“But this too is true: stories can save us.” ~Tim O'Brien Good morning! Please take out your Socratic Seminar Packet and your book, and copy down the learning target! Learning Target: Use text evidence to support claims in a discussion 18 Oct. 2013 “But this too is true: stories can save us.” ~Tim O'Brien

Agenda 10/18/13 Bellwork Discussion Rubric Socratic Seminar Graded Discussion! Be ready to bring a copy of your portfolio piece selection for editing during class on TUESDAY (so, if you’re writing an admissions/scholarship essay, work on this over the weekend!)

Bellwork 10/18/13 Is The Things They Carried “good fiction” by the standards set up below? Explain your answer. “A good piece of fiction, in my view, does not offer solutions. Good stories deal with our moral struggles, our uncertainties, our dreams, our blunders, our contradictions, our endless quest for understanding. Good stories do not resolve the mysteries of the human spirit but rather describe and expand up on those mysteries.” ~Tim O'Brien

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