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Curriculum Information

Like all shows created for a public media audience, Drawn In promises to educate while it entertains. Drawn In curriculum bridges the literacy gap through vocabulary word exposure and community engagement. 

This initiative was designed to address educational objectives for English Language Arts (ELA) for 5–8-year-old learners. Early learning curriculum is woven into every Drawn In adventure and empowers learners and their families to explore text in new and exciting ways through comic books. Comic books and graphic novels are considered effective tools to motivate children to read more, increase recall, problem-solving, and reading comprehension, and further enrich the skills of readers who are beginning, accomplished, reluctant, or who are English-language learners. 

This interactive curriculum is based on National and Missouri/Illinois Common Core State Standards. The team uses research-based best practices, including English Language Arts (ELA) and Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) fundamentals. Early learning lesson plans and playful learning activities support the framework of Drawn In videos, comic books, and website content.  

Common Core Academic Vocabulary Words Tier 

Many of Lady M's Magnificent Words are considered Tier Two words that aid in the transference of knowledge beyond English Language Arts. While vocabulary acquisition is central to our mission, the learning goals included with each comic also encompass other ELA standards, such as character, plot, and theme, which build on students' critical-thinking abilities. This curriculum was built to be fun, engaging, and learner-centered.  

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Download and share a copy of Lady Magnitude's Magnificent Word Pyramid linked here. For more information on regional and national English Language Arts Priority Standards, please click the following links: 

Looking for additional curriculum resources? 

Check out these helpful books at your local library or bookseller. 

If you want to learn more about comic books   

  • Getting Graphic! Using Graphic Novels to Promote Literacy with Preteens and Teens by Michele Gorman
  • Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art by Scott McCloud  
     

If you want to learn more about playful learning 

  • Purposeful Play: A Teacher's Guide to Igniting Deep and Joyful Learning Across the Day by Kristine Mraz
  • Risk. Fail. Rise. by M. Colleen Cruz   
     

If you want to learn more about best practices surrounding writing   

  • The Unstoppable Writing Teacher: Real Strategies for the Real Classroom by M. Colleen Cruz
  • The Writing Thief: Using Mentor Texts to Teach the Craft of Writing by Ruth Culham   
     

If you want to learn more about culturally responsive teaching and learning   

  • Culturally Responsive Teaching and the Brain: Promoting Authentic Engagement and Rigor Among Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students by Zaretta Hammond
  • We Got This: Equity, Access, and the Quest to Be Who Our Students Need Us to Be by Cornelius Minor
  • Cultivating Genius: An Equity Framework for Culturally and Historically Responsive Literacy by Gholdy Muhammad
  • Reading for Their Life: (Re)Building the Textual Lineages of African American Adolescent Males by Alfred W. Tatum
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