Due Thursday July 8th
The Final Writing includes two parts: research paper and presentation.
Students have two choices for the Final…
- Expand your Mid-Term Paper into a comprehensive research paper.
- You can "scaffold up" your existing writing that's already been graded into this Final Paper.
- Students may use/adapt any of their Reports into the Final Paper, and/or use your Mid-Term towards your Final Paper.
- OPTIONAL: Or write a new paper about a new topic. Sample prompts below:
- Review multiple, different comics—no more than 12 and no less than 8—and write a review about each book. The 12 books and your review of each of them should add up to a "big idea" that is akin to 1+1=3, such that reading your full paper about many comics will tell us something significant.
- "Break Up Letter to a Comic Book"
- What is the problem with this comic? Write about one or more comics you've read, and state the problematic things, the bad things. Also state why you'd change them and what changes you'd make.
- "Love Letter to a Comic Book"
- Who is your favorite comic book artist, and why?
- Who is your favorite comic book writer, and why?
- What is a comic you can't believe you have not read yet, and why?
- What hero or heroes do you identify with, and why? If there's a lack of those kinds of heroes, why is that a problem, and why should changes happen now? Where have you seen yourself, your life experiences, your hopes or dreams or fears reflected in a comic or comic character?
- What comics should be required reading for high school students, and why?
- What comics should be required reading for college students, and why?
- How do you read comics? Digitally? In print? On Instagram, and which way is best?
- Compare a comic book from our Reading List to its movie adaptation, can be a live-action or animated feature such as cartoons or anime, could be a TV show.
Write by…
- Clearly explaining:
- Describing the story, characters, art.
- Stating what you like or don't like.
- Stating why you don't like it.
- Using TWO outside sources to support your argument(s) or opinion(s):
- Compare your own opinions to another critics' opinions.
- Connect your ideas, other ideas, into 1 single research paper.
- Use 1 piece of borrowed information in your review.
- Use a 2nd piece of borrowed information in your review.
- The comic you're reviewing or writing about does not count as a source.
- See information on sources here.
- Share your findings in a written paper.
- Present your ideas to the class.
Writing: 100 points
- 10 items each worth 5 points = up to 50 points
- double-weight (× 2) Maximum of 100 points possible
- Minimum 8-pages: 7-pages of writing, 1 page for works cited
- Maximum 10-pages: 9-pages of writing, 1 page for works cited
- Times or Times New Roman font, 12 point, double-spaced
- PDF email attachment
Presentation: 20 points
- 5 items each worth 4 points = Maximum of 20 points
- Each Student Presents July 8th during class time
- Present an overview of your Final Paper: what you wrote about, your opinions, your conclusions
- Use at least 5 slides as visual aids to give the audience an idea of your comic, its theme, and characters.
- Build in Google Slides, which “plays nicely” with Present Now tools in Google Meet.
- Students have 6–8 minutes to present.
See Rubrics for requirements and scoring.