Tuesday, October

College Visits--The Aspire Center has sign up sheets.

TODAY:
1. The Things They Carried Vocabulary List 2  
Quiz Monday, October 30:  All 20 words: "eviscerate"--end
Vocabulary story: write a fun vocabulary story using 5 of the words from this week and 5 from last week. Be sure to use contextual clues. Underline words used.
2. Work on Study Guides and quiet reading time. Study guides 1 and 2 due Thursday


Audiobook, The Things They Carried, 
Online text (PDF) of The Things They Carried 

Interviews with Marines in Afghanistan--"The Moral Descent"
What it Feels Like to Be in a Firefight--Interview with a Colonel
"You're Not Supposed to Swear in Boot Camp." This interview is interesting but has the "F" word in it and we're not supposed to swear in school ;^) so I'd better not post it. He makes the point that the leadership in the Marines doesn't want their initiates to swear but it does want them to learn to go kill people. Can you say, "ironic"?

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To be used later:

O'Brian reads "How to Tell a True War Story" about his chilling experience of killing a man
"Literature makes you feel a little less alone in the world"

Interview of Tim O'Brian --“Through a story, you hope that you can somehow makes someone lying in bed at 2 in the morning reading your book feel a little bit of what you felt 40 years ago”

What We Still Don't Get About Vietnam--Tim O'Brian  "For What?"  Why did we fight?

The Things They Carried is #93 on Amazon's list 100 Books to Read in a Lifetime.
Here's the entire list, if you're interested: 100 Books to Read in a Lifetime.

Monday, October 16

College Visits--The Aspire Center has sign up sheets.


TODAY:
1. The Things They Carried Vocabulary List 2  
Quiz Monday, October 23:  "acquiescence"--"digression"
In Chromebook, open your Vocabulary Sentences Google Doc and copy example sentences from wordsinasentence.com for all ten words (skip "eviscerate" since we've already studied it)
2. Work on Study Guides and quiet reading time. Study guides 1 and 2 due Thursday

Audiobook, The Things They Carried, 
Online text (PDF) of The Things They Carried 

Interviews with Marines in Afghanistan--"The Moral Descent"
What it Feels Like to Be in a Firefight--Interview with a Colonel
"You're Not Supposed to Swear in Boot Camp." This interview is interesting but has the "F" word in it and we're not supposed to swear in school ;^) so I'd better not post it. He makes the point that the leadership in the Marines doesn't want their initiates to swear but it does want them to learn to go kill people. Can you say, "ironic"?

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To be used later:

O'Brian reads "How to Tell a True War Story" about his chilling experience of killing a man
"Literature makes you feel a little less alone in the world"

Interview of Tim O'Brian --“Through a story, you hope that you can somehow makes someone lying in bed at 2 in the morning reading your book feel a little bit of what you felt 40 years ago”

What We Still Don't Get About Vietnam--Tim O'Brian  "For What?"  Why did we fight?

The Things They Carried is #93 on Amazon's list 100 Books to Read in a Lifetime.
Here's the entire list, if you're interested: 100 Books to Read in a Lifetime.

Monday, October 9

Periods 1, 4, 7, 8:
1. Study Guide--25 minutes. When you finish study guide 1, turn in and continue with SG 2, etc. Study Guides will go on next 6 wks

Comma problems to avoid in your writing
Comma Splices

Open a Google Doc of your own and type:

Comma Splices and How to Avoid Them

Olivia ate a sandwich, she tripped.
This is a comma splice
   Two complete sentences connected with 
   just a comma
If you could have a period,
you can't just have a comma
"Could I have a period?"
Olivia ate a sandwich. She tripped.
Sentence=Subject + Verb
Someone doing something
Olivia (subject 1) ate (verb1). She (subject 2) tripped (verb 2)
Olivia ate a sandwich, and she tripped
But, you can have a comma if it's comma+and
BOA  but, or, and
FANBOYS  for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so
Write your own sentence using "but" connecting
two ideas that could be sentences by themselves
Eduardo may talk to Arika, but he may not do so now. 

Moon Day, October 2

Cool little tidbit that could be used for extra credit sometime :)
The days of the week are named after the seven planets that can be seen with the naked eye.
Actually, with the exception of Monday (moon day) and Sunday, they're named after mythological gods and goddesses that are associated with those planets
English          Planet    Norse God    Spanish     Roman God
Monday         Moon
Tuesday        Mars
Wednesday   Mercury    Woden       Miercoles   Mercury   
Thursday       Jupiter
Friday            Venus
Saturday        Saturn
Sunday          Sun

Where we get the names for the days of the week: Days of the Week

TODAY:
The Things They Carried Quizlet deck of acronyms--Quiz next Friday
Audiobook, The Things They Carried, 
Online text (PDF) of The Things They Carried 

1. Listen to The Things They Carried
2. As you listen, write a one sentence summary of each page. You will continue to add to this every day and hand it in at the end of the book. NOTE: We're not reading the entire book, and some sentences can be quite short.
3. Narrative essays must be in by the end of the day
4. HOMEWORK: Review book up to the end of chapter 1