Love - Journal Choices

"You writer types," he said, "you've got long memories." Should we trust Tim O' Brien, the protaganist, to tell the stories truthfully? Why?

When Jimmy meets up with Martha again, after the war, her eyes were "gray and neutral" yet he still loved her. Why does Jimmy need to hold on to Martha and his love for her. What does his love represent?

The Things They Carried - Journal Topics

- What do the things they carried reveal about the soldiers? How are these things symbolic (what do they represent)?

- "The died so as not to die of embarrassment." How do the social expectations for men, in general, play into the soldier's lives in the war?

- (p.22-23) Re-read the poetic passage about the "freedom birds." What does the tone, symbolism and imagery of the paragraph reveal about Tim (the protagonist)?

Use examples - quotations to support your thinking...
Have a main idea - no rambling...

Context - Powerpoint

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Map of Vietnam

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The Things They Carried - Day Two

1)Return some things - test back tomorrow...

2) Movie Questions

3)Back to Vietnam - History and Overview

4) Start reading - page 21?

4) Silent Reading?

5)Reading Journal and Chapter Notes... tomorrow.

Test Day

Short Story Test

Begin Discussing Provincial Exam Strategies

Have you checked out the student samples available on the bc exam website?

Independent Short Story Project/Study

This project will prepare you for the short story test on Monday, Feb. 28th and give you a chance to make sure you know how to use the foundational literary terms of English 12.


Step One – Select a story that is longer than 7 pages long – the librarian will have a selection of books out for you to choose from.

Step Two – Photocopy the story.

Step Three – Read the story with a pen or pencil in your hand. Practise your annotation skills. Cover the story in marks as you read. (4 marks for annotation)

Step Four – Find someone else who has read the same story as you and discuss the plot, characters, conflict, setting, point of view and theme. If you must, work by yourself, making sure before you proceed to the next step, that you have figured out these basic elements of the short story. Use the attached graphic organizers to take further notes (10 marks for worksheets).

Step Five - Come up with a question/topic – related to one of the main elements of fiction. For example: How does the setting of the story, “The Liar” alter our understanding of the protagonist’s motivation? Write a 2 or 3 paragraph response to that question. Use supporting quotations. (12 marks) See the sample response at: http://eolit.hrw.com/hlla/writersmodel/makepdf.jsp?id=1050&WebLogicSession=TWH8VSb3dessTSN5hGIocmgFxqbMHEGkHXad0ob0d2oUwcXFpG61|8121286389490268350/-1062731312/6/6001/6001/7002/7002/6001/-1

Step Six – Create a visual representation of the theme of your story. Create an online or pen and paper creation/collage. Online you can try a Glogster poster, a Prezi presentation using related video links and text, or an Animoto slide show of images and text. Don’t know what these are? Google them! (12 marks)

All these pieces are due THURSDAY, Feb 24th.