Wednesday, March 19, 2025

 Wednesday, March 19, 2025

Circle: If you parents got a call saying you'd been arrested, but didn't say what for, what would they assume you'd been arrested for?

Focus on The Things They Carried

"Love" / Block Party

Before: Find quotes of importance in the story "Love."  

During: Move about the room.  Check with two other people.  On the back of the paper, transcribe one of their quotes that you don't already have written. 

After: What is the (possible) message about war based on this story?

"On the Rainy River"

Before: What are the reasons individuals–the MICRO perspective–would go to war? Write 5 lines.

During: 

Read: We are going to read the story "On the Rainy River"  both together and independently

Note: What are 3-4 quotes or passages that help us see the thoughts and decisions that soldiers–who have the MICRO PERSPECTIVE–have as they go to war?

After: Imagine you are Tim O’Brien at the end of this story.  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.