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Comic Strip

Digital Comic Strip

Students will design a comic strip based around a character they created.

Rubric Code: R2W86CA

By dkhansen8

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Subject: Arts and Design

Type: Project

Grade Levels: 6-8

Comic Strip
	Excellent 4 pts	Good 3 pts	Fair 2 pts	Needs More Work 1 pts
Plot	Excellent The plot is easily identified and the story flows smoothly.	Good Identifies most of the plot events, but is missing one. The story flows smoothly.	Fair Identifies some of the plot events, but missing 2-3. The story has gaps in it.	Needs More Work Plot is incomplete or focused on less important points, It confuses the reader.
Speech and Thought Bubbles	Excellent Speech and thought bubbles are related to the scenes and plot events of the story. All connections between scenes are easy to understand.	Good Speech and/or thought bubbles are related to the scenes and plot events of the story. Most connections between scenes are easy to understand.	Fair Most speech and/or thought bubbles are related to the scenes and plot events of the story. The connections between scenes are less obvious.	Needs More Work Speech and/or thought bubbles do not relate well to the scenes or plot of the story. There seems to be no connections between the scenes.
Characters	Excellent All characters are clearly identified and their actions and dialogue match their personality and the plot.	Good Most characters are clearly identified and their actions and dialogue match their personality and the plot.	Fair The main characters are identified, but actions and dialogue are too general to show connections between personality and the plot.	Needs More Work It is hard to tell who the main characters are and the actions and dialogue do not match the plot at all.
Elements The comic must have 6 frames/cells, text boxes explaining a scene where appropriate, one frame that includes the title of the comic and the author's name, and the character must have at least 3 different poses/looks.	Excellent All required elements discussed in class are met.	Good One of the required elements is missing	Fair Two of the required elements are missing.	Needs More Work Three or more of the required elements are missing.
Character Visual Design	Excellent 4+ versions of the student’s unique character are used. Each appropriately fits the story.	Good 3 versions of the student’s unique character are used. Each appropriately fits the story.	Fair 2 versions of the student’s unique character are used. Each appropriately fits the story.	Needs More Work Only 1 version of the student’s character is used throughout. and/or Character variations could have better matched the story.
Setting	Excellent Each of the frames shows a setting which is easily identified with the landscape and props of each scene and enhance the understanding of the story.	Good 1 part of the setting is not easily identifiable with the landscape and props of a scene.	Fair 2 parts of the setting are not identifiable with the landscape and props of the scene.	Needs More Work 3 or more of the settings are not identifiable with the landscape and props of each scene and they do not enhance the story. Most cells have a white background with no scenery/setting details.
Spelling, Grammar, and Punctuation	Excellent There are absolutely no spelling, grammar, or punctuation errors in the comic.	Good There are 1-3 spelling, grammar, or punctuation errors in the comic.	Fair There are 4-5 spelling, grammar, or punctuation errors in the comic.	Needs More Work There are more than 5 spelling, grammar, or punctuation errors in the comic.
Title & By-line	Excellent Title is unique and fits the story. Byline is present and gives credit to the student creator.	Good Title is a template title. Byline is present and gives credit to the student creator.	Fair Title is unique and fits the story. Byline is missing.	Needs More Work Title & Byline are both template items and do not uniquely identify the comic strip.
Effort/Mechanics	Excellent Student used class time well. Files are submitted on time. PDF and Comic Life files are properly named and submitted.	Good Student used most class time well. Files are submitted on time. PDF and Comic Life files are not properly named but both are.	Fair Student used some class time well. Either PDF or Comic life file is submitted on time. PDF or Comic Life file is missing.	Needs More Work Student did not use class time well. Files are misnamed and submitted late. PDF or Comic life file is misnamed and missing.

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