STP Survey

Please complete the survey linked below:

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/VN7M5PX

Assignment for Friday, May 4, and Monday, May 8

For Friday, complete one page of your Jimmy Corrigan assignment.

For Monday, complete two pages of your Jimmy Corrigan assignment.

If you're writing an essay but you're having trouble designing your own topic, consider these prompts:
1. Write an essay that explains how Christopher Ware's visual style reinforces literary aspects of Jimmy Corrigan's story, including themes, conflicts, character development, and so on.
2. Write an essay that analyzes Jimmy Corrigan's character development over the course of the story.
3. Write an essay that compares Jimmy Corrigan's character to his grandfather's character. What do their juxtaposed narratives reveal about each character?

To quote from the book, you use this digital version of the earlier comic book form of Jimmy Corrigan. You can right click on a page to open it as an individual image. Then you can save and edit the image to use the specific part you want to quote. Then you can paste the image into your paper. Take note: the first third or so of the book is different than the comic book, but the last two-thirds are almost exactly the same; just a few pages are different.

Assignment for Wednesday, May 2, and Thursday, May 3

If you need to finish reading Jimmy Corrigan, do so. In addition, decide on the kind of assignment you want to complete for Jimmy Corrigan, and the topic or subject you'll write about (you design your topic or subject). Here are your options, each of which should be at least three pages in length:

A traditional essay.
A visual essay that analyzes some aspect of Jimmy Corrigan (click here for an example of what this could look like).
A visual narrative influenced by Chris Ware's visual or narrative style.

STP Night Survey

In class on Monday and Tuesday, you will complete the survey linked below.

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/6YN5XZ7

Assignment for Wednesday, April 11, and Thursday, April 12

Refine and finalize your presentation based on the feedback you received Monday and Tuesday. If you didn't prepare note cards yet, do so. If you need to add images or put them in Google Slides, do so. Essentially, do whatever you need to do to get your presentation to its final form. In class, you will practice the presentation again. If you practice outside of class, at home or at school, remember to practice focusing your energy before you start speaking.

Assignment for Monday, April 9, and Tuesday, April 10

Complete your STP presentation and bring it to class. Try to have it on note cards rather than your laptop, just as you will during the actual presentation, but be sure to have your images on a flash drive or in the cloud. During class, you will practice the presentation in groups of 3 or 4.

Assignment for Wednesday, April 4, and Thursday, April 5

Complete the spoken content of your STP presentation. Focus on bullet points (keep in mind that you'll have note cards); you shouldn't try to write out your whole presentation. Look over the presentation guidelines to see how you should organize your talk. You'll have the rest of your time to prepare your presentation.

If you missed class, watch this TED talk by Bryan Stevenson.