Halloween!

October 31

Standards:

RL 4: Determine the meaning of words as they are used in the text,
including figurative and connotative meanings

Analyze the impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone

RL 1: Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support an analysis of what
the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.

Activities:

1. Write a short story (¾ page) using five vocabulary words from chapter 5 of Advancing Vocabulary Skills. Use contextual clues to illustrate the meanings of the words. Make your story scary!! What makes a scary story. . . scary?
2. Vocabulary test, chapter 5.
3. Read Ghost Stories, by Tim O’Brien (listen to the audiobook)
4. Answer: What does Kiowa mean when he  says that O’Brien
5. “. . . did a good thing today”?
6. What textual evidence do you have to support your answer?

Tuesday, October 22

1. Good job on essays! There are some really powerful ones. Thank you for sharing.
If you HAVEN'T turned yours in, yet, do so. They're going on this 6-week grade and your grade will drop dramatically if it's not in (100 points)
2. Test: Vocab, chapter 3 
3.Work on Study Guides. Due the day we take the final test over the book. It will take us almost two more weeks to finish. You should keep up with where we are in the study guide (I know it will take awhile to catch up).
4. Watch movie
Soldier's Sweetheart movie (Sweetheart of the Song Tra Bong) 

If you get behind in the book, just read at home. 
Many of you will enjoy listening along to the audiobook as you read,
so I've put all chapters below:

Audiobook, The Things They Carried 

The Things They Carried
Love
Spin
On the Rainy River 
Enemies and Friends
How to Tell a True War Story
Sweetheart of the Song Tra Bong
The Man I Killed
Ambush and Style
Speaking of Courage
In the Field
Good Form
Field Trip
The Ghost Soldiers
Night Life
The Lives of the Dead

Soldier's Sweetheart movie (Sweetheart of the Song Tra Bong)

Thur Oct 17

1. Good job on essays! There are some really powerful ones. Thank you for sharing.
If you HAVEN'T turned yours in, yet, do so. They're going on this 6-week grade and your grade will drop dramatically if it's not in (100 points)
2. Test: Vocab, chapter 3 
3.Work on Study Guides. Due the day we take the final test over the book. It will take us almost two more weeks to finish. You should keep up with where we are in the study guide (I know it will take awhile to catch up).
4. Watch movie
Soldier's Sweetheart movie (Sweetheart of the Song Tra Bong) 

If you get behind in the book, just read at home. 
Many of you will enjoy listening along to the audiobook as you read,
so I've put all chapters below:

Audiobook, The Things They Carried 

The Things They Carried
Love
Spin
On the Rainy River 
Enemies and Friends
How to Tell a True War Story
Sweetheart of the Song Tra Bong
The Man I Killed
Ambush and Style
Speaking of Courage
In the Field
Good Form
Field Trip
The Ghost Soldiers
Night Life
The Lives of the Dead

Soldier's Sweetheart movie (Sweetheart of the Song Tra Bong)

Tuesday/Wednesday, October 8

1. Good job on essays! There are some really powerful ones. Thank you for sharing.
If you HAVEN'T turned yours in, yet, do so. They're going on this 6-week grade and your grade will drop dramatically if it's not in (100 points)2. Vocab, chapter 3 Create a Google Doc with example sentences for each of the words
Test over these words next Tue/Wed
3. ReadThe Man I Killed
Audiobook, The Things They Carried, The Man I Killed
4. Work on Study Guides. Due the day we take the final test over the book. It will take us almost two more weeks to finish. You should keep up with where we are in the study guide (I know it will take awhile to catch up).

if you get behind in the book, just read at home. 
Many of you will enjoy listening along to the audiobook as you read,
so I've put all chapters below:

Audiobook, The Things They Carried 
The Things They Carried
Love
Spin
On the Rainy River 
Enemies and Friends
How to Tell a True War Story
Sweetheart of the Song Tra Bong
The Man I Killed
Ambush and Style
Speaking of Courage
In the Field
Good Form
Field Trip
The Ghost Soldiers
Night Life
The Lives of the Dead

Soldier's Sweetheart movie (Sweetheart of the Song Tra Bong)

Thursday, October 3

1. Audiobook, The Things They Carried, Sweetheart of the Song Tra Bong
2. Vocab, chapter 3
3. Study guides
4. Watch The Sweetheart of the Song Tra Bong (Soldier's Sweetheart)
Audiobook, The Things They Carried, ch 1, The Things They Carried
The Things They Carried, chapter 1
Audiobook, The Things They Carried, Read by Kelly Cedrone
Audiobook, The Things They Carried, On the Rainy River 
Audiobook, The Things They Carried, Enemies and Friends
Audiobook, The Things They Carried, How to Tell a True War Story
Audiobook, The Things They Carried, Sweetheart of the Song Tra Bong
Audiobook, The Things They Carried, The Man I Killed
Audiobook, The Things They Carried, Speaking of Courage, part 1
Audiobook, The Things They Carried, Speaking of Courage, part 2


If you have extra time you could look at: Vietnam War Casualties--Statistics
Or absolutely anything Vietnam or 1960's related

Tuesday, October 1

Wow, October already
   Trivia extra credit: if "oct" means "eight," why is October the 10th month and not the 8th month?


1.COLLEGE INFO PRESENTATION BY MR. HANDRICH

Audiobook, The Things They Carried, ch 1, The Things They Carried
    Read by Dylan Baker for Public Radio, International (PRI)
The Things They Carried, chapter 1
Audiobook, The Things They Carried, Read by Kelly Cedrone
Audiobook, The Things They Carried, On the Rainy River 
Audiobook, The Things They Carried, Enemies and Friends
Audiobook, The Things They Carried, How to Tell a True War Story
Audiobook, The Things They Carried, Sweetheart of the Song Tra Bong
Audiobook, The Things They Carried, The Man I Killed
Audiobook, The Things They Carried, Speaking of Courage, part 1
Audiobook, The Things They Carried, Speaking of Courage, part 2

2. Students do page 15 in vocab book (on back table)
Show answers on overhead (teacher's edition on my desk
Show answers to all five exercises

3. TEST MONDAY OVER ALL TEN OF THESE WORDS!
Keep your exercises to study.

If you have extra time you could look at: Vietnam War Casualties--Statistics
Or absolutely anything Vietnam or 1960's related

Audiobook, The Things They Carried, Enemies and Friends
Audiobook, The Things They Carried, How to Tell a True War Story

Audiobook, The Things They Carried, ch 1, The Things They Carried
    Read by Dylan Baker for Public Radio, International (PRI)
The Things They Carried, chapter 1
Audiobook, The Things They Carried, Read by Kelly Cedrone
Audiobook, The Things They Carried, On the Rainy River 
Audiobook, The Things They Carried, Enemies and Friends
Audiobook, The Things They Carried, How to Tell a True War Story
Audiobook, The Things They Carried, Sweetheart of the Song Tra Bong
Audiobook, The Things They Carried, The Man I Killed
Audiobook, The Things They Carried, Speaking of Courage, part 1
Audiobook, The Things They Carried, Speaking of Courage, part 2

2. Students do page 15 in vocab book (on back table)
Show answers on overhead (teacher's edition on my desk
Show answers to all five exercises

3. TEST MONDAY OVER ALL TEN OF THESE WORDS!
Keep your exercises to study.

If you have extra time you could look at: Vietnam War Casualties--Statistics
Or absolutely anything Vietnam or 1960's related