Documentaires

Today we'll transition from our look at TV sitcoms to the start of our unit on documentaries.

• Here is a link to a handout describing different types of documentaries.

Sitcom essay

Happy Monday!

Today we'll watch an episode of The Office together to complete our shared viewing during the sitcom unit.

Then, it is your turn. Here is a link to the assignment we'll work on this week.

Happy watching!

Sitcoms!

As we come back from spring break we'll take a short look at sitcoms - situation comedies - weekly television programs with recurring characters and concepts. We'll start with some classic examples including the "Job Switching" episode of I Love Lucy. Here are some guiding questions we'll use to help us explore these television shows:

• Sitcom analysis