Friday, March 28, 2025

Friday, March 28, 2025

Vocab Quiz: Attrition, Moral Capital, Platitudes, Acquiesce

Reading: “The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame.” - Oscar Wilde

Circle: If your parents could see ALL of your social media posts and text messages, would they be happy, mad, or sad? 

Geography Pre-Test: Which Asian countries can you identify?

Practice capitals for money.

Practice Test

Test is next Wednesday, March 8th.

Restrepo

Restrepo and Metaphor

Activity: After circling up turn and talk with a neighbor about what metaphor means. Show the clip from Joshua McDonough. What is he talking about?  After reporting out  count off by six.  You will be rotating around the room and writing down in the packet what each of the 6 characters from Restrepo will carry home with them.

Before: Write 5 lines about one character from the film and something about their war experience that stands out to you.  

The Things They Carried

Before: Read an excerpt from Catch-22.  Answer the questions so we can discuss.

During: Last week we began talking about the reasons some people go to war.  Let's review those lists with some sharing out; then connect to Catch-22.

Read the first __ pages of the chapter "On the Rainy River."  Break and give students time to read and take notes.

After: Write a letter to the president: 

You decide to write a letter to the president to help him understand what it’s like to be a “grunt” deciding whether to go to war or not.  You can have either perspective–go to war or don’t go to war–but you need the president to understand what he/she need to know before going.