Tuesday, March 11, 2025

 Tuesday, March 11, 2025

Reading Quiz this Friday: 

Vocab Quiz: Semi-Autobiographical, Moral vs. Moral vs. Morals, Morality vs. Ethical

Reading: "I love the way that each book — any book — is its own journey. You open it, and off you go…" – Sharon Creech

Circle: If you were in charge, what would change?  What would you keep the same?

Re-engage: How is the experience of the soldier (micro perspective) similar or different than the perspective of nation leaders and society (macro perspective) when going to war? Write 5 lines and jot whatever ideas you have. 

Group Reading: Let's read through the first few pages of The Things They Carried.  Read aloud; point out the sentence on page 3: 

“Because the nights were cold, and because the monsoons were wet, each carried a green plastic poncho that could be used as a raincoat or groundsheet or makeshift tent.” (p. 3)

• What do we learn in this sentence?

• What matters in this sentence?  

• What’s an example of how you could rewrite this sentence–better, worse, or indifferent?

As we read the rest of the chapter, be on the lookout for more sentences that create imagery and do heavy lifting.

Watch: Let's begin watching the second 10 minutes of the film Restrepo. The film gives us another example of what war looks like for the people actually fighting it.

Watch: Let's begin watching the first 10 minutes of the film Restrepo. The film gives us another example of what war looks like for the people actually fighting it.

Ticket Out: “The Art of the Sentence”-- Write one beautiful sentence that helps us understand the perspective of soldiers either based on chapter of The Things They Carried and/or Restrepo. Write the sentence using this form:

“Because [O’Brien/filmmakers] use(s) the [phrase/sentence/visual/quote] _______________________, I think that war is _______________________ for soldiers.