Overview:
You can generally tell a lot about a person when they
reveal to you, often on their Myspace page, who their
heroes are. This is a simple "get to know you exercise"
that is a low-stakes verbal and written assignment.
Your task is to work together in a comfortable spirit
of ohana and being supportive of everyone early in the
semester. Your verbal component should be about 5 minutes
(more if you will have some pictures or other audiovisual
elements to share), and your writeup should be about
1-2 pages.
Your presentation and writeup to a small group is about
a favorite fictional hero or heroine, not a real life
hero and heroine, because that is the main
unit for your first major essay.
Here are the Student-Learning Outcomes:
--Select a favorite fictionl hero or heroine from any
time period. The hero or heroine could be a classic,
epic hero like Beowulf, or a modern hero from a manga
or anime—it simply doesn't matter. You should
be sure, however, that you genuinely like that character,
that that character is truly your favorite.
--Research, thoroughly, the general origins and interesting
factoids about your hero, via online sites or other
research methods. Wikipedia might be your first option,
but I hope and pray that it is certainly not your ONLY
option.
--Prepare a verbal and written component for your fictional
hero presentation.
--Work and listen cordially to your classmates and
work together in the spirit of ohana.
Here are some general assessments that you
might consider for your presentation:
1. What are the general origins of this hero?
What made them become heroic?
2. Does that hero have superpowers? What are
the significance of those particular powers?
3. How would you, at least initially, characterize
the mood or vibe of that hero? (for example, are they
a dark hero like Batman or an all-American hero like
Captain America?)
4. When did you start to like this hero? Is
this a childhood hero like Kikaida? Does the timing
of that affection for this hero make a difference?
5. What makes you inherently feel that this
is your favorite hero?
6. For fun:: If you were a superhero, what
kind of hero would you like to be, and what kind of
superpowers would you like to have?
(I prefer that you write in an essay-based format rather
than just list your answers to these questions. As such,
try to employ transitions and paragraphs.)
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