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Background: In this class, we’ve been discussing unconventional texts, conventional practices, and using practical wisdom to decipher when it is appropriate to break conventions. For your first essay, you had to define and discuss a written genre that you believe is not useful or not used frequently in the university. For this essay, then, you will use your peers’ perspectives as well as your own to decide whether or not graphic novels (as a form of writing) have a place in the university. Assignment: Conduct a small study to discover how college students outside our class view graphic novels. Then select an idea, theme, or minute detail related to WWII that you learned about by reading Maus, and write a critical response in which you use your peers’ survey responses and your own practical wisdom to decide whether or not this graphic novel is useful to the university. Requirements: ? 3­5 pages, typed, MLA page formatting and citations? you must include summary, quotation, and paraphrase techniques to incorporate your survey results, your formal research, and Maus. ? You must write a sample survey focused on university students close to your age and use the data gathered to help you understand and present others’ perspectives. ? Your survey results should be attached to your final paper. For the best results, collect a minimum of 15­20 responses to your survey. ? You should al

so include at least 2 new vocabulary words in your paper. Due Dates: 11/4: Survey Question workshop in class: Think about what information you’d like to know more about in regards to university students’ perspectives of graphic novels, and bring 4 questions that you wish to use in your survey (8 points) 11/6: Survey questions due online in the discussion boards ­ see the prompt posted in Discussion board (4 points) 11/11: Survey results due Posted to the survey results DISCUSSION BOARD on Blackboard (5 points) 11/13: Rough Draft workshop (8 points) Bring a written plan for your essay 2 to class! 11/18: Full Draft workshop in class ­ bring 3 printed copies of what you would consider to be your final draft, so your peers can give you more specific feedback about your paper(15 points) 11/25: Final Draft in class: printed with all previous drafts attached to it (10 points) Getting Started: ? To choose your subject, select an idea, theme, or other element discussed in Maus that you either weren’t too familiar with prior to reading Maus, or an idea, theme, or other element that you learned from reading Maus and explain that idea in your own words. ? Consider the following questions: whats your name? whats your major? How do you feel about learning about that real topic in a graphic novel? ? What does this genre have to offer? ? Do you think this text is useful for college students?