S2+Thomas+John

=Stage 2 Determine Acceptable Evidence.=

__Product (ComicLife):__ Length, Content, Attractiveness & Organization, Graphics, Proofreading & Spelling, Understanding __Presentation:__ Enthusiasm, Time Limit, Content, Vocabulary, Volume, Preparedness || • **Work Sample**: The CEO will review the first two to three pages of a student's comic before he/she is allowed to continue creating it. • **Oral Presentation:** Students are required to give a 5-7 minute oral presentation introducing their comic, explaining why they chose that particular story and how they represented the story's fine details with their modernized images. || •**Quizzes**: Two identical quizzes will be given, one at the beginning of the task and one at the end. Students will be asked to review both quizzes and reflect on what new things they have learned about the details of the short story. =Assessment Task Blue Print=
 * Performance Task (Summary in G.R.A.S.P.S. form): **(T)** ||
 * **Goal:** You must make a summarized, modern adaptation of one of Hawthorne's short stories that we've read into a graphic short story. You will then present your product to the executives at Dark Horse Comics, a major graphic novel publication company. Your goal is to stay true to the story you've chosen, so as not to obscure the plot or meaning of the original story. You may still make it modern and original, changing such elements as setting, tone, and style. You will be judged according to how you deal with these elements, and also how true to the characters and actual events in Hawthorne's story you were. You must also introduce your "pitch" to your audience before the comic is presented, explaining why your comic is the best candidate for a graphic novel, citing your creative representation of plot, characters and events.
 * Role**: You are an artist working on a graphic short story.
 * Audience**: The CEO and executive graphic novel judges at Dark Horse Comics.
 * Situation**: You are competing with other artists for the right to make the full version of a Hawthorne short story into a graphic novel.
 * Product/Presentation**: You must make the comic of the short story using ComicLife.
 * Standards (criteria from both rubrics)**:
 * Other Evidence (quizzes, test, prompts, observations, dialogues, work sample, etc.):**
 * Other Evidence **(OE)** ||
 * •**Project Progress Report:** Halfway through students must fill out a progress report and submit to the CEO of the publication company.
 * Student Self-Assessment and Reflection**
 * Self-Assessment **(SA)** ||
 * •**Summary of Understanding:** Students will be assigned a short essay in which they must reflect on their story of choice and demonstrate knowledge of its intricacies, and how the fine details of the story may be adapted into scenes in a short graphic novel.
 * Group Q&A Sessions:** There will be two group sessions, one at the beginning for brainstorming and one halfway through the task. Students will record what they gained from these group sessions on a pre-printed sheet with a number of key questions. ||

//**What understandings/goals will be assessed through this task?**// **(G)** A. Reading A2. Literary Text ||
 * Understanding || Goal (MLR) ||
 * •Literary devices in the texts set the style and tone of the stories. || •MLR

What criteria are implied in the standard(s) understanding(s) regardless of the task specifics? What qualities must student work demonstrate to signify that standards were met?
 * Big Idea || Big Idea ||
 * •Themes || •Literary Devices ||

//**Through what authentic performance task will students demonstrate understandings?**//
 * //**Task Description:**// **(T)** ||
 * You are a struggling artist and graphic novel fanatic who has made your life's work reading and analyzing the works of Nathaniel Hawthorne. You want to write and illustrate a graphic novel representation of one of Hawthorne's short stories. You will be presenting a brief and modernized re-imagining of the story you choose to the CEO of Dark Horse Comics, as well as a panel of Dark Horse executives for review. You will be judged on how well you have stayed true to the actual meanings and scenes in the short story, yet since it is a modern retelling, you have some flexibility with the characters, setting, style and tone. Along with your graphic short story you must present to the executives your "pitch", explaining why your comic is the best candidate for expansion into a full-fledged graphic novel. You must put in as much effort as possible, because there are countless other artists jumping at the chance to make this story the next big "cult" item. If you have truly made a graphic representation that does Hawthorne justice, Dark Horse will grant you the rights to develop the entire story into a graphic novel. This could be your big chance, so be creative, try some new ideas, and have fun! ||

//**What student products/performances will provide evidence of desired understandings?**//
 * Type II Product || Type of Presentation ||
 * •ComicLife || • Presentation ||

//**By what criteria will student products/performances be evaluated?**// • Content 30% • Attractiveness & Organization 10% • Graphics 20% • Proofreading & Spelling 10% • Understanding 20% || • Enthusiasm 10% • Time Limit 10% • Content 40% • Vocabulary 10% • Volume 10% • Preparedness 20% ||
 * Product Criteria || Presentation Criteria ||
 * • Length 10%
 * 2004 ASCD and Grant Wiggins and Jay McTighe**