Finish the Book-- yes!

We are almost home-- back to the "frame story" portion of the text, Chapter 10. Today in class we
1- made sure our "Cornell" notes got graded for composition-- Is the format complete and correct-- and we re-read them, too.
2- talked a little bit about what "theme" means in literature-- please make sure you have a good definition of theme statement to work from this year: The author's message(s) about the human condition expressed through the characters, story, dialogue and commentary in a text.
3- Took the quiz for Chapter 9-- see me if you missed this.
Have a great weekend!
Mrs. Eddy

How do You Learn?

We watched an amazing TED talk today where a educational researcher talks about the future of learning and schools.
Here are the directions:
1-The Cornell Notes you take as you view will be assessed for a grade in this class on Thursday(tomorrow).
2-Limerick re-writes are due today
3-Read Chapter 9 of S-5 by tomorrow (9-26)
4-Friday you can re-take the essay question section of the quiz on Chapters 1-7-- in class on FRIDAY ONLY--
See you tomorrow!

Monday and Tuesday--9-23/24

I was out Monday, but students took the quiz on S-5, Chapters 1-7.  If you need to make up the quiz, please talk to me this week.

Tuesday we read an amazing and disturbing poem: War is Kind  Please print it out and make notes on the text-- include a paragraph that details you reaction to the poem and its ideas-- compare the phrase "War is Kind" and its effects to the phrase, "so it goes" from S-5.
TURN IN YOUR LIMERICK RE-WRITES ON PAPER: ASAP--THANKS!

Limerick Deadline and a Slaughterhouse Sense of Reality

Today we worked on the following:
Thursday, Sept. 9 Tasks
Read this letter if you have NOT turned in a limerick yet

Paragraph Writing

Please turn in the paragraph you wrote in reaction to the 1969 NY Times review of Slaughterhouse Five: See the last post for links to original instructions and the article itself.  I want to see how you marked the article, also, so please turn that in with your writing--Thanks!
Mrs. E

1. Guiding Question for reading the article: an original review of this book from 1969:  

What does this reviewer think about Vonnegut’s novel, Slaughterhouse Five?  

1. Look the article over
2. Number the paragraphs
3. Read: underline main points and circle key terms. Write questions in the margins.
4. discuss your ideas with a partner

Write a paragraph that answers the guiding question and offers specific support for your thesis (answer).

Slaughterhouse Structures and Fairy Tales

Yesterday and today we worked on a story that we could change around in order to make a different point (change the theme).  Here are the directions for that: Same Old Story

Today we switched from talking about theme to defining thesis and support-- here is a copy of our agenda and a copy of the article we read-- we will have to finish reading and discuss it tomorrow-- out of time!
Thanks, Mrs. E

Limericks and More Slaughter (so it goes)

WE turned in the writing about Owl Creek today (see last post) and are moving on to silly limericks.  When yours is finished, post it on the class document accessible through this blog site (look to the right!).
Also: READ CHAPTER # 3 OF SLAUGHTERHOUSE FIVE before class on Monday-- have a fabulous weekend!
Mrs. E