1. Week’s Agenda: Monday- presentation on pages 149-172 Tuesday- Literature Circle Discussion (pages 173- 206) Wednesday- presentation on pages 173-206 Thursday- Literature Circle Discussion (pages 207- 233) Friday- Vocab Quiz, presentation on pages 207-233 No article of the week this week and everyone gets a 15/15 on it! Happy Holidays

2. Final Assessment: The Things They Carried Choose from 7 options All options require examples from multiple chapters in the novel (minimum 3 different chapters!) Rough Draft due 01/01 on turnitin.com by midnight ~25 points TEST GRADE – Graded on completion (3-5 paragraphs, intext citations/at least 3 examples from text) Final Draft due 01/03 on turnitin.com by midnight ~50 points TEST GRADE – Grade on focus, content, style, organization, and conventions (including format!)

3. Requirements: Thesis!! – What is the point you are trying to make… this thesis should read like a research paper. – ie. In the novel, The Things They Carried, O’Brien has a very unique perspective on story telling and he showcases this perspective through multiple characters and stories where he compares the “happening- truth” to the “story-truth”.

4. Requirements (cont’d) A BRIEF synopsis of the stories you are discussing (1-2 sentence summary of the chapter you are using for an example) An analysis of the chapter/character supported by an direct example from the story using in-text citation! – O’Brien realizes that he is alone without his best friend Kiowa. “He had lost everything. He remembered” (164). 1 ½-2 pages in length (5 paragraph structure) Typed 12 font, double spaced, 1 inch margin Original Title (will be docked 5 points!)