Thursday, April 14, 2011 Good morning, English 11! Good morning! Please clear off your desks except for a pencil or pen, your book, and your character log, and Lessons 1 (Alphabet Soup) & 5 (Friendship & War).

The Things They Carried Place your character log and Lessons 1 & 5 in your book and close it. Quiz on The Things They Carried, pp KiowaTed LavenderLee Strunk Dave JensenNorman BowkerJimmy Cross Azar Mitchell SandersCurt Lemon Henry DobbinsBobby JorgensonRat Kiley Mary AnneMarthaLinda

The Things They Carried QUICKLY finish Lesson 5 with your partner and discuss Lesson 1 – what terms couldn’t you figure out?Turn in Lesson 5.

The Things They Carried Is The Things They Carried told in a linear fashion or does it jump around in time? Why might O’Brien have done chosen to tell it this way? Why were the chapters “How to tell a True War Story” and “The Dentist” (65 – 88) placed next to each other in the novel?

The Things They Carried What do we learn about what kind of people Curt Lemon and Rat Kiley were? pp. 65 – 88 Does O’Brien feel sorry about Lemon’s death? What other lenses are in these chapters?

The Things They Carried Answer this: A war story is true if… pp. 67 – 85 Why are the chapters “Friends” and “Enemies” next to each other in the novel? What was O’Brien telling us about “Friends” and “Enemies” in war? pp

The Things They Carried What was wrong with Rat Kiley when he shot the baby buffalo?

The Things They Carried Dateline Video: “A Few Good Men” and notes