Novels

Resource type: Projects, programmes and workshops

Price band: Free

Key stage: KS2, KS3

Region(s): All of UK

The Reading Champions Challenges are a programme of termly challenges and competitions for pupils aged 7-14. They have been designed to support the development of reading stamina, to increase reading diversity and encourage reading for pleasure.

Each Reading Challenge is themed and comes with a set of supporting teaching resources that include:

Teacher guidance notes.
Recommended reading lists.
Wallcharts, templates and certificates.

Kick off the new school year by exploring the World of Graphic Novels. Perfect for engaging both confident and more reluctant readers, this term’s challenge is designed to encourage book talk and debate through the activities provided, develop key visual literacy and comprehension skills and get more pupils reading for pleasure.

Timetable:

The World of Graphic Novels Challenge launches on 17th September 2024.

Cost: Free with NLT Basic Membership (also free).

About National Literacy Trust: NLT is an independent literacy charity working with schools and communities to give disadvantaged children the literacy skills to succeed in life. The charity runs literacy programmes, CPD training courses for teachers, and provides online resources and tools to its members. It also undertakes research into all aspects of literacy and campaigns to raise awareness of literacy issues.

About Authors’ Licensing and Collecting Society: The Authors’ Licensing and Collecting Society is a not-for-profit membership organisation that ensures that its author members receive money when their work is copied or used by a third party.

Further resources:

Schools that take part in the World of Graphic Novels Challenge can enter the associated competition for the chance to win a range of book-related prizes. The closing date for entries will be 10th December.
The Phoenix is a high-quality comic aimed at readers aged 7-14. Take out a school subscription to ensure there is something fresh and new in your library or classroom every week.
Explore the graphic novel recommendations from the experts at Books for Topics. There are booklists for KS1, LKS2 and UK2.
Find more graphic novel recommendations suitable for KS2 pupils and above from teacher and graphic novel enthusiast Richard Ruddick.
For secondary schools, School Reading List has a list of recommended graphic novels for pupils aged 12-16.
Sign up for the Excelsior Award to give pupils aged 9-18 the opportunity to review and vote for their favourite graphic novels across four age categories. Registration opens in November.
Comic Boom: Comics in Education is a podcast dedicated to raising awareness of the role of comics and graphic novels in education and exploring effective ways of using them in the classroom.
Explore the range of previous Reading Champion Challenges for more ideas on how to promote reading for pleasure.