Thursday, Jan. 22: LAST DAY OF THE SEMESTER!!

•Final work time for career paper

•You need to meet with me about a portion of your paper: if you have questions on a comment I made, or if you want me to check through a paragraph, or if you want to take a look at what you have created for the artifact(s), those would be good choices to meet about.

•Your final draft needs to be printed out by 9:54, here’s what you need (the first thing listed should be on the top, last thing on the bottom, then paper clip it all together):

•Rubric

•Typed paper in 12pt font, double spaced

•If you wrote about 1 or 2 careers, your artifacts will be turned in too

•Works Cited page

•Body paragraphs: can be in any order that you feel works for your paper’s organization

•Basic info of career

•Benefits and drawbacks

•Reading and Writing needs

•Speaking and Listening needs

•Day in the life

•End body para, which is the best choice and why (compare/contrast the careers, or explain why, based on the above information, this one career is the best for you)

ALL PAPERS AND MISSING WORK MUST BE IN BY 3:35 TODAY!!

Wednesday, Jan 21 Agenda

•Bell Ringer: Explain One Pager on The Things They Carried

•Test on The Things They Carried = Creative One Pager

•When finished, work on your paper

•Career Project work time

•YOU MUST MEET WITH ME TODAY if you didn’t yesterday

•Body paragraphs: can be in any order that you feel works for your paper’s organization

•Basic info of career

•Benefits and drawbacks

•Reading and Writing needs

•Speaking and Listening needs

•Day in the life

•End body para, which is the best choice and why (compare/contrast the three)

Tuesday, Jan. 20 Agenda

•Bell Ringer: “Notes” and questions

•When you are done, work on your paragraphs for your career paper after you bring your answers up

•Career Project work time

•YOU MUST MEET WITH ME TODAY or TOMORROW

•Body paragraphs: can be in any order that you feel works for your paper’s organization

•Basic info of career

•Benefits and drawbacks

•Reading and Writing needs

•Speaking and Listening needs

•Day in the life

•End body para, which is the best choice and why (compare/contrast the three)

•You should be working on or revising your body paragraphs or reading your book for your book completion sheet (or working on missing work if you have any)

Test on The Things They Carried = Creative One Pager TOMORROW

Monday, January 19 Agenda

•Bell Ringer: Finish “The Man I Killed”

•In Writer’s notebook: How do Kiowa and Tim react to bad situations? Why did the narrator keep repeating the same things? Why did he make up all of this background for the dead man?

•Read “Ambush” p 131, then in WN: Compare “Ambush” to “The Man I Killed.” How are they similar, how different? Why did he write about basically the same thing twice? Which do you like more? Why?

•Career Project work time: ROUGH DRAFT DUE TODAY OF ALL BODY PARAGRAPHS!

•Body paragraphs: can be in any order that you feel works for your paper’s organization

•Basic info of career

•Benefits and drawbacks

•Reading and Writing needs

•Speaking and Listening needs

•Day in the life

•End body para, which is the best choice and why (compare/contrast the two or three) or WHY you know this is the only career for you

•You need to contact at least one person in one of your careers.  If you contact more, that means you have to do less research (day in the life and reading/writing/speaking/listening information)

Friday, Jan. 16 Agenda

•Bell Ringer- Writing on “Sweetheart of the Song Tra Bong” (Google Drive)

•Career Project work time

•If you haven’t, Finish Notes: again the MOST IMPORTANT PART is the ENGLISH SKILLS section

•Career Cruising site has LOTS of information when it comes to the day in the life part as well as the basic info

•Body paragraphs: can be in any order that you feel works for your paper’s organization

•Basic info of career

•Benefits and drawbacks

•Reading and Writing needs

•Speaking and Listening needs

•Day in the life

•End body para, which is the best choice and why (compare/contrast the two or three if you have them)

•You need to contact at least one person in one of your careers.  If you contact more, that means you have to do less research (day in the life and reading/writing/speaking/listening information)

•“The Man I Killed” p124

Thursday, Jan. 15 Agenda

•Bell Ringer: Finish “Sweetheart…”: Turn in questions to me when done

•Career Project work time

•Finish Notes: again the MOST IMPORTANT PART is the ENGLISH SKILLS section

•By today (middle/end of work time) your notes should be done and you should be starting your body paragraphs on today

•Career Cruising site has LOTS of information when it comes to the day in the life part as well as the basic info

•You need to contact at least one person in one of your careers.  If you contact more, that means you have to do less research (day in the life and reading/writing/speaking/listening information)

•Body paragraphs: can be in any order that you feel works for your paper’s organization

•Basic info of career

•Benefits and drawbacks

•Reading and Writing needs

•Speaking and Listening needs

•Day in the life

•End body para, which is the best choice and why (compare/contrast the two or three if you have them)

•Discussion on “Sweetheart of the Song Tra Bong”

Tuesday, Jan. 13 Agenda

•Bell Ringer: Finish answers with small group from yesterday

•What path are you on for your career research?

