Reading for Tuesday

Read through chapter 84 of Cat's Cradle.

The Things Fall Apart Fable assignment is available below:

Things Fall Apart Fable

At the beginning of chapter 11, Ekwefi tells her daughter Ezinma the story of why Tortoise has a broken shell. Review the story that Ekwefi tells her daughter, noting how it both explains why something is the way it is in nature and reveals certain cultural elements of the Ibo people (having a compound, what type of food they eat, etc.)

Using this story as a model, write your own fable that:

• Explains why something is the way it is in nature (not a human behavior)
o Why birds fly
o Why the sky is blue
o Why the moon moves through the sky
• Is consistent with the setting and lifestyle of Okonkwo’s people
o Geographically consistent (not why there are icebergs)
o Lifestyle consistent (references food they eat or customs they have)
o Not modern (why cars have four wheels)
• Contains dialog
• Addresses a moral or desired behavior (or undesired behavior)

Cat's Cradle Reading

Please read chapters 1-39 of Cat's Cradle for Thursday.

Final Essay Assignment

Your final essay assignment is available here. Although it is not due until June 6th, it will require a bit of time, so please don't leave it until the last minute.

Missing Work Deadline

This Friday, May 20th, is the last day I can accept missing work. Please arrange accordingly to have all of your work, including make-up tests and essays, completed by then.

TFA Reading and Citizen Kane Essays

Your reading for Things Fall Apart is detailed below. Please make sure you have read those chapters and are prepared for discussion on those days.

Tuesday 5/17: Chapters 1-7
Thursday 5/19: Chapters 8-13
Monday 5/23: Chapters 14-19
Tuesday 5/24: Chapters 20-end

Your Citizen Kane essays are explained below. Remember, you must complete one required essay (of either option.) The second essay is optional, but likely will benefit your grade. Both essays must be submitted to Turnitin and will not be accepted after Friday, May 20th.

Kane Device Essay:

Please write a 2 page minimum (typed, double-spaced) reflection paper on the use of a minimum of 3 film techniques in Citizen Kane. Please describe the specific technique and analyze its effect and how its use contributes to the meaning of the film. There are no structural requirements for the paper, but the paper should be written in formal voice.

Kane Character Analysis:

You are writing a character analysis paper focusing on Charles Foster Kane. Again, it will be in formal voice, 2 pages, double-spaced, but no structure requirements. Consider discussing Kane's influences, motivations, desires, fears, relationships with others, etc. Do your best to use some quotations from the movie.

Open Ended Prompt Selection

Open Ended Prompts!