Thursday evening, July 28th

Hello,

Below you will find the schedule for student conferences AND a copy of the out of class 3 essay assignment.

To re-cap, next week, on Wednesday and Thursday, August 3 and 4, class will not be held. Instead, you will attend only on the day you signed up for. Please arrive a few minutes early with your rough draft of essay 3. Conferences will be in my office, Calaveras 149.

When you submit the final draft of essay 3 on the 9th of August, please remember to attach the rough draft that we discussed together with my notations, etc.

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3
9-915--Dylan
915-930--James
930-945--Scott
945-10--Jennifer
10-1015--Bryan
1030-1045--Alexandria
11-1115--George
1115-1130--Mike
1130-1145--Curtis
1215-1230--Kelly S.
1230-1245--Kristine


THURSDAY, AUGUST 4
915-930--Manvir
930-945--Eric
945-10--Andrew
10-1015--Kelly C.
1015-1030--John
1030-1045--Sonia
1045-11--Amandeep
11-1115--Brandon
1115-1130--Andrea
1130-1145--Phil
1145-noon--Eloise
noon-1215--Victor
1215-1230--Ulisses
1230-1245--Heather

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English 20
Summer 2011
Prof. Fraga
Out of Class Essay Assignment #3 (200 points)

Assigned: Thursday, July 28

Rough Draft (mandatory) – individual conferences next week on Wednesday and Thursday. You will sign up to attend a conference on ONE of these two days. If you do not attend with your rough draft, 20 points will be deducted from the final grade earned for the essay. These points cannot be made up in a revision.

Due: Tuesday, August 9

Requirements:
• MLA format
• If you utilize any outside sources (not required) you must follow MLA format for in- text citations, Works Cited page, etc.
• Your rough draft with my comments must be attached to the final draft when you submit on the due date.


Before we began viewing the first season of Breaking Bad, I strongly suggested that you take notes during and/or soon after you view each episode. You were also to select a character to focus on more carefully than others. These notes will now be a valuable source as you write your last out of class essay for this course.


Assignment:
Write an in-depth character analysis of one of the characters in the first season of Breaking Bad. Write your essay for an audience that has viewed these episodes. In other words, be specific but you need not relate the entire story line.


Your essay must include the following:
• An introduction/description/background of your character
• Assertions about your character
• Supportive evidence from the episodes that support your assertions (how did you come to the conclusions you did regarding your character?)


Your supportive evidence might include but is not limited to:
• what others observe/say (or don’t observe/say) about your character—either directly or in private
• the actions of your character in particular situations
• the reactions/responses of your character in particular situations
• what drives this character
• what terrifies this character
• what pleases this character
• what does this character long for
• what does this character need

Your thesis must be assertive…it is YOUR opinion as a viewer of these episodes.
Whether or not you LIKE or DISLIKE this character is not an issue in this essay.
Whether you LIKE or DISLIKE the series is also not an issue in this essay. Proving to the reader that this character has the attributes (good, bad, layered, shallow) that you assert he or she has is your goal.

Your thesis might read something like this:

Once Walter learns of his terminal cancer, he seems very unstable and irresponsible; however, his behavior truly represents a very determined, focused and highly intelligent, strictly moral father and husband.

or…

Marie is a very insecure and lonely woman who is unhappy and uncomfortable living in the shadow of her power-driven DEA husband and her happily married and very bright sister, Skylar.