Contemp Lit 10/28

Journal: Study

Graded Assignments due: Study  for TTTC test

Classwork: Test.  Dresden reading.  Begin reading Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut.

Homework: Read to p. 72

Comp 11/27

Journal: Persuade your parent/guardian/someone with some power over your decisions to change something.

Graded Assignments due: 4321 List G

Classwork: Persuasion handouts.

Homework: Final film critique due Thursday.

Contemp Lit 11/26

Journal: Tell a “story truth” from your life.

Graded assignments due: Read to the end of The Things They Carried.

Classwork: Quiz.  Study Guide review.  Analyze stories and themes.

Homework: Study Guide

Comp 11/20

Journal: Write a story inspired by this news report.  Use your imagination.

Graded Assignments due: 2nd rough draft of film critique.

Classwork: Comma handout.  Turn in rough draft with comma rules beside every comma (use INC book yellow pages).  Record definitions of List G.

Homework: 4-3-2-1 for List G due Tuesday.  Vocab Test Thursday.

Comp List G

1.    Affidavit- n – a sworn, written statement
2.    Annul – v – to make legally invalid or void
3.    Arbitration –n– the process of deciding or settling a conflict
4.    Bequeath –v- to leave or hand down by will
5.    Breach –n- a break or split in a structure, relationship, or agreement
6.    Codicil –n- an addition, especially to a will
7.    Concede – v – to admit as true; to acknowledge
8.    Concise –adj- brief; expressing much in a few words
9.    Deposition –n- testimony under oath, especially a recorded statement for use in court at a later date
10.    Grievance –n- circumstance considered just cause for protest, or a complaint about such a circumstance
11.    Impartial –adj- unbiased; lacking favoritism in deciding an issue
12.    Indict –v- to charge formally with a crime
13.    Jurisprudence –n- a system of law; the philosophy of law
14.    Mandate –n- an order given by a superior court to a lower court
15.    Pending –adj- not yet decided; yet to occur

The Things They Carried Study Guide

Who are these characters? What did they carry? If they died, how did they die?
• Rat Kiley
• Norman Bowker
• Mitchell Sanders
• Tim O’Brien
• Lieutenant Jimmy Cross
• Henry Dobbins
• Kiowa
• Ted Lavender
• Curt Lemon
• Lee Strunk
• Dave Jensen
• Lee Strunk
• Linda
• Mary Anne Bell

Characteristics of a true war story:

Know the beginning, middle, end, and theme of these stories:
• “The Sweetheart of the Song Tra Bong”
• “The Man I Killed”
• “Speaking of Courage”
• “Notes”
• “In the Field”
• “Field Trip”
• “The Ghost Soldiers”
• “Night Life”
• “The Lives of the Dead”

Contemp Lit 11/15

Journal: Reader Response

Graded Assignments due: Read “On the Rainy River,” “How to Tell a War Story,” “The Man I Killed,” and “Ambush.”

Classwork: Quiz over the assigned reading.  Group work questions handout.  Begin reading “Speaking of Courage” on p.137

Homework: Read “Sweetheart of Song Tra Bong” (p. 89),  “Speaking of Courage” (p. 137), “Notes” (p. 154), and “In the Field” (p. 161).

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Comp 11/14

Journal: Read the article about the hate crime at Columbia University. Respond to this hate crime. Choose your genre – a poem, a recipe for peace, a critique, a description, or a narrative.

Graded Assignments due: In your journal, write down three movies you may use for your critique. Also write two ideas for each movie that you may use as your opinion for the critique.

Classwork: Check comma handout. Imitate several movie reviews/critiques – Bee Movie and Paper Clips. Begin writing critique (speed writing…aka don’t edit while you write).

Homework: Write your rough draft for the critique. Type it and make sure it’s double spaced.

Contemp Lit 11/13

Journal: Poems distributed as you walked in.  Read your poem.  Comment on imagery, ask questions, pinpoint interesting lines, and dissect the poem for understanding.

Graded Assignments due: Read The Things They Carried: “The Things They Carried” (chapter 1) and “Love” (chapter 2)

Classwork: Discuss poems and read key lines aloud.  Take notes on Tim O’Brien’s biography. Read “Spin” (chapter 3).  Read information about the war in Iraq.

Homework: Read “On the Rainy River” and “How to Tell a War Story” and “The Man I Killed” and “Ambush”