Storytelling around the Globe

CONTENTS OF CURRICULUM UNIT 09.01.05

  1. Unit Guide
  1. Introduction
  2. Movies
  3. Objectives
  4. Strategies
  5. Superhero Motifs
  6. Continuity
  7. Origins
  8. Conclusion
  9. Classroom Activities
  10. Resources
  11. Appendix A - Implementing District Standards
  12. Notes

SHAZAM! Exploring Superhero Comics to Study Character Origin and Creative Writing

Karlene E. McGowen

Published September 2009

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Appendix A - Implementing District Standards

Writing

ELA.8.14B - develop drafts by choosing an appropriate organizational strategy (e.g., sequence of events, cause-effect, compare-contrast) and building on ideas to create a focused, organized, and coherent piece of writing.

ELA.8.14D - edit drafts for grammar, mechanics, and spelling.

ELA.8.14E - revise final draft in response to feedback from peers and teacher and publish written work for appropriate audiences.

ELA.8.15A.iv - write an imaginative (fictional) story that develops interesting characters and dialogue that develops the story.

ELA.8.17D - produce a multimedia presentation involving text, graphics, images, and sound using available technology.

ELA.8.18F - refine and publish selected work in accepted formats for general and student audiences using traditional and technological methods.

Reading

ELA.RC.8B - ask literal, interpretive, evaluative, and universal questions of text.

ELA.RC.8F - make intertextual links among and across texts, including other media (e.g., film, play, music, print media), and provide textual evidence.

ELA.8.3C - explain how the values and beliefs of particular characters are affected by the historical and cultural setting of the literary work.

ELA.8.9 - analyze works written on the same topic and compare how the authors achieved similar or different purposes, and support using textual evidence.

ELA.8.10B - establish and adjust purposes for reading.

ELA.8.10D - synthesize and make logical connections between ideas within a text and across two or three texts representing similar or different genres and support those findings with textual evidence.

ELA.8.10I - find similarities and differences across texts such as in treatment (the author's approach), scope (depth of information about the topic), and/or organization.

ELA.8.12F - identify, describe, and analyze important characters, including their traits, points of view, causes of feelings and motivations, relationships, conflicts and their solutions, and the changes they undergo.

Listening/Speaking

ELA.8.28 - participate productively in discussions, plan agendas with clear goals and deadlines, set time limits for speakers, take notes, and vote on key issues.

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