AGENDA 3/15

Grammar practice: pronoun ambiguity #1
Presentations: The Things They Carried
Introduce EAP Argument essay - letter to families

HW: Read Topic I and write a draft of your thesis statement. Brainstorm evidence--what have you read, seen, or experienced that would help you prove your point?

AGENDA 3/8

Model and prepare ENDNOTES:
Explain, for each of your 4 genre pieces, the following:
1) Which essential question does this piece answer, and how does it answer the question?
2) Why did you choose this genre, what choices did you make as you created the work, and why did you make those choices? What were you trying to convey, and which parts of your project help convey that?
3) Your reaction to the piece: what was difficult, fun, surprising, or intriguing? What did you realize or learn?

Use paragraph format (100-300 words, typed or written neatly in ink).

HW: Complete ENDNOTES for each of your four genre pieces. Write a bibliography in MLA format (this must be typed) and refer to yesterday's agenda for a sample and guidance. Complete your four genre pieces (remember, 2 must be "written" and 2 can be artistic; 1 must include details from a specific chapter of The Things They Carried, and 1 must include real-world research connected to the wars in Vietnam, Iraq, or Afghanistan).

AGENDA 3/7

Review how to create bibliographies for project
Sample bibliography for "Joanne Wilson's" genre project

Great website to help you with your bibliography in MLA format

HW: Finish projects! Genre pieces, end notes, and bibliographies due Thursday or Friday depending on your presentation day. Remember that all four pieces must be displayed in some sort of way.

AGENDA 3/2

COMPUTER LAB - RESEARCH FOR PROJECTS
Research questions we generated in class


HW: Projects due 3/10 at beginning of class!

AGENDA 2/14

Vocabulary practice #1 - TTTC vocab
Discuss "Enemies" and "Friends"
Read "How to Tell a True War Story" and be prepared to answer the following questions:
1) What does O'Brien mean when he writes that "A true war story is never moral"?
2) Why is Rat so upset that the dead man's sister doesn't write him back?
3) What reasons do you think the sister might have had for not writing back?
4) Describe Curt Lemon's death.
5) What does Rat do to the baby water buffalo? What do you think this event symbolizes?

HW: Read "How to Tell a True War Story" and be prepared to answer the questions above in class tomorrow.

AGENDA 2/7

Introduce new vocabulary words
Discuss "The Things They Carried" and "Love"

• Why does O’Brien keep repeating that “Ted Lavender was shot”?
• In “Love,” how has Jimmy Cross changed since the war? How is he still the same?

HW: Read "Spin" and write down your answers to the following questions:

• Why do the men enjoy playing checkers?
• What does the narrator mean when he says, “I feel guilty sometimes. Forty-three years old and I’m still writing war stories?”
• What specific events does the narrator relate that remind us of how young and naïve these soldiers are?

AGENDA 2/3

Watch "The Road to War" and "Vietnam" from The History Channel website
Complete viewing guide

Introduce "Goodbye Letter" assignment - due tomorrow!

Begin reading The Things They Carried

HW: Complete "Goodbye Letter," typed or written neatly in ink. Due tomorrow at the beginning of class. Bring The Things They Carried every day to class.