Assignments!

Please make sure you have read chapters 1-36 of Cat's Cradle by Thursday 5/9 or Friday 5/10.


See information about the optional* Citizen Kane essays below.


*Optional means you will not get a zero on the assignment if you choose not to do it, but you will also not have points added in the grade book that might help boost your grade. You must submit the essay by the due date: you may not opt to do the essays after the due date if you become unhappy with your grade. If you consult online sources for these essays you MUST include proper citations and a works cited page.

Citizen Kane Essays: Due by Friday, 5/24 on Turnitin.


Device Analysis

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.

Character Analysis

Write 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 or near quotations from the movie.



End of the year reflection essays due 6/3
Final Reflection Essays: Due by Monday, June 3rd at 10:00pm.