Contemp Lit 12/4

Journal: Recall a work of fiction you read that changed the way you looked at the world.

Graded Assignments due: Read to p. 134.

Classwork: Essay Quiz. Discuss theme. Read.

Homework: Read to p. 181.

Comp 12/3

Journal: Persuade a teacher to take a field trip to a certain location.

Graded Assignments due: Rough draft persuasion paper. Extra Credit vocab H.

Classwork: Vocab List H definitions (Block 3). Submit rough draft to appropriate drop box.

Homework: 4.3.2.1 (Block 3)

Contemp Lit 11/30

Journal: “There were things Billy Pilgrim could not change. Among them were the past, present, and future.” Reader response.

Graded Assignments due: Read to page 72 in Slaughterhouse Five.

Classwork: True False Quiz. Inferences handout. Class discussion in LGI.

Homework: Read to page 134. Complete Tralfamadorian handout.

Comp 11/29

Journal: Persuade a friend to do or to not do something in particular.Graded Assignments due: Studied.Classwork: Comma Quiz, Vocab List G Quiz, Outline Persuasion Paper.Homework: Extra Credit vocab list H.  Rough draft persuasion paper. 

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”