Children's book

STEP 1: Cube Exercise

Answer these in a file for submission Due 10/6/2021

Step One: The Cube Exercise:In this step, you will develop your ideas and themes into a direction for researching and writing your book. This should be answered as short answers with numbers and complete sentences. This is not an essay. Complete the following:

i. Write a question that describes the theme(s) of the book you will write?

ii. Write a statement that describes the basic plot of your book  -- this a working thesis statement. If you are struggling,use the "dummy thesis" and finish this statement: "This book is about ..."

iii. Make a list of four potential characters: include at least seven specific identifying demographic pieces of information for EACH. 

iv. Make a list of three potential settings -- remember, you need both time and place.

v. What is the conflict that the characters will face in your book?

vi. Write a theme statement (remember, this answers the question "What is the point or message of my book." Ultimately, this theme statement becomes your "lesson." 

vii. Remember, you may not write a book about cleaning the beach or a playground (or anything along those lines). You may not write about a kid who sees mess and gets his friends/family/classmates to "clean it up." You may not write about sea life eating or coming into contact with trash or plastics. These are tired plot lines. Be original. 

5. Find four academic articles of the work in HCC’s library as though you were writing a paper. (I have attached the 4 sources)

STEP 2 Research Submission DUE 10/6/2021

6. Complete research from those sources – 15 tidbits of paraphrased and cited information from each source using the template; research template bottom requires you to identify three ways: actions, words, behaviors you will include in your book to teach about the research. Use the researching template. (I will attach the research template AND A SAMPLE for reference)

STEP 3 Story Arc and Story Pacing Chart DUE 10/6/2021

7. Write a children’s book. Your book must include:

a. At least three characters;

b. A conflict or plot;

c. Reflect the research you did on your issue – You may wish to directly cite and reference the research or to explain a concept from the research to your reader, but your book should be teaching and telling the research to the reader. This is the meat of the grade.

d. Teach the reader about the issue without being preachy

e. Be at least 1000 words over 12 pages; and

f. Have at least eight illustrations of your own generation (you draw! – either electronically or by hand and scan)

g. You may draw on ipads using Adobe Sketch or Draw, or any other drawing app, or you may draw by hand – totally up to you.

h. You will publish it as one document and upload it as a PDF to Canvas.

i. You may not write about cleaning the beach, or the playground, or the ocean -- this is not to be a story about a kid rallying his friends to clean the earth. This plot should tell a story and teach the research.

Topics you may research and write about:

1. Rag Pickers

2. The business of garbage

3. Plastics for good – not all plastics are waste

4. Plastic Eating Bacteria

5. Microplastics

6. Cruise or Barge Waste

7. Food waste

In sum, you will submit:

1. The Cube Exercise

2. The Research Submission

3. The Story Arc and Story Pacing Chart

4. The First Illustration

5. The Story Draft – word document, no illustrations;

6. The Children’s Book in PDF format

7. The reading in Mp4 format -- must have video (I want to see your pictures!)

 It should be typed in MLA 8TH formatting -- double spaced

1302 Student Learning Outcomes addressed in this assignment

· Demonstrate knowledge of the individual and collaborative research processes

· Develop ideas and synthesize primary and secondary sources within focused academic arguments, including one or more research-based essays

· Write in a style that clearly communicates meaning, builds credibility, and inspires belief or action

· Apply the conventions of style manuals for specific academic disciplines.

English Department Outcomes Met

· Write in appropriate genres using varied rhetorical strategies.

· Write in appropriate genres to explain and evaluate rhetorical and/or literary strategies employed in argument, persuasion, and various genres.

· Employ research in academic writing styles and use appropriate documentation style.

· Communicate ideas effectively through discussion.

HCC Core Objectives

· Critical Thinking Skills — to include creative thinking, innovation, inquiry, and analysis, evaluation and synthesis of information.

· Communication Skills — to include effective development, interpretation and expression of ideas through written, oral and visual communication.

· Personal Responsibility — to include the ability to connect choices, actions, and consequences to ethical decision-making.

· Teamwork — to include the ability to consider different points of view and to work effectively with others to support a shared purpose or goal