ASSIGNMENT SHEET:

SUPERHEROES IN HISTORY

TA S K : YO U A R E T H E A U T H O R A N D T H E I L L U S T R AT O R O F YO U R O W N
COMIC BOOK.
R E A D A B OU T A N A F R IC A N - A ME R IC A N HIS TOR IC A L HE RO W IT H A N
A D U LT.
I L L U S T R AT E A N D C A P T I O N T H E P RO B L E M T H E Y FA C E D A N D A
S U P E R H E RO S O L U T I O N T H E Y U S E D TO S O LV E I T !
S H A R E YO U R C O M I C B O O K W I T H YO U R FA N S !
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Understanding
Scale
4 The student uses many details about the big
problem that their hero had to face. The
student has many creative ideas about using
kindness to solve problems. The student can
explain how their hero was brave.
3 The student knows about the big problem
that their hero faced. They have a solution
that connects with the ones historical heroes
used in our unit. The student has some
creative ideas but could use some more
detail.
2 The student gives little details about their
problem and solution. Their solutions
connect somewhat with the ideas we talked
about in our unit. The student gives some
reasons for why their hero was brave.
1 The student doesn’t use a real problem that
their hero faced. The student uses a solution
that doesn’t connect with the unit. The
student’s captions are brief.
The student doesn’t express why their hero
needed to be brave.
Quality of Performance
The student uses full sentences and writes very neatly. The student uses
capital and lowercase letters correctly. The student keeps the right
amount of space between their words. The student’s ideas are in order.
The student rehearsed many times with an adult. The student’s
illustrations are creative, detailed, and use many colors.
The student uses full sentences. Their writing is neat. They use capital
and lowercase letters correctly most of the time. Their ideas need
more detail. The student used at least 5 different colors in their
illustrations. The student colored inside the lines most of the time.
The student rehearsed a few times.
The student uses full sentences sometimes. The student uses capital and
lowercase letters correctly sometimes. Their illustrations could be a
little more detailed/neat. The student used 3-4 different colors in their
illustrations. Their presentation needs to be rehearsed more.
The student uses one or two-word phrases for their problem and
solution. The student’s writing was not clear. The student’s words were
too close together or spaced too far apart. The student used 1-2
different colors in their illustrations. They didn’t use capital and
lowercase letters correctly. They have not rehearsed.