Answering questions about your outline, revising the outline one last time,
and beginning drafting your essay
and your device to access Superman: Earth One.
Here is the list of process tasks for this project (representing 33.33% of the final grade).
2) OUTLINE: DEVELOP & SUBMIT TO LEA A COMPLETE OUTLINE (clear HERE to download a blank outline).
Important: An outline is a structured set of keywords or very short phrases (3-4 words) that provides a framework for your essay, like a skeleton structure. Only the thesis can be a complete sentence.
Choose a valid thesis that aligns with our class discussions: your thesis is a clear and single claim about Straczynski's position on the conservative immigration typically promoted by superhero narratives.
Essays (final outputs) that merely argue that Superman: Earth One is fully conservative, fully anti-conservative, or equally both cannot achieve a grade higher than 65% on the final output.
1. First, choose one extended scene or character the author uses to comment on the conservative immigration policy, such as the cemetery scene, Clark's integration into the Daily Planet, Superman's second trip to Borada, or the character of Eddie Monroe.
2. Second, identify which one guideline or one goal of the policy the author is commenting on in this scene or through this character. This will be the topic of your paragraph.
3. Third, split this scene into two clearly separate panels. In your second paragraph, you will describe and analyze these two panels one at a time. Determine the best order to discuss them, such as a chronological order.
4. Fourth, identify the specific "quotes" that will support your analysis.
Each of the two scene or detail descriptions must be very detailed (when? where? who? what?). A person who has not read the book should be able to visualize the panels, details, and words on the page.
Only Permitted AI Use: You may use ChatGPT to suggest different logical sequences for your points in your first paragraph on the theory (you may also simply follow the teacher's sequence in the outline). Use the prompt in the AI section on Moodle. Choose the sequence that makes most sense to you (as a storyteller), and keep in mind that your target audience knows very little about superheroes.
Have a most pleasant Reading Break!
