Wednesday, December 10, 2008

Modern Lit. - Wednesday and Thursday, December 10-11, 2008

Today we finished up the last ten minutes of the video and then discussed it as a group. We also briefly went over the video questions in class. How does your understanding of our culture in America during the late Sixties help you to better understand the experiences of the young men at war as described by Tim O'Brien? Do you see any possible connections? The rest of the period was spent going over the final SOAPSTone Analysis assignment, which is due this Monday, and you also had a good amount of time in class to work on it. We started with the Analysis Planning sheet, which is a graphic organizer. Complete this first, before you type up the final, as it will help you organize your thoughts. If you were absent, please be sure to see me as soon as possible so that I can go over it with you, and be sure to read all of the requirements on the assignment sheet. As always, anyone can email me if you have questions at megan.l.alvarez@adams12.org. Also, if you'd like to see an example of what a good analysis looks like, download below. For homework, please read pages 189-218 by Friday. We will have a quiz. Please note: The extra credit blog assignment will be posted on Friday. As a result, I am extending the due date for this to Thursday, December 18.

Analysis Organizer - complete this before you type up your final analysis, and attach to your finished copy.
SOAPSTone Example
New York Times Review of The Things They Carried - this is a great example of a critical analysis! Make sure you read the entire article (it's about two pages).

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