MON MAR 1

11AM class begins with a Quiz covering items from lectures. Review slides can be found below, and you must be signed into your mailbox.winthrop.edu email to access them.

• Quiz review content, includes links to all lecture slides
• Quiz is open-note and open-slide
• you may reference the slide decks during the Quiz
• Quiz IS TIMED, so you'll benefit from knowing the content
• score will appear after you click Submit
• worth up to 15 points, failure to complete quiz yields 0/15

For March 1st Quiz in class you will need:

• computer or tablet or phone with internet access
• signed into your own mailbox.winthrop.edu email in web browser
  
• join our class Google Meet at 11AM
• Quiz Link, given in class

Group Workshop Mid-Term

Wednesday February 17th, students will work in their Groups:

• Each student shares their mid-term idea or ideas
• You need to have at least 1 idea by this time
• It's not your final final idea, but should be well formed
• Attendance in and discussion in Group Meet worth 15 points
  
• Share feedback by writing 1 Group Report worth 25 points
  

Worth  15+25 points, 40 points total

Goals:

• Each student identifies a Mid-Term topic, 1 of 3 options.
  
• What comic, why will you review it, where will learn more and in what sources.
  
• Share your idea with the Group.
• Receive their feedback: Does it work, why or why not? Can it fit into a 3-4 page Mid-Term, why or why not? What area or areas should you research to prepare to write this, and why?
• Consider your feedback, taking notes on what your peers say. Does almost everyone agree, This would be a good idea, why or why not? Or does almost everyone think You shouldn't do this or You should do this but change your direction like so, why or why not. Be sure to state in your own words, My group liked my idea because… and then say why.
  
• Each student will write 3-6 sentences, documenting the above items.
  
• Each student will paste/add that writing into 1 Google Doc, shared among the group.
• That Google Doc is due to the instructor Feb. 22nd, or no later than 11AM Feb, 24th.
• Example: seven students each share their idea among the group, each of you write your feedback/report into your Google Doc.
• Should be 1–3 pages in all, with each students' report included, see example here.
  

15-point Meetings Wed. Feb. 17

1. Use class time for small group work.
2. Be prepared to have microphone on, camera on, so you can chat with everyone.  
   
3. Groups from Instructor are viewable here.
   
4. 392H will all be in your own group. 
5. See Groups from Instructor for M*E*E*Ts.
   
6. Work on the Goals above.
7. Instructor will visit each Google Meet room to take attendance.
8. To earn the full 15/15 for this component, be present and working during class.
   
9. Not being in the Google Meet room results in absence and 0/15 for this work.
10. This grade is individual, each student gets their own Group Meeting Grade.
    

25-point Report DUE Feb. 22-24

Email as PDF to Instructor

1. Each student writes their feedback in 1 Group Report, such as Google Docs to share the writing.
2. Typed report with all students' writing is due as early as Feb. 22nd but no later than 11AM Feb. 24th.
3. When ready to send, export as a single PDF, 1-3 pages in all, and email to the instructor following the PDF delivery instructions here.
   
4. See these instructions, submitting your Group Report Writing PDF.
5. IMPORTANT: This 25-point writing grade is for each student, who adds to the Group Report completely, accurately, and professionally, including all of the items under Goals. If you're Student XD whose writing is in this report completely/professionally/accurately XD gets 25/25 but if Student XØ has no writing at all, XØ will get 0/25, or if their writing is partial XØ gets 19/25 for example.
   
6. 25-23 excellent, A to A-, for writing that addresses all of the above Goals, little to no spelling/grammar issues
   
7. 22-20 above average, B+, B, B-, addresses most of the topics or maybe does so incompletely, with some spelling/grammar issues
8. 19–17, C+ to C- range, addresses some of the topics, with frequent spelling/grammar issues
9. 16-14, D+ to D- range, very little content addressed, too many spelling/grammar issues
10. 13–0, F, unsatisfactory, incomplete, or inappropriate overall

Mid-Term Writing

GOALS

1. Review one book from our assigned list, or compare and contrast it with another item
2. In your own words, write about the story, characters, art, what you like or don't like
3. Compare your own opinions to another critics' opinions, 1 "pro" and 1 "con"
   

4-5 pages, using one of the following methods:

• Review 1 comic from our Jan. 20th and/or Jan. 27 reading list
• Or compare 2 comics from our Jan. 20th and/or Jan. 27 reading list
• Or compare 1 comic with a movie or video game or cartoon or other "Batman Thing" of your choosing; "Other Thing" could be a toy, collectible, or anything else; THIS item requires you to "pitch me" your idea, subject to instructor approval

DUE March 8th on or before 11AM as PDF

FORMAT

• Minimum 4 pages: 3 written plus 1 works cited page
• Maximum 5 pages: 4 written plus 1 works cited
• Times New Roman font, 12 point, double-spaced; single-spaced is acceptable but of single-spaced you must meet the 4 or 5 page requirements
• Works cited must include your two required Evidence items, see below; may be from website, magazine, interview, TV show; not Wikipedia
• Use trusted sources for your Evidence, be it secondary or primary sources
• PDF emailed to Mr. T

Max. 4 points in each category below

1. Explanation of work: overview of what you're reviewing
2. History: where does this book and/or other Batman media fit into the history of Batman, 80+ years of it, see our timeline for some ideas
3. Analysis: seeing, reading, and understanding what things mean and why, the concept(s)
4. Opinion: state your position, what you like or don't like and why
   
5. Evidence "Pro": use 1 outside source, another review another critique, to boost your opinions, this is an item that "agrees with" your own
   
6. Evidence "Con": find 1 outside source against your opinions, use it in your argument
7. Contrasting Issues: identifying where things are different and reflecting on those differences, be it between your opinions or some other opinion(s)
8. Connecting, overall flow of writing, synthesis of ideas, overview, your opinions, your sources, all mesh together
9. Inference(s), what could be done differently or better, and why
10. Conclusion(s), based on all of the above, did you enjoy or not enjoy reading this, would you recommend this to somebody else

Full rubric at Google Slides

• 10 tasks each worth up to 4 points, (five point scale, 4-3-2-1-0)
  
• max. 40 points x 2 = 80-point Mid-Term

 

Consult calendar for all deadlines.