Comic+Book+-+Assessment

=Comic: = = = Superhero, or Fairytale someone to rescue, roots, symmetry, vertex, parent function, negative x squared, power up, fly higher to create a new vertex, half power.

Initial Planning Notes


- [|http://www.comeeko.com] - Need how-to's from start to finish - Moodle for delivery - Need digital cameras - Must story board - same requirements as above but in the framework of Quadratic Superhero - fighting villain or rescuing victim or both - Their choice for story line but must show use of formulas etc. to explain how it worked

Assignment
The Comic Project In this assignment, you will explore roots, vertex, symmetry, and the effect of change on C and A of the quadratic equation.

What You Will Do?
Create a storyboard (on paper) for a comic book about a superhero or a fairy tale: -- Use this file to create your storyboard. You must turn it in to your teacher or you will lose points.

1. Your hero/knight must use the quadratic equation to rescue a damsel in distress from an evil villain. Your story will explain the heroes/knights path to the damsel in distress. The original path (quadratic equation 1) will include your first equation. As the hero/knight continues the journey their path (quadratic equation 2 and 3) needs to shrink and stretch. In the end the hero/knight can completely changes the path and causes a reflection (quadratic equation 4). 2. Your comic book must display the four quadratic equations of your graphs. 3. Your storyboard must include key vocabulary words which need to be labeled. The words are: roots, axis of symmetry (with the equation), vertex, minimum, and maximum. 4. Demonstrate what happens when the value of "a" increases and decreases. In this demonstartion include what happens when "a" is negative and positive. 5. Demonstrate what happens when the value of "c" increases or decreases. 6. In order to receive an A you must have somewhere in your presentation all of the following:
 * First equation is the original
 * Second equation is a shrink (narrower, thinner, skinner)
 * Third equation is a stretch (wider)
 * Fourth equation is a reflection
 * Tables
 * Equations
 * Sketches of the graphs
 * Model (story)

Use a digital camera to take photos for your comic book: 1. All photos must be school appropriate 2. You must supply your own props and actors 3. You can make your own drawings and then digitally capture them with a digital camera. Please see your teacher if you do not have access to a digital camera.

Use Comeeko to create your comic book: 1. Go to [|http://comeeko.com] 2. Create a free user account 3. Upload your images and create your comic strip following the easy wizard provided in Comeeko (also called Pikistrip)

Save and Submit your Comic Book: 1. When you have completed each of the pages of your comic book, download them from Comeeko.com 2. Save the images in the same file so you can find them later. 3. Open Microsoft Word 4. Insert each of your comic book pages into the Word Document. Stretch the photos so that one comic book page takes up one page in your Word document. 5. Save the word document. 6. Email or give the word document to your teacher using a flash drive or disc. 7. The due date for the project is the day of the test Test Date:_ 8. Due to time constraints extenstions will not be available. If you have a UIL event or athletic activity then please have the project turned in ahead of time.

Presentation of Comic Book: 1. On presentation day, you will need to bring a copy of your word document to project for the class.

Documents
Project Requirements for Students Project Rubric

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