Kaitlyn

In order to make sure that your WebQuest stays aligned with your unit, you will need to copy and paste 3 things from your Stages 1 and 2 from Dr. Grace's wiki onto this page. (This will also help Dr. Theresa give you better feedback on your Intro, Task, and Conclusion.)

=G.R.A.S.P.S= //( Feel free to copy and paste what you have on your wiki page for Dr. Grace for the GRASPS portion. Note that you don't need the Standards part, though you can include it if you want.)// =Understanding(s)= • there are a wide array of themes in every piece of literature. • these themes develop over the course of the story. • by piecing together these themes, a reader can piece together an objective summary of the text.
 * Goal || // To create a new book cover that accurately represents a theme in "The Golden Compass." // ||
 * Role || // A literary critic looking to re-publish "The Golden Compass." // ||
 * Audience || // Philip Pullman and the Laurel Leaf publishing company will judge the designs. // ||
 * Setting || // The book has been banned in many schools due to parents feeling misled by the cover art. // ||
 * Presentation || // An accurately depicted book cover and a justification explaining their choices to be presented before the class. // ||
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=Introduction= // Upon being made into a feature film in 2007, "The Golden Compass" became a huge success in the holiday box offices. However, mortified parents soon discovered that the actual novel was much darker than the film and novel cover art revealed, placing a negative public opinion and causing the novel to be banned in many schools. Even fellow fantasy author, C. S. Lewis, felt that Philip Pullman, author of "The Golden Compass," has crossed some moral boundaries by putting questionable themes and religious undertones into what has been perceived as a young adult novel. //

=Task= // You are a literary critic who feels this book would be a bestseller for older readers and should be re-released. Your job is to create an alternative cover that accurately represents what you feel is the most important theme in the book that will appeal to young adult and adult readers. Your creation will be judged by the author, Philip Pullman, and the Laurel Leaf publishing company and only one will be chosen as the official cover art of the re-released "The Golden Compass." Each cover design must also include a two-page justification. The justification must include your reasoning behind your theme, an explanation behind your image and artistic choices, and why you feel your cover will appeal to the appropriate audiences. This will help Pullman and Laurel Leaf understand your creative process, the visual choices you chose to make, and how you feel this will accurately represent the novel.  //

=Conclusion= //Congratulations, Philip Pullman and his publishing company were impressed with your cover design and have put their plans into motion in order to have "The Golden Compass" republished within a matter of months, with you credited as the key illustrator. While there are still some protests concerning the novel, the argument that it has been misrepresented for an immature audience has all but subsided. However, it leads one to think, would alternative covers and reassessed marketing help remove the stigma from other banned books? The are currently millions of banned books in the U.S, and in 2011 alone there were 326 attempts to ban more books such as// "The Hunger Games" trilogy by Suzanne Collins and "What My Mother Doesn't Know" by Sonya Sones. The next time you pick up a book, try to think about the themes it presents and what kind of image those themes might create in the eyes of the public, because someday that book may find itself added to the infamous banned book list. 