Friday

Work on Essential Skill writing sample

Add a quote to the following document (5 points)
Quotes on Life Themes
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
Test over the novel Friday, November 10
Study Guides 3, 4, 5 due Wednesday, November 8
HOMEWORK:
FINISH THE NOVEL OVER THE WEEKEND
Thur/Fri discuss end of The Sweetheart of the Song Tra Bong, The Man I Killed, Speaking of Courage

TODAY:
Read and work on study guides. You should have finished The Man I Killed and Speaking of Courage by now. This weekend you should try to finish the novel (about time!!)
Vocab quiz
Sentence Fragments

PTSD
What is PTSD and What Causes It?
More Iraq Vets Experience PTSD
Veteran Wages Personal War Against PTSD
Soldier Breaks Down
War Torn--An Iraq Veteran's Story

Take notes.
Evidence that soldiers in The Things They Carried had PTSD

What is PTSD and Symptoms     Example O'Brian    Example Henry Dobbins
                                                     (The Man I Killed)  (Speaking of Courage)