Wellness 9

Comics for Health: The Effects of Drugs

Task:1. Design a comic strip using the Comic Life Program to inform teenagers about the effects of your assigned drug on the body and mind. Use your comic strip as a teaching tool when you present your project to your class 2. Create a Power Point presentation as a visual aid to present your findings orally to the class and reinforce your comic strip. It should provide complete information about your specific drug.

Audience: Teenagers

Resources for research: Approved Websites listed in student resources, HSMC, Pathfinder (by K Blackwell) http://theeffectofdrugs.wikispaces.com/Assignment+Sheet Films shown in class and Unit 3 in Lifetime Health.

Resources for Comic Strip: Comic Life Program, High School Computer Department teacher

Getting Started: Note: Three class sessions will be used to work on this project. 1. Research your assigned drug. Use the Drug Chart in student resources as a guide.2. Create your power point from the research you and your partner have done.3. Discuss how you and your partner will use the comic strip format to inform readers. Brainstorm

what will appear in each cell of your comic strip. Remember, comic strip characters “talk” and “think.” See examples in class.

4. From your collective research and your power point slide show, create a comic strip which is at least 10 cells in length and which includes dialogue in at least 5 cells. Cell templates are available in class or you may create your own.

List of Drugs to choose from:1. Tranquillizers (e.g. Valium or Rohypnol or GHB)2. Crystal Methamphetamine (shabu) or Amphetamines3. Ecstasy (MDMA)4. Cocaine 5. Marijuana6. Heroin7. LSD (ACID) 8. Inhalants9. Anabolic Steroids10. Painkillers11. Mushroom

Power Point requirements : 1. must include the name and type of drug 2. common ‘street’ names for the drug 3. the way(s) the drug is taken into the body4. short-term effects5. long-term effects on the body and mind6. potential health risks7. interesting facts or ‘truths v’s myths’

Comic Strip requirements:1. The situation the character is in must be realistic.2. Use the situation to identify at least 2 reasons why the character is at high

risk for drug use3. Illustrates use or lack of refusal skills by the characters

4. Identifies the drug by its street names5. Shows what the drug looks like6. Illustrates how the drug is taken7. Identifies both the short-term and long-term effects of your assigned drug

Getting ready for oral presentation of comic strip and power point:1. Read thru your Drug Information power point with your partner and go thru the checklist below.2. Read over your comic strip and go thru the checklist below.3. Transfer your Comic Life, comic strip to a jpeg slide show for use during your class presentation.

Use the Jpegs imagine to transfer.4. Print your Comic Life, comic strip and mount it for display using either poster board or cartolina

paper (available in class) for the background.5. Run thru your presentation with your partner.

My Project Checklist: My power point has a title Author are clearly visible pp slides are eye catching pp slides easy to read pp slides have a specific amount of info on each slide power point meets all the requirements listed above my images have captions and are included in my bibliography bibliography is in MLA format My comic strip has a title the names of the authors clearly visible My comic has a least 10 cells with 5 dialogue Comic is printed and mounted for display Comic Strip is transferred to a jpeg. slide show comic strip meets the requirements listed above

Oral Presentation Checklist I have researched my assigned drug and am confident I can answer questions Read over my power point and comic strip at least 3 times My partner and I have gone thru a dry run of the presentation out loud

Substance Abuse Comic Life Project Grade 9 WellnessExemplary

A A-Proficient

B+ B B-Developing

C+ C C-Emerging

D+ D D-Comments

Content PowerPoint/ Prezi

14 points

The project includes all the project requirements. The project gives the audience a clear sense of the main idea. Information is accurate, current and comes mainly from excellent sources.

Meets most of the project requirements.Includes persuasive information from reliable sources and

Meets very few of the project requirements. Some of the information may not seem to fit. Sources used appear unreliable.

Includes little persuasive information and only one or two facts about the topic. Information is incomplete, out of date and/or incorrect. Sequencing of ideas is unclear.

ContentComic Strip

14 points

The text contains rich, difficult to find, and/or very useful information. Highly complex material is simplified and made accessible through very

It contains rich and useful information distilled into an accessible form. The audience is left with a sense of satisfaction and

It contains material that is superficial, OR highly complicated and hard to discern OR useful material that is not

There is very few boxes on the storyboard and they do not provide an overview of the topic.

effective synthesis. The audience is left with a deeper understanding of the drug.

understanding regarding what has been learned and/or the direction it might provide.

easy to use in its current form. The audience is left without a clear sense of the effects of the drug.

PowerPoint/ Prezi

4 points

The fonts are easy-to-read and point size varies appropriately for headings and text. Use of italics, bold, and indentations enhances readability. Text is appropriate in length for the target audience and to the point. The background and colors enhance the readability of text. There is a logical sequence to the presentation

Sometimes the fonts are easy-to-read, but in a few places the use of fonts, italics, bold, long paragraphs, color or busy background detracts and does not enhance readability.The slides include titles and text for each slide and are in sequential order.

Overall readability is difficult with lengthy paragraphs, too many different fonts, dark or busy background, overuse of bold or lack of appropriate indentations of text. The slide presentation is not in a logical sequence and has incomplete information.

The layout is cluttered, confusing, and does not use spacing, headings and subheadings to enhance the readability.

Oral Presentation

4 points

Engaging and well-structured with clear evidence of planning, preparation and practice. The presentation was clearly audible, lasted for the appropriate length of time.

Presented with a clear structure and some evidence of prior planning and preparation. The audience was engaged most of the time.

Presented with some structure and some evidence of prior planning and preparation. The audience was not engaged with the subject most of the time.

No real structure to the presentation and little evidence of planning or preparation. The audience was not engaged with the subject.

Research / BibliographyMLA Format

4 points

Bibliography indicates you accurately researched a variety of information from four or more resources.

Correct MLA format

Bibliography indicates you recorded relevant information from multiple sources of information, evaluated and synthesized relevant information.A few errors in the MLA formatting.

Bibliography indicates you misinterpreted statements, graphics and questions and failed to identify relevant arguments.Many errors in the MLA formatting.

No bibliography indicates you didn’t recorded information from four or less resources, did not find graphics and ignored alternative points of view.

Final Grade = ____________/40