•Reminder of requirements

•Basic info of career

•Benefits and drawbacks

•Reading and Writing needs

•Speaking and Listening needs

•Day in the life

•You need to contact at least one person in one of your careers.  If you contact more, that means you have to do less research (day in the life and reading/writing/speaking/listening information)

•Artifacts (if you are only researching one or two careers)

•Career work time/independent reading time/book completion sheet time

•“The Dentist” pg 86-88

•Questions while reading

Monday, Jan. 12 Agenda

•Bell Ringer: Finish the story “A True War Story”

•In Writer’s Notebook: Answer these questions about the story (when you have the answers, show them to me):

•What could the water buffalo represent? Why? (pg 79)

•What is true in all war stories, according to the author, even if the events are not? (82, 83, 85)

•Read the last line on page 85.  What does that mean? Who is he talking about (specific and general)?

•Bring these answers and what you did for your job up to me when completed! Then work on your research notes while waiting for all in your group to finish.

•Discussion: Need to discuss for at least 20 min.  Once all have shared jobs, discuss and be prepared to report to class on these questions:

•According to O'Brien, how do you tell a true war story? What does he mean when he says that true war stories are never about war? What does he mean when he writes of one story, "That's a true story that never happened"?

•What are some challenges soldiers might face in communicating their experiences in war to civilians, using examples from the text. Why is it so hard to tell a true war story? How, according to O'Brien, can we tell if a war story is true?

"How to Tell a True War Story" Discussion

Post your group's answers to the two questions from the screen as a comment to this post:

•According to O'Brien, how do you tell a true war story? What does he mean when he says that true war stories are never about war? What does he mean when he writes of one story, "That's a true story that never happened"?

•What are some challenges soldiers might face in communicating their experiences in war to civilians, using examples from the text. Why is it so hard to tell a true war story? How, according to O'Brien, can we tell if a war story is true?

Friday, Jan. 9 Agenda

•Bell Ringer: “Enemies” “Friends” –Lit Circle Assignments

•“Enemies” and “Friends”: What is the point of these two stories individually, together?

•Discussion of stories

•What should a war story have in it? List as many characteristics as your group can –characters, events, items, places, etc.

•How to Tell a True War Story

•While reading, do job (can be same or switch with someone in your group)

•Work Time on Career Project

•Add this site to your list of potential resources: onetonline.org 

Thursday, Jan. 8 Agenda

•Bell Ringer: Re-Read his comments, then in writer's notebook:

•Is it different knowing it’s technically not real? Explain in writing whether or not it is important for it to be ‘true’ or ‘real’

•Read your choice book while you wait

•Career Project- Final Project for the Class –due 1/22: First Step: Career Interest Survey

•1-3 careers

•Interview with someone in one field

•Paper with research and examples of writing/reading/communicating done in the careers

Tuesday, Jan. 6 Agenda

•Bell Ringer: Discuss what you marked in the book.

•Finish “On the Rainy River”

•Questions from “On Rainy…”

•At the end of "On the Rainy River," the narrator says, "I was a coward. I went to the war." What does he mean by this? Do you agree? You will write three paragraphs: first: explaining how this could be true, second: how this could be false and third: which do you most agree with and why?

•Bring this up to me when you are done

•Present/Explain Answer to did you have to experience it to write it (Outline from Tuesday if you were gone the Monday before)

Monday, Jan. 5 Agenda

•Check notes on “Love” and “Spin”: when you are done, bring them to me

•If you read the two stories, read your independent book or fill out the book completion sheet.

•Those that didn’t present the outline to me before Christmas need to do it today

•Discuss the stories with small group

•Tim O’Brien interview 760 orange

•Read “On Rainy…” in book

"Love" and "Spin" Discussion

Write your group's answers to these questions as a comment on this post.

1. What is the purpose of each story? Is there a purpose of them together ("Spin" following "Love", etc)? Why did he put these stories early in the book?

2. Explain why you think Azar did what he did to the puppy? And what does he mean with what he says?

3. Where in either story are there moments of beauty? Give one piece of textual evidence to show.

4. What are stories for, according to what you read? Do you as a group agree? Do you think there are other reasons? What?

Once you've answered these questions, grab a black-spined orange lit book and read the interview with Tim on page 760,  Add to your answers some interesting points from the interview that you think apply to what we've read already or will apply to what we will be reading.