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The American Dream Comic Strip

"The Lowest Animal" Satire Poster

Create a comic strip representation that follows the achievement of "The American Dream in a minimum of six cells.

Rubric Code: TXC75C7

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Subject: English

Type: Assignment

Grade Levels: 9-12

American Dream Comic Strip
	Excellent/Advanced 4 pts	Acceptable 3 pts	Needs Work 2 pts	Poor 0 pts
Dialogue	Excellent/Advanced Creative dialogue is used in each cell to guide readers clearly and easily through the character's path in pursuit of The American Dream in the comic.	Acceptable Dialogue is used in each cell to guide readers clearly and easily through the character's path in pursuit of The American Dream in the comic, but it is not as clear as it could be.	Needs Work Dialogue is used in most cells to guide readers through the character's path in pursuit of The American Dream in the comic, but it is not as clear as it could be.	Poor Dialogue is missing or not used effectively enough.
Conventions	Excellent/Advanced Provides evidence of a consistent and strong command of grade-level conventions (grammar, capitalization, punctuation and spelling) Error free.	Acceptable Provides evidence of an adequate command of grade-level conventions (grammar, capitalization, punctuation and spelling) A few errors.	Needs Work Provides evidence of a limited command of grade-level conventions (grammar, capitalization, punctuation and spelling) Errors in most sections.	Poor Provides little or no evidence of a command of grade-level conventions (grammar, capitalization, punctuation and spelling) Errors throughout.
Visual Appeal	Excellent/Advanced The visual appeal of the comic as a whole supports the concepts relative to The American Dream is finished in a polished complete way, and is appealing and aesthetically pleasing to the eye.	Acceptable The visual appeal of the poster as a whole supports the concepts relative to The American Dream is neat, and pleasing to the eye.	Needs Work The visual appeal of the poster as a whole supports the concepts relative to The American Dream, but greater care could be taken with the neatness or polished presentation of the piece to create a more aesthetically pleasing project.	Poor The comic is unfinished and/or not pleasing to the eye.
Originality	Excellent/Advanced Content on the poster is creative, original, and expressed in the voice of the student writer.	Acceptable Content on the poster is original, and expressed in the voice of the student writer.	Needs Work Content on the poster is not the voice of the student writer in places.	Poor Content on the poster is not the voice of the student writer in most of the task.
Characters and Backgrounds	Excellent/Advanced Characters and background images were thoughtfully included in each cell of the comic that is clearly representative of the concepts relative to The American Dream.	Acceptable Characters and background images were thoughtfully included in each cell of the comic to be representative of concepts relative to The American Dream.	Needs Work Characters and background images were included in each cell of the comic to be representative of concepts relative to The American Dream, but the connection is not as clear as it could be.	Poor Images or backgrounds are missing from the comic.
Article Questions	Excellent/Advanced Responses to the questions are complete, specific, thoughtful, and accurate.	Acceptable Responses to the questions are complete and accurate.	Needs Work Responses to the questions are either incomplete or inaccurate.	Poor Questions are not answered or answered to vaguely for credit.

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English

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