March 26, 2015

Class Work

1. You need a paper copy of your "Travel to the Wall" essay.
2. Find your partner. Switch papers. Read and report. (Peer editing sheet provided)
3. Sharing . . . nominate a reader or volunteer to read.  We have time for 3-5 readers. I will select if all else fails!
4. Take out your list of characters and what they carried from "The Things They Carried."  (Groups will report - class discussion to follow)
 Who carried what? Why?
A. What were the challenges?
 B. Did the things they carried make any difference.
1. Join a group. Compare lists and write a master list on the board. Be prepared to discuss the questions/answers with the class.
2. What does this story say about war? What does it say about the Vietnam war? Does this compare to the "current" war? 
5. Bridges graphic organizer . . . groups of three.
6. In what ways were the things that "they" carried barriers? In what ways were the things they carried bridges? Quick-write - 10 minutes. Write your thoughts in the space in CANVAS.



Homework

1. Review the peer editing notes. Post the final draft of the "Travel to the Wall" essay in CANVAS by Tuesday, March 31, 2015.

2. War movie trailers:
Hurt Locker: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GxSDZc8etg
Zero Dark Thirty: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYFhFYoDAo4
Unbroken: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrjJbl7kRrI
Captain Phillips: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3ASoBrFGlc
Divergent: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sutgWjz10sM
Insurgent: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=suZcGoRLXkU
Hunger Games Mockingjay: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8e2xY0pMz70
American Sniper: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MItGoIxoVGk
Black Hawk Down: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnV6wM-vd9s
The Hobbit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVAgTiBrrDA
Saving Private Ryan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwhP5b4tD6g
Pearl Harbor: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGwI-392jfE
Green Berets: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xhfSWEbbhM
Great Escape: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkwmIDx9RwQ
War of the Worlds 1953: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_fSawuo2Rg
War of the Worlds 2005: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msxe3yJPfyY

Feel free to select any war movie you care to view. This is a short list of possibilities.



Homework: Watch a "war" movie this weekend.  ( Brainstorm possibilities) We will write a review of the movie in class on Tuesday. You need to know the following:
A. Title
B. Copyright date
C. Director
D. Actors
E. Names of characters
F. Information about the musical score
G. Plot in four sentences or fewer
H. Setting (Time and place)
I. Awards nominated for and/or won
J. Other interesting information

Post the notes in CANVAS so that you have them with you when you come to class. (30 pts)