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.