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=toc G.R.A.S.P.S= = = =Understanding(s)= (Copy and paste the big understanding(s) you have listed in your unit for Dr. Grace. What are the academic goals for the unit (which will also be the purpose of the WebQuest)?) // •Literary characters can either undergo a change or stay the same. // // •Fictional stories can be used to say things about the real world. // // •Literary devices can be used to establish an author's style. //
 * Goal || Students will attempt to get their short comic published in a compilation about //1984// put out by Image Comics. ||
 * Role || Students will take on the role of a group of creative comic artists. ||
 * Audience || The team at Image Comics who determine what properties to pick up. ||
 * Setting || Students will use their knowledge of the themes and literary motifs of //1984,// backed up by strong textual citations in their presentation of the material, to be picked up by Image. ||
 * Presentation || You will create a comic that incorporates your knowledge of one specific character who you chose to pay attention to when we started our readings, as well as your knowledge of several of the themes and terms involved in //1984,// to construct a narrative in comic form that follows your character throughout portions of their average day. There are some gaps in what Orwell tells us about his world, so you should feel free to fill those in as you see fit, as long as you can back up your additions during your brief presentation of the main points of your comic. ||
 * Standards || The Comic Life will be graded based on the images, the pacing and economy, character knowledge, textual basis, use of the comic form, and thematic and literary fluency. The presentation will be graded on preparedness, content, collaboration and evaluation of peers, explanations, and presentation style. ||

=Introduction= Flipping through the latest issue of your favorite independent comic, you come across an advertisement: "Get published! Create a short comic that meets the requirements set below, and we here at Image Comics will put you in our upcoming //1984// retrospective!" Excited, you decide to get together a group of friends familiar with //1984// to help you craft a comic to enter this contest with.

=Task= The requirements put forth in the advertisement are as follows. Your comic must follow a character in //1984// in narrative form through one of his or her average days. In doing this, your comic must: -Incorporate knowledge of one of the many supporting characters in //1984.// -Demonstrate a literary term or device.

In constructing your narrative, you will likely find that there are gaps in the picture Orwell gives us (Though these are surprisingly few). You will want to fill these in with your own ideas, and this is okay, as long as these additions aren't contradicted by the book, and you can come up with some text-based reason for thinking it could be that way. In addition, all important details in your comic should be backed up by the text. When you're presenting this to the board of editors at Image Comics, they will be asking you questions about anything and everything in your comic -- so be prepared!

=Conclusion= As you finish presenting your contribution to the board of editors, they appear visibly shaken. Your comic has proven to be such a monumental work of staggering genius, such a critically important to the modern literary //oeuvre,// that they simply don't know what to say. They ask you several questions about some of the details, and you are able to effortlessly back them up -- you've clearly prepared for this moment, and you are ready. Content with what you've submitted, the editors ask you to go, but assure you that any further proceedings are merely a formality -- it's a foregone conclusion at this point that the adept demonstration at hand of your fluent knowledge of the themes, devices, and characters in George Orwell's classic novel of the dangers of totalitarianism all mean you will be published, and may be the most important comics writer since Alan Moore.

Alternatively, I could also use this conclusion. Your comic is finished -- you and your group members look upon it with pride. There is no way this won't be published by Image Comics. Your treatment of your chosen character is deft and accurate, as are your demonstrated understandings of the themes and devices Orwell uses in //1984.// In your treatment of these topics, you've established that you have a deep knowledge of them, you're contributed to the conversation about them, and you've even brought up new questions for in-class discussions. Happy with your work, you give it to your kind English teacher so he can send it off to the publisher.