Monday, 1/23/12

ACTIVITIES:

·            Screening – Fight Club (focus – contemporary symptomatic relevance)

Tuesday, 1/24/12
DUE:

·            American Beauty – Edward Scissorhands essay – submitted to turnitin before 11:59

·            Film logs due Tuesday, 1/25

ACTIVITIES:

·            Screening – Fight Club

Wednesday, 1/25/12

DUE:

·            American Beauty – Edward Scissorhands film logs

ACTIVITIES:

·            Screening – Fight Club

Thursday, 1/26/12

ACITIVITIES:

·            Screening – Fight Club

Friday, 1/27/12

ACITIVITIES:

·            Fight Club – in class response

HOMEWORK Due Monday, 1/30:

·            FINAL EXAM – due on turnitin before 11:59 p.m. Copy these FCAs below your MLA heading:

_______/45 Purpose/Organization: Topic is fully addressed, thesis (underlined) is clear and purpose is evident throughout the paper. Essay contains the appropriate number of paragraphs, determined by the topic.  Paragraphs start with thematic topic sentences (underlined) that contain supporting reasons.  Paragraphs are organized to logically develop the thesis/position, using artful transitions between ideas

_______/45 Content/ Development: Thesis/position is thoroughly and richly developed using clear supporting reasons. Examples and quotes are smoothly blended, relevant and meaningful, developed to show their relationship to the thesis and topic sentences. Content demonstrates insightful comprehension, reflective thinking, and perceptive analysis of the topic.

_______/25 Vocabulary: Correctly use at least five cinematic terms in your discussion of the films. Underline, bold or italicize each term so I can see that it’s there

_______/10 – Mechanics: Prose is clear and concise, with no more than three errors in grammar, usage, spelling, and citations (MLA). After three errors, 5 points will be deducted for each error, for a maximum deduction of 10 points. Conventions of writing genre followed