Comic+Strip

Instructional Activity

 * Create your own Comic Activity**
 * Directions:** You are to create a 2 page, 6 panel (per page) comic strip using the Comic Life program. Your topic should be either: Marine Pollution or Endangered Marine Species. Your comic strip should be informative as well as entertaining. You will have two 50 minute class periods to complete the project. You must have at least 3 resources for your comic strip. You will be required to turn in a resource page with your completed comic.

e. Describe the characteristics of Earth's major terrestrial biomes (i.e. tropical rain forest, savannah, temperate, desert, taiga, tundra, and mountain) and aquatic communities (i.e. freshwater, estuaries, and marine).
 * Standards Addressed:**
 * S7L4 ** . Students will examine the dependence of organisms on one another and their environments.
 * ELA7W2 ** The student demonstrates competence in a variety of genres.

The student produces writing (multi-paragraph expository composition such

as description, explanation, comparison and contrast, or problem and solution)

that:

a. Engages the reader by establishing a context, creating a speaker’s voice, and

b. Develops a controlling idea that conveys a perspective on the subject.

c. Creates an organizing structure appropriate to purpose, audience, and context.

d. Develops the topic with supporting details.

e. Excludes extraneous and inappropriate information.

f. Follows an organizational pattern appropriate to the type of composition.

g. Concludes with a detailed summary linked to the purpose of the composition.


 * Scoring Rubric**
 * **Category** || 4 || 3 || 2 || 1 ||
 * Content || Covers topic in-depth with details and examples. Subject knowledge is excellent. || Includes essential knowledge about the topic. Subject knowledge appears to be good. || Includes essential information about the topic but there are 1-2 factual errors. || Content is minimal OR there are several factual errors. ||
 * Visual Appeal || Makes excellent use of font, color, images, effects, etc. to enhance the comic. || Makes good use of font, color, images, effects, etc. to enhance the comic. || Makes use of font, color, images, effects, etc. but occasionally these detract from the focus of the comic. || Use of font, color, images, effects etc. but these often distract from the comic. ||
 * Originality || Product shows a large amount of original thought. Ideas are creative and inventive. || Product shows some original thought. Work shows new ideas and insights. || Uses other people’s ideas (giving them credit), but there is little evidence of original thinking. || Uses other people’s ideas, but does not give them credit. No original thoughts or work. ||
 * Mechanics || No misspellings or grammatical errors. || Three or fewer misspellings and/or grammatical errors. || Four misspellings and/or grammatical errors. || More than four errors in spelling or grammar. ||
 * Resources || Students use and cite 3 or more resources. || Student use and cite 2 resources. || Students use and cite 1 resource. || Students cite no resources. ||