There are a few very minor errors on the syllabus. I have made the adjustments on the copy posted on the blog. For your own information, please note the following:
1. Week Three. It indicates for you to read pages 63-100 in Rules of Thumb. However, I failed to note what day that is due to be read. It is due on Monday of week three.
2. Week Seven. It indicates that in class essay #1 is to be on Friday of this week. That is incorrect. It will take place on Monday.
Also! You will find below a copy of the handout distributed today in class: Viewer's Journal Assignment.
English 20, Fall 2014, C. Fraga
Viewer’s Journal Assignment (character study journal)
Learning Outcome: If one is able to write an in-depth
character analysis, one will be able to write ANY kind of analysis.
Observing
character and determining/analyzing why someone acts, thinks, speaks, reacts,
feels, and responds the way one does is both intriguing and also the most
challenging of tasks.
For your Out of Class Essay #3, you will be
writing a very in-depth analysis of ONE of the main characters from Breaking Bad, Season 1.
You will select
one of the following characters: HANK; MARIE; WALTER, SR.; WALTER, JR.; JESSE;
or SKYLAR
(This is NOT
the official assignment for the essay. You will receive that on the day
indicated on the syllabus.)
However, when
you do eventually submit Out of Class
Essay #3, you will ALSO be submitting a Viewer’s Journal as well. If you do
not submit the Journal, 20 points will be deducted from your score on the essay.
What is a Viewer’s Journal?
Simply, as you
watch each episode of Breaking Bad, Season
1, you will jot down notes. There are no specific guidelines for WHAT you will
write.
Record what you
believe is significant or may end up being significant. Some of your entries
might read a lot like a recap of the episode. That is fine.
As you view
each episode, begin to think about what character you would like to focus on
for essay 3. Throughout your viewing, more than one character may intrigue you, so you may be jotting
down observations and details about more than one character.
This journal is
strictly for YOU and for your use and
reference when planning and preparing to write essay 3. I will not be reading
through them. There is no requirement for length or content. These notes can be
typed or handwritten or be barely readable. Obviously, though, they should be
at least readable to YOU. J
When you submit essay 3, you will
attach these journal entries to the back of the essay.
It must be
clear to me that you have SEVEN distinct entries, one for each episode. Each
entry must be titled by the name of the
episode.
Example:
Episode 2:
“Cat’s in the Bag”
As you view
each episode, and observe the main characters, here are some questions to guide
your note taking.
• What does
this character do (and not do) and why?
• What do
others think about your character? And how do you know?
• What
motivates your character to do what he/she does?
• What
influences this character to do what he/she does?
• What was your
first impression of this character and does it change as you view new episodes?
Why or why not? In which ways?
• What are this
character’s goals, dreams, desires, needs? How do you know?
• Do you like
this character? Why or why not?
• Is this
character a believable one, a genuine one? Why or why not?
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